tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post5615264862060155937..comments2024-02-07T06:43:07.349-05:00Comments on The Arabic Student: Rashed El Maged & Yara: El Maw'ed El Da'ea'The Arabic Studenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10616844721436789527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-65629063818623295462010-11-27T01:26:57.030-05:002010-11-27T01:26:57.030-05:00Here’s an interesting and very clear 3-minute vide...Here’s an interesting and very clear 3-minute video featuring 2 Arabic speakers. They’re not speaking to each other – they’re individually commenting on a certain subject - but they each use a different dialect. (Saudi and Syrian).<br /><br />The dialog takes place in Michigan. What I found especially interesting is that it clearly shows the contrast between the dialects. <br /><br />What’s also interesting is that the lady appears to be a “2nd generation” American. She identifies herself as of “Syrian origin”. Her Arabic, although fluent, is obviously her 2nd language, English being her first. She probably learned it as a child, but used it less and less as she got older.<br /><br />Another interesting aspect of her speech is that she kinda stumbles at first and has a marked American accent, but as she goes along she gets better and better. (She knows more and is more fluent than she thinks….she just doesn’t use it that much anymore, it seems). <br /><br />The guy is a Saudi through and through and is addressing his countrymen back home. He uses typical Saudi speech patterns and dialect, which is a little hard to find on video.<br /><br />Maybe our host would find the time to do some transcription/translating of this episode as he does with songs. You can see the video at:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-svVlDZfmoSodaJerknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1636019247752692989.post-47024517898665868712010-06-18T02:59:22.164-04:002010-06-18T02:59:22.164-04:00Hi the arabic student .. i'm an arabic native ...Hi the arabic student .. i'm an arabic native speaker from saudi arabia .. <br /><br />yes your definitions of احتريت and التهيت are correct.<br /><br />what are other words that you couldn't understand?<br /><br />Can we talk on skype .. i could be a help for you in arabic if u like<br /><br />my skype id is memetwofivemakkaynoreply@blogger.com