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Hi guys ,

The PLC was very useful for grammar of the long vowel negative shortening sound. I never fully understood it.

Also, this lesson was obviously in MSA, how would aamiyah dialect sound with this one? Would dialects actually use الذي for emphasis on who is doing something?

@tomest05, there is an equivalent word for الذي and التي in the street, and it's اللي pronounced Ellly

This word is used regardless of the gender.

The equivalent colloquial way of asking that question in the first sentence would be
مين اللي ترك الثلاثة مفتوحة؟

"Man" has been substituted with "meen" and "allad'y" has been substituted with "ellly"

Ah nice colloquial tends to be simpler it seems with the grammar rules! Thanks

very interesting.thanks

Salam... I am from Pakistan and this is my first day on this website. Thank you for doing such amazing podcasts. I am already learning alot.

Here is my answer to your question:
The fridge is open oh Mohammed, who did that? I don't know, don't blame me oh Ehab. OK, God willing. Not sure if the last sentence here was part of the test.

hi there, here is my first question ever
i should say first how quite unique work you're doing. i'm very happy to find you.

I just stuck on using ليس. doesn't it change depending the gender? what about لست. where should it be used? can't we say لست انا for "not me"?

thanks a lot.

Ahlan frhn
Here is a summary of the usage of (laysa ليس):

Lastu Ahmed(I am not Ahmed) لست أحمد

Ahmed laysa akhi (Ahmed is not my brother) أحمد ليس أخي

Salma laysat ukhti (Salma is not my sister) سلمى ليست أختي

Lasnaa a3'biyaa2 (we are not stupid) لسنا أغبياء

Laysoo a3'biyaa2 (they are not stupid) ليسوا أغبياء

Hope that makes things clear,

thank you Ehab, but still a small thing left in my mind.

in the conversation ليس انا was written.

so i assume both ليس انا (laysa ana) and لست انا (lastu ene) are correct. maybe one of them classical the other colloquial??

am i right?

shukran jazelan..

Great lesson, as always! I have a question: How does the verb talomny change if I was talking to a group of males, or a group of females, or about a group, or addressing both of my parents for example? You (2 person dual) are blaming me. These present tense verbs already have suffixes and how do they go together with the ya (me)? I understand the answer is to long and complicated for a comment here but maybe take it as a suggestion for future lesson, inshallah. Masalama!

Argentum maybe it is "laysa ana" because the subject is "it"



It was not me



rather than



I did not/I am not (as in the above example that Ehab gives "I am not Ahmed"



just a thought when reading your comment but I am no expert

Thanks