The Fish-Tank Catastrophe
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
112 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A Shami mini-story about our accidental fish-soup disaster and how the tank finally got replaced.
اللهجة الشامية
شامي
Levantine · Shami Arabic
The everyday Arabic of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan — and the current heart of Daily Derja.
62 posts
First Coffee
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
12 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Woke up late and made my first coffee of the day.
Using Saar and Dall in Shami Arabic
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
202 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A focused all-Arabic guide to صار and ضلّ in Levantine Arabic.
A Tale of Two Selfies
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
174 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Two photos. Seventeen years apart. Same face, different weather.
Differences Between Tunisian and Levantine Arabic
شاميLevantineتونسيTunisian
سهلEasy·
231 wordsكلمة
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2 min readدقيقة قراءة
I made a video about some differences between Shami and Tunisian Derja.
On The Way To The Interview
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
86 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
The pre-interview jitters.
Siyum Seder Moed
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
93 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Last night we celebrated the accomplishment of finishing Seder Moed
ALL CAPS
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
125 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some confusing graffiti in Tel Aviv.
The Beginnings of My Levantine Playlist
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate
أذنEAR TRAINING·
221 wordsكلمة
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2 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some music I’m enjoying right now, to train my ear for Levantine Arabic.
El Ghriba Photos
شاميLevantine
سهلEasy·
209 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Pictures from our visit to the El Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia.