"Asubuhi"

Translation: the morning

[deactivated user]

Will the audio samples be added when Swahili goes from beta to fully open?

[Carolyn217]

I assume so

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Etymology (asubuhi)

From Arabic الصُبْح ‎(aṣ-ṣubḥ, “the morning”).

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɑ.suˈɓu.hi/

Noun

asubuhi (n class, plural asubuhi)

1) morning

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/asubuhi

[cassieb98]

I knew it had to be related to the Arabic word for morning hahaha

[AGreatUserName]

Yeah, I recognised that this is Arabic from the Turkish sabah.

[Watashiomu]

And the hindi too

[I80091]

In Somali, "morning" is "subax" (the "x" in somali is pronounced as a heavy "h".)

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Very interesting! I think I will start to learn a Somali course on Memrise soon. At the moment, I practice Swahili, Zulu and Xhosa (with audio), but I cannot find a Swahili course with audio on Memrise. ;)

[Floyd958930]

I wanna learn Arabic. Any assistance?

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

First, I think you should choose the Arabic that you prefer. I should start with MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) and then you can find some pages, for example in Memrise or others. I have started some courses in Memrise only to learn the alphabet system (Abjad) and then trying to learn some words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic

https://www.memrise.com/courses/english/arabic/

Note:

Remember also that other languages are written or have been written (as Swahili) in Arabic alphabet:

Languages currently written with the Arabic alphabet

Today Afghanistan, Iran, India, Pakistan and China are the main non-Arabic speaking states using the Arabic alphabet to write one or more official national languages, including Azerbaijani, Baluchi, Brahui, Persian, Pashto, Central Kurdish, Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Uyghur.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script

[ftay98]

Assistance on Syrian Arabic?

[berriemmiii]

You'll need lots of dedication! Learning Arabic as a non-native is quite a challenge. Best of luck!

[Iul1]

Duolingo is developing an Arabic course now

[yn_nod]

Good morning = Shobahul Khoir. ( Arabic)

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Asante sana rafiki! How do you write this with Arabic letters? :)

[yn_nod]

صباح الخير - Sho, Baa, Hul, Khoir(i)

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Wah! Terima kasih mas bro ;)

[da_funky_munky]

Is this a noun, or a greeting? As it says, "morning" and "in the morning"

[QuintessaM]

Will these words have the pronunciation when the words are written after the beta. Like with spanish

[Talei16]

It's a noun.

[PapaSmurf88]

Can this be used as a greeting, as in America, or is it simply the term for morning?

[LordMansaMusa]

Not sure if "morning" would be considered informal, but "habari" is used in regular greetings, as in "what's new" or "what's up". The term "za" (and, but I like to use the word "in" so I will remember it contextually) is used in between as "news and (in) morning", which would be "habari za asubuhi".. roughly translated to "what's new this morning?" [NOTE: "habari" is specifically "news" or "information"].

Other examples with news/what's new are:
habari za mchana - (good afternoon, or "what's new this afternoon")
habari za jioni - (good evening, or "what's new this evening")
habari za kutwa (found) - (how has your day been... news and found (occurred) or simply what's up?)

[AGreatUserName]

The za is actually the form of "of" that's used after (plural) habari, so you can think of it as "news of the morning", which I'm sure will make it easier to understand.

[Iul1]

Do you have to capitalize Asubuhi?

[Shamshoomi]

The Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Korean courses are in (which is fantastic), yet still no audio here!!! What is going on?