Learn the difference between Mordern Standard Arabic and others
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Intro |
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| Hi everybody! Nora here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common Arabic questions. |
| The Question |
| The question for this lesson is: How different is MSA from dialects? And how different are dialects from each other? |
| Explanation |
| Greetings are one of the things we learn first when learning a new language. But how different are greetings for example, from Modern Standard Arabic to other Arabic dialects? and from one dialect of Arabic to the other? |
| Let's see some examples of the difference in some greetings. |
| “Hello. How are you?” |
| Modern Standard Arabic: marḥaban, kayfa ḥalk? |
| مرحباً, كيف حالك؟ |
| Egyptian Arabic: Hi, ezzayyak? |
| هاي, إزيك؟ |
| Levantine Arabic: marhaba, kifak? |
| مرحبا, كيفك؟ |
| “Good.” |
| MSA: biḫayr. |
| بخير |
| EGA: kuwayyes. |
| كويس |
| LVA: mniḥ. |
| منيح |
| Now let's see an example of a sentence, like "What's your name?" in MSA and in different dialects. |
| “What's your name?” |
| MSA: mā ismuk? |
| ما اسمك؟ |
| EGA: esmak eeh? |
| اسمك إيه؟ |
| LVA: šū ismak? |
| شو اسمك؟ |
| Here’s another example sentence: |
| "How old are you?" |
| MSA: kam ʿumruk? |
| كم عمرك؟ |
| EGA: ʿandak kām sanah? |
| عندك كام سنة؟ |
| LVA: addeeš ʿumrak? |
| اديش عمرك؟ |
| To change a noun from indefinite to definite, you add an article that is basically like "the" in English. There’s a difference in its pronunciation in different Arabic dialects: |
| Let's take the word "the love" as an example. |
| MSA: al-ḥub. |
| الحب |
| EGA: el-ḥub. |
| الحب |
| LVA: el-ḥub. |
| الحب |
| Notice the difference between Al and El. These are basic examples of differences between Modern Standard Arabic and two different Arabic dialects. |
Outro |
| Did you know that on our website ArabicPod101.com, you can learn Modern standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, and Moroccan Arabic? Check out our website for more information! |
| If you have any more questions, please leave a comment below! |
| And I’ll see you in the next episode! |
| Bye! Salam! |
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