Media Arabic Vocabulary 3
$26.99Boost your Arabic news reading skills and confidence. Intermediate-level learners explore Military and Conflict, Religion, and Weather and Natural Disasters units in this volume.
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معلِشّ is used to downplay a situation, whether to console, sympathize, or apologize. The word originally comes from the Modern Standard Arabic phrase ما عليه شيء, which literally means nothing against it.
كِده is likely the most quintessentially Egyptian word there is. Not only is it very high frequency in everyday speech, but it is unique to the Egyptian Arabic dialect. كِده is related to the Modern Standard Arabic word هكذا like this but takes on a range of idiomatic meanings on its own and in phrases.
Ahmad tells us about the barriers of diglossia in the Arabic-speaking world and how Egyptian Arabic is gaining ground as a written language.
Let’s take a look at Unit 1 from the book The News in Egyptian Arabic.
Learn how to pronounce Egyptian Arabic and about the sound changes that distinguish it from other varieties of Arabic.
Learn Egyptian Arabic with Amr Diab’s Zay Manty (video, English translation, and language notes).
Practice reading Egyptian Arabic.
Salman, age 7, has a story for us. What was Captain America’s fate?
Mostafa traveled around the world without leaving Cairo. But how?
Learn Egyptian Arabic with Hamada Helal’s catchy Ashrab Shai (video with lyrics, English translation, and language notes).
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Boost your Arabic news reading skills and confidence. Intermediate-level learners explore Military and Conflict, Religion, and Weather and Natural Disasters units in this volume.
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