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| Glottis Newbie United States Joined 4319 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (classical) | Message 1 of 4 15 January 2013 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
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Hey everyone. I'm looking for some good resources to learn Jordanian Arabic. My vocab is getting pretty good, but it's all fusha vocab. I know there's crossover though. What I really need is an overview of Jordanian Grammar and sentence structure. Does anyone know where I could find such a thing?
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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4870 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 2 of 4 15 January 2013 at 10:17pm | IP Logged |
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I started the course in Syrian Arabic back when
it was a free online course (and I wish I had saved it!), and I thought the first part was very useful. I remember running into a block about four or five chapters in, though. The dialogues got harder, and I was convinced they were using vocabulary that hadn't even been covered yet. You might have better luck if you have a good background in fusha. But Syrian Arabic, combined with a dozen chapters in Living Language, helped me a lot during a vacation to Jordan. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Jappy58 Bilingual Super Polyglot Senior Member United States Joined 4619 days ago 200 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Guarani*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Maghribi), Arabic (Written), French, English, Persian, Quechua, Portuguese Studies: Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 4 16 January 2013 at 12:39am | IP Logged |
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Before suggesting resources, I'd like to point out that Jordanian Arabic is extremely
similar to the other Levantine dialects (Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian). This is important to know because resources for these other dialects - despite not necessarily being "Jordanian" specifically, will be very useful in acquiring the general dialect of the region. In short, don't limit your resource options just because a course is listed as "Lebanese" or "Syrian": make use of them as well! ;) The resource kanewai provided is one that I also highly recommend. The course is certainly authentic Syrian Arabic, and is great for reaching a solid intermediate (roughly B1 on the CEFR Scale) level, possibly even low B2, if accompanied with native materials. Other resources I think you should consider: COLLOQUIAL PALESTINIAN ARABIC This is an excellent course, IMO. Palestinian Arabic shares more in common with Egyptian Arabic (when compared to the other Levantine dialects), but is very useful in Jordan. POPULAR PALESTINIAN PROVERBS Although its focus is also on Palestinian Arabic, it is useful in many parts of the Levant and even other regions of the Arab world. That being said, this is something I would recommend more for high-intermediate-to-advanced students. "A DICTIONARY FOR SYRIAN ARABIC" Great for this dialect. "SHOU FI MA FI?" A decent course, though more focused on Lebanese, followed by Syrian. "LIVING ARABIC" by Munther Younes This course features Jordanian Arabic, with some MSA used for reading selections, etc. CultureTalk Arab Levant Focuses on Levantine dialect, some are Jordanian. I would highly recommend that you continue to expand your knowledge of Modern Standard Arabic - not only does it serve as the roots and stem of the various Arabic dialects, but many of the courses offered for dialect are most accessible with prior knowledge of MSA. Hope this helps! :) EDIT: The links did not come up properly for some of the resources - they can all be found on Amazon, however. Edited by Jappy58 on 16 January 2013 at 12:42am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Luso Hexaglot Senior Member Portugal Joined 6042 days ago 819 posts - 1812 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, French, EnglishC2, GermanB1, Italian, Spanish Studies: Sanskrit, Arabic (classical) | Message 4 of 4 16 January 2013 at 1:22am | IP Logged |
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I'm afraid I don't have any specific products to recommend. I'd just like to help define what you call "Jordanian Arabic".
The major dialects in Jordan are Levantine (when I was there I was told that about three quarters of the population is of Palestinian origin) and Badawi Najdi (in the South and East). Jordanian Arabic per se is not usually considered as a full-fledged dialect. I think that kanewai's is a good suggestion: Syrian is a good choice for that zone in particular. Levantine Arabic is also appropriate. EDIT: while I was writing this, Jappy58 also posted. I'm not going to erase this, but I think he posted along the same lines, albeit with more detail... and suggestions. Edited by Luso on 16 January 2013 at 1:26am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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