Flap T: Really a D Sound? American English Pronunciation

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Rachel's English


ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุชุชู… ุชุฑุฌู…ุชู‡ุง ุขู„ูŠู‹ุง.

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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to take a look at the question:ย 
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ููŠ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู†ุทู‚ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุณู†ู„ู‚ูŠ ู†ุธุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุณุคุงู„:
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is the Flap T really a D sound?
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ู‡ู„ Flap T ุตูˆุช D ุญู‚ู‹ุงุŸ
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It's not unusual for people to ask my why I say the flap T is a D sound. They will
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ู„ูŠุณ ู…ู† ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ู…ุนุชุงุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุณุฃู„ู†ูŠ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ุฃู‚ูˆู„ ุฅู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† T ู‡ูˆ ุตูˆุช D.
00:19
say it's not the same as a D sound in, for example, day. My answer to them: you're
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ุณูŠู‚ูˆู„ูˆู† ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ูŠุณ ู…ุซู„ ุตูˆุช D ููŠ ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุณุจูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„ ุŒ ุงู„ูŠูˆู…. ุฌูˆุงุจูŠ ู„ู‡ู…: ุฃู†ุช ุนู„ู‰
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right. But, the Flap T, or T between vowels, is the same as a D between vowels. So
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ุญู‚. ู„ูƒู† ุŒ Flap T ุŒ ุฃูˆ T ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุŒ ู‡ูˆ ู†ูุณู‡ D ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ.
00:31
basically what I'm saying, is that a D between vowels is not the same sound as the D in other
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ู…ุง ุฃู‚ูˆู„ู‡ ุจุดูƒู„ ุฃุณุงุณูŠ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุญุฑู D ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ู„ูŠุณ ู‡ูˆ ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุตูˆุช ู…ุซู„ D ููŠ
00:37
cases, though they both use the same IPA symbol. Let's take a look at an example word: dad.
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ุญุงู„ุงุช ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุบู… ู…ู† ุฃู†ู‡ู…ุง ูŠุณุชุฎุฏู…ุงู† ู†ูุณ ุฑู…ุฒ IPA. ู„ู†ู„ู‚ู ู†ุธุฑุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุซุงู„ ู„ู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ: ุฃุจูŠ.
00:45
For that beginning D, there is a stop: dd, dd. D is a stop consonant, so I let air
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ู„ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ D ุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ู†ู‚ุทุฉ ุชูˆู‚ู: ddุŒ dd. D ู‡ูˆ ุญุฑู ุซุงุจุช ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุชุฑูƒุช ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก
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build up a little bit in my throat -- dd, dd, dd -- and then release it.ย  It's the
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ูŠุชุฑุงูƒู… ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ ููŠ ุญู„ู‚ูŠ - dd ุŒ dd ุŒ dd - ุซู… ุฃุทู„ู‚ู‡. ุฅู†ู‡
00:59
same with a D at the end of the word, though a little more subtle.ย  Dd, dd, Dad-d-d-d,
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ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ู…ุน ุญุฑู D ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุบู… ู…ู† ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ุฏู‚ุฉ. DdุŒ ddุŒ Dad-d-d-dุŒ
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but you can still hear, dad-d-d, there is a stop. Well, let's take a slightly different
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ู„ูƒู† ู„ุง ูŠุฒุงู„ ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูƒ ุณู…ุงุนุŒ dad-d-dุŒ ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ุชูˆู‚ู. ุญุณู†ู‹ุง ุŒ ู„ู†ุฃุฎุฐ ูƒู„ู…ุฉ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ ูŠุง
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word, Daddy. Now we have a D sound between two vowels. Daddy, Daddy. I'm going to stretch
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ุฃุจูŠ. ุงู„ุขู† ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง ุตูˆุช D ุจูŠู† ุญุฑููŠู† ู…ุชุญุฑูƒูŠู†. ุฃุจูŠ ุŒ ุฃุจูŠ. ุณุฃู‚ูˆู…
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out the vowel sound before and after to make that D more noticeable. Daaaaaadyyyy.
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ุจุชู…ุฏูŠุฏ ุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ู‚ุจู„ ูˆุจุนุฏ ู„ุฌุนู„ D ุฃูƒุซุฑ ูˆุถูˆุญู‹ุง. Daaaaaadyyyy.
