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| MattM Newbie Australia Joined 3732 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 7 13 September 2014 at 12:21am | IP Logged |
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Hello everyone,
I have decided that I really want to learn the Lebanese dialect of Arabic. Since this is a pretty 'unknown' language, there are pretty scarce resources in order to start this language. My main reason to learn this language is because of my family heritage. The resources that I have started to use include: -Spoken Lebanese by M. Feghali -Hiibanajem's videos on YouTube These resources are really good, but since I am a beginner, I find these really hard to follow Any advice or help will be extremely grateful. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Talib Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6667 days ago 171 posts - 205 votes  Speaks: English*, Arabic (classical) Studies: Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 2 of 7 13 September 2014 at 5:38am | IP Logged |
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Lebanese Arabic is similar to the Arabic spoken in Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. Collectively it is known as Levantine Arabic, and it is sometimes referred to as Eastern Arabic. It would be a good idea to use other materials that deal with Levantine Arabic since the courses that focus exclusively on Lebanese Arabic are limited.
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| MattM Newbie Australia Joined 3732 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English* | Message 3 of 7 14 September 2014 at 12:07am | IP Logged |
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I have looked at courses specifically for Levantine Arabic, such as Pimsleur's Eastern Arabic Course, but
courses like this are more targeted towards the Palestinian and Jordanian dialect. Although they are similar to Lebanese Arabic, there are differences in conjugation and pronunciation of words. I know what you mean by saying that resources are limited, so that's why I started this topic, since I didn't know how to approach it and wanted some guidance. Thanks for your help! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| stelingo Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 722 posts - 1076 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Czech, Polish, Greek, Mandarin | Message 4 of 7 14 September 2014 at 1:25pm | IP Logged |
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'Arabic You Need: A Beginner's Course in Spoken Arabic' by Nadia Harb isn't a bad
beginner's course and focuses on Lebanese Arabic. There are reviews on Amazon but it's currently showing that the book isn't available, so I don't know whether you would be able to get a copy. Edited by stelingo on 14 September 2014 at 1:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| KSAKSA Groupie Australia Joined 5151 days ago 65 posts - 99 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (Gulf) | Message 5 of 7 18 September 2014 at 1:34pm | IP Logged |
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Don't forget that arabicpod has some free shami content.One of the local classes in Sydney also claims to teach it alongside fusHa
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| Mikael84 Bilingual Pentaglot Groupie Peru Joined 5306 days ago 76 posts - 116 votes Speaks: French*, Finnish*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Arabic (classical), German, Russian | Message 6 of 7 21 September 2014 at 7:29am | IP Logged |
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Check out this blog, even though it seems dead now, the archived content is really great for Lebanese/Syrian/Jordanian/Palestinian dialects (there are even posts on other dialects). Some of the content is fairly advanced, some of it especially the earlier posts could be of use to you.
http://www.thearabicstudent.com/ 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5326 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English | Message 7 of 7 21 September 2014 at 11:04am | IP Logged |
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BTW, Donovan is working on an Arabic dialects website. He's already uploaded some demo clips for a varietey of Arabic dialects, including Levantine, to SoundCloud.
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