{"id":19088,"date":"2020-09-23T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=19088"},"modified":"2020-09-22T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T12:10:14","slug":"msa-levantine-conversation-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/msa-levantine-conversation-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"MSA \u2013 Levantine Conversation Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many students who are interested in Levantine Arabic have most likely began learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) first. When learning a dialect, it sometimes helps to compare with what you already know in MSA. Yet, not very often do we come across texts about the same subject in both standard Arabic and dialect to allow for direct comparison. In this post, I thought we would look at a conversation of the same topic written in MSA and in Levantine Arabic as well to help you compare words, grammatical structures, and pronunciation. I have included an audio reading of both. Listen and compare. Where do you find differences and similarities?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The first conversation is a simple introductory conversation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19088-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-MSA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-MSA.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-MSA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19088-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-Levantine.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-Levantine.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-one-Levantine.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<table style=\"height: 330px\" width=\"594\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>MSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Levantine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062d\u064e\u0628\u0627\u064b\u060c \u0643\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0641\u064e \u062d\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0643\u064e\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064d \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0644\u0650\u0644\u0651\u0647<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652 \u0623\u064a\u0652\u0646\u064e \u0623\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064e\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0644\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0646\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0648\u0623\u0646\u062a\u0650\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0633\u0652\u0637\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0651\u064e\u0629 \u0644\u064e\u0643\u0650\u0646\u0651\u0650\u064a \u0623\u0639\u064a\u0634\u064f \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u064f\u0631\u0652\u062f\u064f\u0646<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0632\u0650\u0631\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0652\u062f\u064f\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u0628\u064a\u0652\u0639 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0633\u064f \u062c\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0627\u064b \u062c\u0650\u062f\u0651\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u064e\u0631\u062d\u064e\u0628\u0627 \u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062d\u0627\u0644\u064e\u0643\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0645\u0650\u0646\u0652\u064a\u062d \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0644\u0644\u0647<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0648\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0646 \u0625\u0646\u062a\u064e\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0644\u064f\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u060c \u0648\u0625\u0646\u062a\u0650\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0641\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0633\u0637\u064a\u0646\u064a\u0629 \u0628\u064e\u0633 \u0639\u0627\u064a\u0652\u0634\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0652\u062f\u064f\u0646<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0632\u064f\u0631\u0652\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u0631\u0652\u062f\u064f\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u0628\u064a\u0639 \u0648\u0643\u0627\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0633\/\u0627\u0644\u062c\u064e\u0648 \u0643\u062a\u064a\u0631 \u062d\u0650\u0644\u0648<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: The Levantine audio reading is in the Jordanian dialect which can differ slightly comparing to other Levantine dialects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Translation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello, how are you?<\/p>\n<p>I am well, thanks be to God.<\/p>\n<p>Where are you from?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m from Lebanon, and you?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Palestinian but I live in Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>I visited Jordan in the spring and the weather was very nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This second conversation is a bit more advanced than the first taking place at a caf\u00e9.<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19088-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-MSA.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-MSA.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-MSA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-19088-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-Levantine.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-Levantine.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/09\/convo-two-Levantine.