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Did you hear a stop? There wasn't one. Daaaaaadyyyy. Between vowels, or after an
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ู‡ู„ ุณู…ุนุช ุชูˆู‚ูุŸ ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ ูˆุงุญุฏ. Daaaaaadyyyy. ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุจุนุฏ ุญุฑู
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R and before a vowel, it's a different sound, because there isn't a stop. If I pronounced
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R ูˆู‚ุจู„ ุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ ุตูˆุช ู…ุฎุชู„ู ุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠูˆุฌุฏ ุชูˆู‚ู. ุฅุฐุง ู‚ู…ุช ุจู†ุทู‚
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both D's with a stop it would sound like this: dad-dy. But it doesn't. It sounds like
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ูƒู„ุง ุงู„ุญุฑููŠู† D ู…ุน ุชูˆู‚ู ุŒ ูุณูŠุจุฏูˆ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ู‡ูƒุฐุง: dad-dy. ู„ูƒู†ู‡ุง ู„ุง ุชูุนู„ ุฐู„ูƒ. ูŠุจุฏูˆ ู…ุซู„
01:50
daddy, uhh, no stop in the airflow. This is true of the Flap T as well.
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ุฃุจูŠ ุŒ ุขู‡ ุŒ ู„ุง ุชูˆู‚ู ููŠ ุชุฏูู‚ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุก. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠู†ุทุจู‚ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ Flap T.
01:57
As I said before, if you look up the word 'daddy' in a dictionary, both of the D sounds,
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ูƒู…ุง ู‚ู„ุช ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุจุญุซุช ุนู† ูƒู„ู…ุฉ "ุจุงุจุง" ููŠ ุงู„ู‚ุงู…ูˆุณ ุŒ ูุฅู† ูƒู„ุง ุตูˆุชูŠ D ุŒ
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though different, will have the same symbol.
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ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑุบู… ู…ู† ุงุฎุชู„ุงูู‡ู…ุง ุŒ ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ู„ู‡ู…ุง ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุฑู…ุฒ.
02:05
This is why I have chosen to say the that Flap T is just like the D sound --- it is
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ู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุณุจุจ ููŠ ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุงุฎุชุฑุช ุฃู† ุฃู‚ูˆู„ ุฅู† Flap T ูŠุดุจู‡ ุตูˆุช D ุชู…ุงู…ู‹ุง - ุฅู†ู‡
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like one kind of D sound, the D between vowels. So, matter = madder. Pronounced the same
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ูŠุดุจู‡ ู†ูˆุน ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุตูˆุช D ุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ D ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ. ู„ุฐุง ุŒ ุงู„ู…ุงุฏุฉ = ุงู„ููˆุฉ. ุชู†ุทู‚ ุจู†ูุณ
02:17
way. When we pronounce a T or D this way, it smooths out speech. It takes out a stop,
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ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ. ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ู†ู„ูุธ ุญุฑู T ุฃูˆ D ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ ูŠุฎูู ุงู„ูƒู„ุงู…. ุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชูˆู‚ู ุŒ
02:24
which is why you'll hear so many Americans flap their T's. We love to smooth out the
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ูˆู‡ุฐุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุณุจุจ ููŠ ุฃู†ูƒ ุณุชุณู…ุน ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠูŠู† ูŠุฑูุฑููˆู†. ู†ุญู† ู†ุญุจ ุฃู† ู†ู‡ุฏุฆ
02:29
line.
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ุงู„ุฎุท.
02:30
So, this was a long explanation about why I use the [d] symbol for a Flap T. The most
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ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ูƒุงู† ู‡ุฐุง ุดุฑุญู‹ุง ุทูˆูŠู„ุงู‹ ุญูˆู„ ุณุจุจ ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู…ูŠ ู„ู„ุฑู…ุฒ [d] ู„ู„ุฑูุฑู T.
02:36
important thing to take from this video, though, is that both T and D between vowels, or after
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ุฃู‡ู… ุดูŠุก ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃุฎุฐู‡ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุŒ ู…ุน ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ูƒู„ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุญุฑููŠู† T ูˆ D ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุŒ ุฃูˆ ุจุนุฏ ุญุฑู
02:42
an R and before a vowel, don't have a stop component. They do not interrupt the flow
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R ูˆู‚ุจู„ ุญุฑู ู…ุชุญุฑูƒ ุŒ ู„ูŠุณ ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุนู†ุตุฑ ุงู„ุชูˆู‚ู. ุฅู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠู‚ุทุนูˆู† ุชุฏูู‚
02:47
of the line, they smooth out the speech.
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ุงู„ุฎุท ุŒ ุจู„ ูŠุฎูููˆู† ุงู„ูƒู„ุงู….
