Product Details
Ideal for young-at-heart adult intermediate and advanced learners of Levantine Arabic, this book contains ten chapters of similar length (around 1,000 words each), along with illustrations, English translations, and footnotes.
What's Included
This purchase includes three PDF eBook files:
- Mido in Levantine Arabic (the original with voweled texts)
- Mido in Levantine Arabic (with unvoweled texts)
- Mido in Levantine Arabic Glossary (vocabulary lists by page and alphabetically)
About the Stories
The stories in Mido: In Levantine Arabic are lighthearted and easy to follow yet engaging, presenting the lively language and culture of the Lebanese today. Although fun and accessible, these stories are intended for adult learners rather than children, as themes such as secrets, lies, and crime occasionally appear.
Meet Mido and His Family
The first chapter introduces Mido and his family through a glimpse into a typical morning at home. Midoโs father, mother, brother, and sister are each featured in a chapter showing a day in their lives, while Mido himself stars in the remaining chapters.
Format and Features
The Arabic texts appear on even-numbered pages, with the corresponding English translations on the following odd-numbered pages. Each English page includes cultural and language notes.
The book also features dozens of beautiful illustrations that help readers visualize the stories. Professionally recorded audio by a voice actor in Beirut is available to stream or download free of charge.
PDF Sample
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Audio Stream
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Audio Download
MP3 Files
Download the full accompanying audio for this product as MP3 filesโcompletely free! The files are provided in a compressed ZIP folder for easy access. Simply download, extract the files, and start listening. No purchase of the PDF eBook is required!
Customer Reviews
I bought this book in levantine arabic. And it is exactly what I needed. I habe never seen such a good and complete concept for reading my first book in a foreign language.
It is really amazing, that I can hear the pronounciation in the Audio files and find the vocabulary not only in alphabetic order but in order of apearance in the text as well. And then there is even the translation in the book.
Up to now I learned 9 languages, but I never found such a complete concept suitable for somebody who has learned the language to a basic level and now wants to read and maybe even listen the first easy book.
Congratulations to the author!
I wish you big success!!
I really enjoy the book. It's a great resource for learning Lebanese Arabic. It is often hard to find good books for Arabic dialects as most course books and readers focus on MSA. You do need a basis in Lebanese Arabic grammar and vocabulary before starting this reader though so it is not for the beginner in Lebanese Arabic. But excellent practice material if you already are at intermediate level. Looking forward to also start Mido in other Arabic dialects.
What can I say - an amazing reading and listening resource! Reading is such an important (crucial!) part of the language learning process, so the more reading opportunity you have the better. I loved every chapter of this book, still coming back to it from time to time. You have two in one with this book - you can also use it as a listening material and just listen to it as you would to any audiobook (which I also did). Highly recommend!
This is a really great resource - listening to the audio a few times first helps with comprehension and you can then read the text to understand the bits you missed. The explanatory notes are concise and well-chosen.