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Apache Runner  wrote:

> In Arabic, what does the prefix "Al" mean?�

As I understand it, the prefix "al" is the equivalent of the English word "the".

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--- On Wed, 11/4/09, Apache Runner  wrote:

> From: Apache Runner 
> Subject: [NavList 10443] Re: AW: [NavList 10435] Re: AW: [NavList 10430] Re: 
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> To: navlist@fer3.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 11:40 AM
> 
> You folks sure get grumpy with each other!
> 
> I don't have a lot to contribute to the lingua franca
> discussion, but it did remind me of the time I visited my
> Grandmother's home town.�� It's along the
> Italian/French border west of Torino.�� This is the home
> of the Valdese, who were followers of Peter Waldo, and were
> chased out Lyon by the Pope in the middle ages.�� When I
> spoke with some of my older relatives, I found that the
> original language was some form of french.
> 
> 
> The most interesting aspect of the visit was this:� each
> village, although separated by only a few kilometers, had a
> slightly different, yet recognizable dialect.��� When I
> say "recognizable" - I mean by someone like me who
> has only a limited knowledge of french.� This was some
> version of a Languedoc variant.� So, in the space of a few
> km, there were substantial shifts in dialect.�� I can
> readily see how sliced up languages would be in the middle
> ages, if this locality is any indication.� 
> 
> 
> In Arabic, what does the prefix "Al" mean?�� I
> see that "Alconstantine" would be Constantinople.
> 
> 
> �
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