Very interesting case, that was
Tho am not an Arab, a mistake in pronunciation can be pretty annoying to me. And you dont need to be an Arab to know gud/bad pronunciation when you hear it, altho the D(w)aad can be pretty hard to tame
And when it is between Q and K, it can be nearly fatal. Imagine someone (new to arabic) saying to his/her beloved (who has gud pronunciation) the arabic version of " my heart", and mispronouncing the q in "qalby" as k. It will surely spoil the afternoon :-(
On a more serious note, i'd recommend the newcomer to arabic to learn the STANDARD arabic pronunciation first, as when it comes to spoken arabic the same letter can have different sounds in different parts of the Arab world. Take for ex. the phrase "my heart":
i qalby (classical, and my favourite, of course)
ii galby (in saudi)
iii alby (i hav heard egyptians say it so)
iv? and now i hear kalby... (now, i need a pinch of salt)
And standard arabic has much more in store for one in the long term... ever heard of imru' ul qais?
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