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durruti saysTue 17th Jan 12@11:53 pmLook, it's David Byrne! : )
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is من جد (for real)classical arabic? if its colloqial, how do you say 'for real/really' also, the word for to trick is خدع. however we have used ضحكوا عليك. doesnt that actually mean to laugh?
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@sabihak, من جد is colloquial, in classical you can say
حقاً
7aqqan
Really
ضحكوا عليك literally means 'they laughed on you', but in colloquial this phrase is often used to mean tricked or fooled -
I really wish there would be more MSA/fusha/proper Arabic and less colloquial :(
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I think there is a nice balance already between fusha and colloquial.
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I would guesstimate that 65-75% or more of the 460 or so podcasts have provided MSA/fusha and that probably meets the overall demand. Indeed, I was trying to get an Egyptian friend interested in this site for his teenage son, but when I played the podcast for him he said "we don't talk like that." He would rather be teaching his son Egyptian colloquial. That particular podcast happened to be in classical. I like the mix.
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I would prefer more colloquial. Maybe 60% colloquial and 40% fusha.
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It'd be nice if the podcasts would be labelled MSA or colloquial at least, like some of the ones are labelled 'Levantine'.
Not requesting this out of lazinesss but with some of the podcasts its difficult to work out whether its all colloquial or just one particular word. -
@Zacheriya, thanks for your suggestion. We'll work on it
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Thanks Moshaya!
I think its clear some people want colloquial whilst others want MSA, so keeping the two separate with labels would help clarify things a lot.
Lower Intermediate - Doesn't suit you
January 17th, 2012 | 1 comment |
Sometimes sellers resort to lying in order to get you to buy their products. If you think someone has fallen into this trap, then the vocabulary in today's lesson will be useful as you will learn how to alert the person on the suitability of the product.
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