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| primosanchez Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6305 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 1 of 3 30 June 2010 at 12:13am | IP Logged |
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I'm going to be in a Yemen for a few weeks and wanted to get a book or something for a quick crash course in basic Arabic before I left. Just looking to learn what useful travel phrases I can before I leave.
I don't know how different the Arabic in Yemen is than anywhere else, from what I can gather its closer to Saudi Arabian Arabic than any other dialect. Anyways, if anyone has any recommendations on a good book/website for this purpose, it would be much appreciated. As you can tell, I'm not very familiar with how the dialects differ from country to country... Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cetacea Bilingual Tetraglot Groupie United States booh.com Joined 5323 days ago 80 posts - 163 votes  Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Arabic (Yemeni), Arabic (Written) Studies: French | Message 2 of 3 30 June 2010 at 6:15am | IP Logged |
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There are books available on Yemeni Arabic, Peace Corps made one, and here is one with full text digitized, but none came with audio.
If you can find good audio material on Saudi Arabic, FSI for example, use it and you'll will be understood even in the smallest towns. If you really want to learn Yemeni Arabic and understand people, start with the following: I want: Saudi: Abgha, Yemeni: Ashtee I go: Saudi: Aruh, Yemeni: Aseer I look: Saudi: Ashoof, Yemeni: Absir your(female): Saudi: k, Yemeni: sh, How are you(f) doing? Saudi: Kaif haalik? Yemeni: Kaif haalish Future tense: I will/am going to: Saudi: ha, Yemeni: sha you/he/she/they/ will : Saudi: ha, Yemeni: ain (ع) For example: I'm going to the market: Saudi: Harooh la ssuq. Yemeni: Shaseer la ssuq. And the most important word to know in Yemen is "to chew" as in "to chew qat" : khazzin For example: Do you(m) want to chew qat with us: chishtee tikhazzin maana? 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| primosanchez Diglot Newbie United States Joined 6305 days ago 32 posts - 32 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish | Message 3 of 3 30 June 2010 at 3:39pm | IP Logged |
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I appreciate the info. I'll look for a good Saudi Arabic Guide/Audio companion...
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