Last weekend I did the Shuruq Festival and after spending a day with customers I realized something: I get asked to pronounce quite a few of my cards.<br />
<br />
I had dozens of people ask "how to do you say this" as they point to a card written in Arabic. I would patiently tell them it was "Eid Milad Sai'd." I would then get asked the same question by someone else shortly after.<br />
<br />
I really don't mind saying Eid Milad Sai'd fifty times a day, I love sharing my language with anyone that asks. <br />
<br />
However it got me thinking about all the people that don't ask. How sad that they walked away from my booth without knowing how to wish someone a happy birthday in a different language.<br />
<br />
This problem bothered me before I realized a solution this weekend. I came up with these <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/arabesque-set-in-arabic-and-english-birthday-eid-love-peace-thanks-5-colors" target="_blank">Arabesque card sets</a> that have both the Arabic sentiment, a pronunciation, and the English word(s).<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bYDxFn2q-1I/VDxtAp9d7xI/AAAAAAAAGNQ/-39Zli7_3f0/s1600/Arabesque%2B5%2Bcolor%2Bset%2Bfor%2Bblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bYDxFn2q-1I/VDxtAp9d7xI/AAAAAAAAGNQ/-39Zli7_3f0/s1600/Arabesque%2B5%2Bcolor%2Bset%2Bfor%2Bblog.jpg" width="223" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/arabesque-set-in-arabic-and-english-birthday-eid-love-peace-thanks-5-colors" target="_blank">Arabesque Set in Arabic and English - birthday, eid, love, peace, thanks</a> </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
I'm using the same paper cardstock supplier that I used for my <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/4-arabesque-eid-money-envelopes-to-use-for-eidyah" target="_blank">Eid Money Envelopes</a> to make these five card set that includes these sentiments. Here is each card listed separately if you don't want the 5 card <a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/arabesque-set-in-arabic-and-english-birthday-eid-love-peace-thanks-5-colors">set</a>:<br />
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/arabesque-happy-birthday-in-arabic-and-english-orange" target="_blank">happy birthday * eid milad sa'id * عيد ميلاد سعيد</a> </li>
<li>thank you * shukran * شكرا </li>
<li>blessed eid * eid mubarak * عيد مبارك </li>
<li>love * hob * حـب </li>
<li><a href="https://www.zibbet.com/acraftyarab/arabesque-peace-in-arabic-and-english-teal" target="_blank">peace * salam * سلام</a> </li>
</ul>
<br />
But please don't make that stop you from asking how to pronounce anything!
No comments:
Post a Comment