Ahlan!
Here’s a short and sweet post on how to say the English equivalent of “This wouldn’t have happened if…” in Levantine Arabic.
And what better way to do so but through sample sentences!
An audio recording of the sentences is also provided by a native Syrian speaker.
Ready to learn? Yalla!
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Ok, I’m not sure what the cat picture got to do with this post but I’m pretty sure most of you have seen verb conjugation tables ever since you started learning Levantine Arabic.
They are certainly useful and allow us, non-natives, to tackle the language systematically (I’m telling ya, natives know nothin’ about verb forms and conjugation tables!)
In this post, I will share with you two tips that I found useful in terms of pronouncing verbs and their conjugations the right way.
These tips were especially useful for me back when I was still a beginner trying to grasp the concept of verb conjugation.
In addition, I’m going to use conjugation tables that I’m most familiar with which are from my favourite book, 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic (Jordan & Palestine) by Fridrik Tiedemann.
Note that depending on the individual’s learning method, my tips may not resonate with everybody but here goes…
Watching shows is a great way to learn new phrases and practice listening comprehension. But it’s not easy watching on your own without anyone helping you to understand it completely.
I remember watching Jordanian shows like Female with my teacher during the last few months I was studying in Jordan and that was what enabled me to take my Arabic proficiency to the next level. So I’m going to do just the same here.
In this post, you’ll watch a short one minute scene from Female, Episode 9, Season 1. Although it’s just a one minute scene, there are a few useful phrases and words that you can learn.
Read all the way till the end where I’ll provide further explanation to some of the phrases. Ready? Let’s go!