02:51
One last comment. Sometimes, regarding the Flap T, I'll get a comment from a student:
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ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ ูˆุงุญุฏ ุฃุฎูŠุฑ. ููŠ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงู† ุŒ ุจุฎุตูˆุต Flap T ุŒ ุณุฃุญุตู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ ู…ู† ุฃุญุฏ ุงู„ุทู„ุงุจ:
02:57
that sounds like an R sound to me. It is an R sound? Well, depending on your native
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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠุจุฏูˆ ู„ูŠ ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‡ ุตูˆุช R. ู‡ู„ ู‡ูˆ ุตูˆุช RุŸ ุญุณู†ู‹ุง ุŒ ุงุนุชู…ุงุฏู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ ู„ุบุชูƒ ุงู„ุฃู…
03:01
language, yes, it is. The al-VEE-uh-ler flap is in many languages, usually represented
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ุŒ ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุฅู†ู‡ุง ูƒุฐู„ูƒ. ูŠูˆุฌุฏ ุฑูุฑู al-VEE-uh-ler ุจุนุฏุฉ ู„ุบุงุช ุŒ ูˆุนุงุฏุฉ ู…ุง ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุซูŠู„ู‡ ุจุงู„ุญุฑู
03:08
by the letter R. For example, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, to name
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R. ุนู„ู‰ ุณุจูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„ ุŒ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ูŠุงุจุงู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ูƒูˆุฑูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุจุฑุชุบุงู„ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฅุณุจุงู†ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุชุฑูƒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุนู„ู‰ ุณุจูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„ ู„ุง
03:15
a few. So you may ask, why don't I use that IPA symbol? Two reasons: you won't see
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ุงู„ุญุตุฑ. ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ู‚ุฏ ุชุณุฃู„ ุŒ ู„ู…ุงุฐุง ู„ุง ุฃุณุชุฎุฏู… ุฑู…ุฒ IPA ู‡ุฐุงุŸ ุณุจุจุงู†: ู„ู† ุชุฑู‰
03:22
that symbol in dictionary of American English. And, I'm not fluent enough in any of those
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ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุฑู…ุฒ ููŠ ู‚ุงู…ูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ. ูˆุฃู†ุง ู„ุณุช ุจุทู„ุงู‚ุฉ ุจู…ุง ููŠู‡ ุงู„ูƒูุงูŠุฉ ููŠ ุฃูŠ ู…ู† ู‡ุฐู‡
03:27
languages, to say: yes, definitely, I know it is absolutely the exact same movement of
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ุงู„ู„ุบุงุช ุŒ ู„ุฃู‚ูˆู„: ู†ุนู… ุŒ ุจุงู„ุชุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุŒ ุฃุนู„ู… ุฃู†ู‡ุง ู†ูุณ ุญุฑูƒุฉ
03:33
the tongue, touching exactly the same spot at the roof of the mouth. So whether it is
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ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ุชู…ุงู…ู‹ุง ุŒ ุญูŠุซ ุชู„ู…ุณ ู†ูุณ ุงู„ู…ูƒุงู† ุจุงู„ุถุจุท ููŠ ุณู‚ู ุงู„ูู…. ู„ุฐุง ุŒ ุณูˆุงุก ูƒุงู†
03:38
exactly the same sound or just very close, it may be very useful for you to think of
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ุงู„ุตูˆุช ู†ูุณู‡ ุชู…ุงู…ู‹ุง ุฃูˆ ู‚ุฑูŠุจู‹ุง ุฌุฏู‹ุง ุŒ ู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู† ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏ ุฌุฏู‹ุง ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ูƒ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ
03:43
the Flap T or D between vowels as the R sound from your native language. But, just keep
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Flap T ุฃูˆ D ุจูŠู† ุฃุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุตูˆุช R ู…ู† ู„ุบุชูƒ ุงู„ุฃู…. ูˆู„ูƒู† ุŒ ูู‚ุท ุถุน
03:50
in mind that it is not at all related to the R sound in American English. RRRR, where
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ููŠ ุงุนุชุจุงุฑูƒ ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุชุนู„ู‚ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฅุทู„ุงู‚ ุจุตูˆุช R ููŠ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ. RRRR ุŒ ุญูŠุซ
03:56
you can hold out that sound, and the front part of the tongue must not touch the roof
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ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุงู„ุชู…ุณูƒ ุจู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ุตูˆุช ุŒ ูˆูŠุฌุจ ุฃู„ุง ูŠู„ู…ุณ ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฃู…ุงู…ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ุณู‚ู
04:00
of the mouth.
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ุงู„ูู….
04:02
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุŒ ูˆุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ุฌุฒูŠู„ุงู‹ ู„ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู„ุบุฉ ุฑุงุดูŠู„ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ.
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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