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since today is apparently #ArabicLanguageDay, here's a thread of recommended resources for learning #EgyptianArabic .
i'm far from an expert in this dialect — language learning never ends! — but i have plenty of successes & failures to speak on with the following tools. 1/
i'm far from an expert in this dialect — language learning never ends! — but i have plenty of successes & failures to speak on with the following tools. 1/
two disclaimers:
1. i'm only talking abt 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 i've used, not language-learning 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴, for wh there are many podcasts, YT videos, books, etc.
2. some of these are applicable for learning other varieties of Arabic & even other langs, but some are obviously not!
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1. i'm only talking abt 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 i've used, not language-learning 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥𝘴, for wh there are many podcasts, YT videos, books, etc.
2. some of these are applicable for learning other varieties of Arabic & even other langs, but some are obviously not!
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here's how i see this thread going:
1️⃣graded workbooks/coursebooks
2️⃣dictionaries
3️⃣getting speaking practice
4️⃣miscellaneous web resources
5️⃣finding in-language media
we'll see how that holds up.
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1️⃣graded workbooks/coursebooks
2️⃣dictionaries
3️⃣getting speaking practice
4️⃣miscellaneous web resources
5️⃣finding in-language media
we'll see how that holds up.
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another consequential ⭐️sound change⭐️ in #EgyptianArabic is the loss of the short vowel /i/, when 2 conditions are met:
1️⃣ the vowel doesn't carry the word stress;
2️⃣ deleting it will not create a syllable with shape CVCC (i.e. with multiple coda consonants).
1️⃣ the vowel doesn't carry the word stress;
2️⃣ deleting it will not create a syllable with shape CVCC (i.e. with multiple coda consonants).
examples within a word:
ˈʕārif-a → عارفة ˈʕarfa "she knows"
θaˈmāniya → تمانية taˈmanya "eight"
naḍˈḍārit-i → نضارتي naḍˈḍarti "my glasses"
ˈʕārif-a → عارفة ˈʕarfa "she knows"
θaˈmāniya → تمانية taˈmanya "eight"
naḍˈḍārit-i → نضارتي naḍˈḍarti "my glasses"
consider especially the effect this has on verb paradigms:
كتبت ˈkatab-it "she wrote"
but
ˈmišiy-it → مشيت ˈmišyit "she left"
ˈʕamal-u "they did"
but
ˈrikib-u → ركبوا ˈrikbu "they stole"
كتبت ˈkatab-it "she wrote"
but
ˈmišiy-it → مشيت ˈmišyit "she left"
ˈʕamal-u "they did"
but
ˈrikib-u → ركبوا ˈrikbu "they stole"
