Now that we have tackled how to express “still” in the previous post, let’s check out the ways to express “just” in Levantine Arabic!
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Welcome to the first post of the How To Say series where we’ll explore all the little words in Levantine Arabic that are often overlooked yet make all the difference.
And the first word is…”still”!
Inspired by the song “Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word” by Joan Baez (written by Bob Dylan), here’s a first of a series of posts about verbs in Levantine Arabic titled The Arabic Verb Is Just A Three-Letter Word ๐
In each post, I will demonstrate how just by knowing one verb in its three-letter root form (Form I) will enable you to use the verb in its other forms.
I always thought that it makes more sense to be taught all the verbs from the same root at the same time rather than at different points in the language journey.
The meanings of the verb in its other forms can easily be guessed once you grasp how the 10-verbs form system works.
And I hope to demonstrate that through sentence examples and seeing for yourself the pattern that arises.
This series of posts might be especially useful for those learning Spoken Arabic without any formal background in MSA/Fosha.
So for the first post of an ongoing series, we’ll begin with a simple verb:
ุนุฑู
Bread is a staple food in the Middle East with a lot of significance attached to it. It is of no surprise that there are Arabic expressions containing the word.
I’m guessing that the significance of bread in the Middle Eastern culture is perhaps similar to the significance of rice in my part of the world (South East Asia).
There are tons of articles online about the importance of bread in the Middle East and what it signifies but I really like the introduction of this article (it’s an easy read). Recipes on how to bake Middle Eastern bread are included ๐
Ahlan!
This post is all about the three popular negation words – ู ู, ู ุด & ู ุง
It is quite common for beginners to be unsure of which word to use in different scenarios.
Thus, I’m going to address this confusion and hopefully by the end of this post, your doubts will be gone and you can move forward using these words confidently.
So yalla, let’s begin!
Ahlaann Ahlaaan
Yesterday, I shared a song called “Bala Wala Shi” on theLevanTongue’s Facebook page.
Have you listened to it yet?
In this post, I will be sharing with you the ways native speakers use the words ุจูุง and ููุง in Levantine Arabic.
Ziyad Rahbani & Rasha Rizk - Bala Wala Shi (Lebanese Arabic) Lyrics + Translation - ุจูุง ููุง ุดู
Watch this video on YouTube.
Also, did you know that there is a difference between ููุง and ูููุง?
The difference lies in the shadda (duh) but what about the difference in meaning and usage?
Yalla, read on to find out!
In this post, we’ll look at the different ways to describe ability and inability in Levantine Arabic.
I’ll also share some useful and common expressions that you can use.
So yalla, let’s begin!
There is definitely more than one way to use the word ุจุณ (bas) in Levantine Arabic.
Read on to find out the 4 common ways!
