How do I say...?

peterfarrington

I have a friend who is a nurse in the US. She is Orthodox.

She has a patient who is a Copt, and who doesn't speak much/any English, though he understands some.

She wants to be able to say...

I am praying for you

or something similar, in Arabic. Can anyone transliterate it into pronounceable English characters for me.

Thanks

Father Peter

John_S2000

Hello Father Peter,

I am praying for you,

'ana ossally men agglik' (the I in agglik is pronounced as a short English e)

Please pray for me.
GBU

mabsoota

ana asallu leek (with the stress on 'sall' in asallu)
for a man and
ana asallu leekee (with the stress on 'leek' in leekee)
for a woman.
she can also say
ana masihiyya (all the double letters you just pronounce a bit longer than the single letters, the stress is on 'hiyy')
which means i am a Christian
or ana orthodox (you can guess this one!)

mabsoota

john's arabic is of course better  ;)
mine gets understood and is a bit simplified.
thanks, john

John_S2000

not really  :)

I just noticed that the patient is a 'he'
so to say it right...

I am praying for you,
'ana ossally men agglak' (an a instead of the i mentioned above, sorry)

Your Arabic is good mabsoota  :)

Please pray for me.
GBU

Godislove_

Hi Father Peter,

Ana ba saleel ek, rubena ma-akee.