How to say “nazareth” in Palestinian Arabic
The word is in-naaSre (النَّاصْرَة). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.
النَّاصْرَة
Nazareth
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Why it starts with in-, not il-
The name carries the article, so it's really "the Nazareth". That article is il-, but n is a sun letter: the l gives way and the n doubles, which is why you hear in-naaSre and never il-naaSre. The capital S is the emphatic ص, said with the back of the tongue pulled down. In the news and in books it's an-naaSira, with the vowels of written Arabic. Someone from the city is naSraawi, and the old word for Christians, naSaara, comes from the same name, though the word people use day to day is masee7i.
In a sentence
زُور عَمَّك في النّاصْرة!
Visit your uncle in Nazareth!
بُكْرا، بِدِّي أَزُور عَمِّي في النّاصْرة.
Tomorrow, I want to visit my uncle in Nazareth.
ما بِدِّي أَمُوت، بِدِّي أَزُور النّاصْرة!
I don't want to die, I want to visit Nazareth!
عِنْدِي بِيتَين بالنّاصْرَة.
I have two houses in Nazareth.
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