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Let’s Talk about Movies in Levantine Arabic Part Two Posted by yasmine on Sep 16, 2020
🎬🎥 In this second part of talking about movies in Levantine Arabic, I wanted to create an example conversation between two speakers using the vocabulary we learned in part one. The first speaker asks for a film recommendation and the second describes one of her favorite films. I have also added an audio reading of…
Let’s Talk about Movies in Levantine Arabic Part one Posted by yasmine on Sep 9, 2020
In this part one post, we’ll be looking at vocabulary that will help us describe our favorite movies in Levantine Arabic with example questions to help us practice. We’ll also take a look at a well-known Arabic Levantine film that has been recommended for Arabic learners searching for good films to watch in Arabic. Let’s…
How to Apologize in Arabic Posted by yasmine on Sep 2, 2020
In this post, we’re going to look at various ways we can apologize in Arabic depending on the type of incident that may require an apology. As an Arabic learner, you have probably already learned the word آسِف to mean “sorry”. Yet, some incidents may require a heavier or more elaborate way to apologize. At…
Expressing One’s Feelings and Emotions in MSA and Levantine Arabic Posted by yasmine on Aug 26, 2020
Have you ever tried expressing how you feel in Arabic? Besides feeling happy or sad, what other مَشاعِر feelings or عَواطِف emotions do you know in Arabic? In this post, we’ll look at words for expressing مَشاعِر and عَواطِف in Modern Standard Arabic as well as Levantine Arabic. Let’s begin with the positive ones. 😊…
Question Words in Levantine Arabic Posted by yasmine on Aug 19, 2020
مرحبا! 🙂 In this post, we’ll be looking at the question or interrogative words (who, what, where, why, when, how, which) in Levantine Arabic with examples along with a reminder of what the question words are in اللُغة العَرَبية الفُصحى Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). First, can you recall which Arabic speaking countries use the Levantine…
Letter of the Week (ي) yaa Posted by yasmine on Aug 12, 2020
Moving on to our twenty eighth and last letter of the Arabic alphabet (ي)! I hope you found this series of posts helpful in your Arabic learning. As always, let’s look at various words beginning with (ي) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter ي…
Letter of the Week (و) wow Posted by yasmine on Aug 5, 2020
Moving on to our twenty seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet (و), we will look at various words beginning with (و) along with more culture/language related facts. Let’s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter و. Initial و, as in the word “واحِد” meaning “one”. Medial ـو , as in the word…