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<table style=\"height: 625px\" width=\"636\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>MSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>Levantine<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\" width=\"312\"><strong>\u0643\u064a\u0641\u064e \u062d\u064e\u0627\u0644\u064f\u0643\u0650\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0644\u0644\u0647\u060c \u0648\u0644\u064e\u0643\u0650\u0646\u064e\u0646\u064a \u0645\u064f\u062a\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u0651\u0644\u0629 \u0647\u0630\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0645<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u0650\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0644\u0627 \u0623\u0639\u0631\u0641\u060c \u0623\u064f\u062d\u0650\u0633\u0651\u064f \u0623\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0628\u0650\u062d\u0627\u062c\u0629\u064d \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0634\u064a\u0621\u064d \u062c\u064e\u062f\u064a\u062f\u064d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0645\u0627 \u0631\u064e\u0623\u064a\u064f\u0643\u0650 \u0644\u064e\u0648 \u0630\u064e\u0647\u064e\u0628\u0652\u0646\u0627 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064e\u0642\u0652\u0647\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064e\u0631\u064a\u0628\u0650 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0647\u064f\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u062a\u064e\u0643\u064e\u0644\u0651\u0645\u0652\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0645\u0651\u0627 \u064a\u064f\u0632\u0652\u0639\u0650\u062c\u064f\u0643\u0650\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0647\u064a\u0651\u0627<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0645\u0627 <\/strong><strong>\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064a\u064f\u0643\u0650 <\/strong><strong>\u0641\u064a \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064e\u0642\u0647\u0649\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0645\u064e\u0642\u0647\u0649 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0644 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u062a\u064f\u062d\u0650\u0628\u0651\u064a\u0646 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0637\u0644\u064f\u0628\u064a\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0623\u0631\u064a\u062f\u064f \u0634\u0627\u064a\u0627\u064b \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0646\u0627\u0639<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u0631\u064a\u062f\u064f \u0642\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0648\u0629 \u0633\u0627\u062f\u0629. \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0622\u0646 \u0644\u0650\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0642\u064f\u0644\u062a\u0650 \u0628\u0623\u0646\u064e\u0643\u0650 <\/strong><strong>\u0645\u064f\u062a\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0644\u0651\u0644\u0629<\/strong><strong>\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0642\u062f \u063a\u064e\u064a\u0651\u0631\u062a\u064f \u0631\u0623\u064a\u064a. \u0623\u0639\u062a\u0642\u062f\u064f \u0623\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0641\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0637 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0628\u0650\u062d\u0627\u062c\u0629\u064d \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0641\u0650\u0646\u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u064a\u064d \u0633\u0627\u062e\u0650\u0646 \u0623\u0634\u0631\u0628\u0647 \u0645\u064e\u0639 \u0635\u062f\u064a\u0642 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u064e\u0642\u0647\u0649 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0644<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0643\u064a\u0641 \u062d\u0627\u0644\u0650\u0643\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0643\u064f\u0648\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0633\u064e\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064e\u0645\u0652\u062f\u064f \u0644\u0644\u0647\u060c \u0628\u064e\u0633\u0652 \u0632\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0650\u0629 \u0647\u064e\u0644\u0623\u064a\u0627\u0645<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0634\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0641\u060c \u062d\u0627\u0633\u0651\u0629 \u0625\u0646\u064a \u0628\u0650\u062d\u0627\u062c\u0629 \u0644\u064e\u0634\u064a \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0634\u0648 \u0631\u0623\u064a\u0650\u0643 \u0644\u0648 \u0631\u064f\u062d\u0652\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064e\u0631\u064a\u0628 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0647\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u062d\u064e\u0643\u064e\u064a\u0646\u0627 \u0639\u064e\u0646 \u0634\u0648 \u0632\u0627\u0639\u0650\u062c\u0650\u0643\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u064a\u064e\u0644\u0627<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0634\u0648 \u0631\u0623\u064a\u0650\u0643 \u0628\u0650\u0647\u0627\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0647\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0643\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0647 \u062d\u0650\u0644\u0648 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0634\u0648 \u062d\u0627\u0628\u0650\u0629 \u062a\u064f\u0637\u0652\u0644\u064f\u0628\u064a\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>.\u0628\u0650\u062f\u064a \u0634\u0627\u064a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0646\u064e\u0639\u0652\u0646\u064e\u0639<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0628\u0650\u062f\u064a \u0642\u064e\u0647\u0648\u0629 \u0633\u0627\u062f\u0629. \u0648\u0647\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0642 \u0644\u064e\u064a\u0634 \u0642\u064f\u0644\u0652\u062a\u0650 \u0625\u0646\u0650\u0643 \u0632\u064e\u0647\u0652\u0642\u0627\u0646\u0629\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><strong>\u063a\u064e\u064a\u0651\u064e\u0631\u0652\u062a \u0631\u0623\u064a\u064a. \u0623\u0632\u064f\u0646 \u0625\u0646\u064a \u0628\u064e\u0633 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a \u0628\u0650\u062d\u0627\u062c\u0650\u0629 \u0644\u0650\u0641\u0646\u0652\u062c\u0627\u0646 \u0634\u0627\u064a \u0633\u064f\u062e\u064f\u0646 \u0623\u0634\u0652\u0631\u064e\u0628\u0647 \u0645\u064e\u0639 \u0635\u064e\u062f\u064a\u0642 \u0641\u064a \u0643\u0627\u0641\u064a\u0647 \u062d\u0650\u0644\u0648<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Translation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How are you?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m well, thanks be to God, but I\u2019m bored these days.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know, I feel like I need something new.<\/p>\n<p>What about we go to the new caf\u00e9 that\u2019s close by and talk about what is bothering you?<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this caf\u00e9?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a nice caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to order?<\/p>\n<p>I would like tea with mint.<\/p>\n<p>I would like a cup of coffee with no sugar. Now, why did you say you were feeling bored?<\/p>\n<p>I just changed my mind. I think I just needed a hot cup of tea to drink with a friend at a nice caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I hope you found this post useful. Till next week, happy Arabic learning! ?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many students who are interested in Levantine Arabic have most likely began learning Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) first. When learning a dialect, it sometimes helps to compare with what you already know in MSA. 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