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Roman Bushuiev

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My notes on spoken Arabic and beads.
Check out my book on Lebanese dialect.
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Sadly, I didn't write down the line that came before these two, so the dialogue looks incomplete. All I can do now is say that the two characters were discussing in #Lebanese #Arabic either lunch or dinner. - What do you wanna eat? - Whatever... Source: آخر الليل #عربي #لبناني

Sadly, I didn't write down the line that came before these two, so the dialogue looks incomplete. All I can do now is say that the two characters were discussing in #Lebanese #Arabic either lunch or dinner.
- What do you wanna eat?
- Whatever...
Source: آخر الليل

#عربي #لبناني
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Some business-related terminology in #Lebanese #Arabic from the same show — Beyout Min Warak. IF SHE WANTS TO DO BUSINESS, SHE HAS TO PLAY BY THE RULES. The image was generated in Gemini. #арабська #ліван #lebanon #levantine #levantinearabic #عربي #لبناني #لبنان #شامي #لغة #لغات

Some business-related terminology in #Lebanese #Arabic from the same show — Beyout Min Warak.
IF SHE WANTS TO DO BUSINESS, SHE HAS TO PLAY BY THE RULES.
The image was generated in Gemini.
#арабська #ліван #lebanon #levantine #levantinearabic
#عربي #لبناني #لبنان #شامي #لغة #لغات
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Some legal terminology in #Lebanese #Arabic. EVERY CRIMINAL IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. Source: بيوت من ورق The image was generated in Gemini. #عربي #لبناني #لبنان #لغة #لغات #لهجة #لهجات #شامي #الشام #اللغة_العربية #العربية #تعليم #ترجم_وتعلم #عدل #lebanon #ліван #арабська

Some legal terminology in #Lebanese #Arabic.
EVERY CRIMINAL IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
Source: بيوت من ورق
The image was generated in Gemini.
#عربي #لبناني #لبنان #لغة #لغات #لهجة #لهجات #شامي #الشام #اللغة_العربية #العربية #تعليم #ترجم_وتعلم #عدل
#lebanon #ліван #арабська
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This time, a slightly challenging expression in #Lebanese #Arabic. Try to translate it first and then take a look at the picture below. I DON'T AGREE OR SUPPORT THAT, BUT IF YOUR DAD DOES, THEN DO IT. Rami Hajjar, thank you for explaining it to me. #عربي #لبنان #لبناني #لغة

This time, a slightly challenging expression in #Lebanese #Arabic. Try to translate it first and then take a look at the picture below.

I DON'T AGREE OR SUPPORT THAT, BUT IF YOUR DAD DOES, THEN DO IT.

Rami Hajjar, thank you for explaining it to me.
#عربي #لبنان #لبناني #لغة
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Sometimes I run into a word I hardly ever use, and it sparks a quiet curiosity about how it lives in the other #languages I speak, like #Arabic. Discovering the answer always brings a small but genuine joy.

Sometimes I run into a word I hardly ever use, and it sparks a quiet curiosity about how it lives in the other #languages I speak, like #Arabic. Discovering the answer always brings a small but genuine joy.
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This is the first time I see an #Arabic manual that addresses the reader in the feminine. Source: Carrefour cappuccino packaging.

This is the first time I see an #Arabic manual that addresses the reader in the feminine.
Source: Carrefour cappuccino packaging.
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I’d like to return to the same packaging I shared in an earlier post, using it as a quiet lens through which to observe how words can drift—subtly, almost imperceptibly—without the meaning itself being betrayed. #Arabic #عربي

I’d like to return to the same packaging I shared in an earlier post, using it as a quiet lens through which to observe how words can drift—subtly, almost imperceptibly—without the meaning itself being betrayed.
#Arabic #عربي
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Here is a dialogue from Beyout Min Warak that, to my non-native ear, seems to capture a subtle difference between #Lebanese and #Syrian #Arabic. Lines 1 & 3 are delivered by a Syrian actress, while line 2 carries the voice of a Lebanese actress. #عربي #لبناني #سوري #لبنان #سوريا

Here is a dialogue from Beyout Min Warak that, to my non-native ear, seems to capture a subtle difference between #Lebanese and #Syrian #Arabic. Lines 1 & 3 are delivered by a Syrian actress, while line 2 carries the voice of a Lebanese actress.
#عربي #لبناني #سوري #لبنان #سوريا
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A #Lebanese #Arabic expression used to highlight the contrast between a previously semi-ruined building, or part thereof, and its current fully renovated state. #عربي #لبنان #لبناني #اللغة_العربية #العربية #عربية #لهجة #عامية #لغة #لغات #لهجات #ترجم_وتعلم #ترجمة #تعليم #دراسة

A #Lebanese #Arabic expression used to highlight the contrast between a previously semi-ruined building, or part thereof, and its current fully renovated state.

#عربي #لبنان #لبناني #اللغة_العربية #العربية #عربية #لهجة #عامية #لغة #لغات #لهجات #ترجم_وتعلم #ترجمة #تعليم #دراسة
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This one feels obvious in hindsight, yet it still caught me off guard. Of course QADEEM can mean CLASSIC — I just always defaulted to كلاسيكي #Arabic #cars #ZabeelPark #Dubai #Sharjah #UAE #Emirates #عربي #سيارة #اللغة_العربية #لغة #حديقة_زعبيل #دبي #الشارقة #إمارات #الإمارات

This one feels obvious in hindsight, yet it still caught me off guard. Of course QADEEM can mean CLASSIC — I just always defaulted to
كلاسيكي

#Arabic #cars #ZabeelPark #Dubai #Sharjah #UAE #Emirates
#عربي #سيارة #اللغة_العربية #لغة #حديقة_زعبيل #دبي #الشارقة #إمارات #الإمارات
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I love reading texts written in two or more languages. In this case, I was expecting a less literal #Arabic rendering of “make a difference.” Personally, I would have gone with something like: يمكنك أن تترك أثراً يمكنك أن تؤثر في الوضع يمكنك أن تساهم في إنقاذ الكوكب #عربي #ترجمة

I love reading texts written in two or more languages. In this case, I was expecting a less literal #Arabic rendering of “make a difference.” Personally, I would have gone with something like:
يمكنك أن تترك أثراً
يمكنك أن تؤثر في الوضع
يمكنك أن تساهم في إنقاذ الكوكب
#عربي #ترجمة
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If I were to say AS IF YOU DIDN'T SEE ME in #Lebanese #Arabic, I'd have gone with something like كأنك مش شايفني or كأنو ما عم تشوفني but what I heard in BEYOUT MIN WARAK was somewhat unexpected. Please see the picture below. #عربي #لبناني #لبنان #لغة #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #لغات

If I were to say AS IF YOU DIDN'T SEE ME in #Lebanese #Arabic, I'd have gone with something like
كأنك مش شايفني
or
كأنو ما عم تشوفني
but what I heard in BEYOUT MIN WARAK was somewhat unexpected. Please see the picture below.

#عربي #لبناني #لبنان #لغة #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #لغات
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Two ways to say WHERE DID HE PUT / HANG / PLACE / DISPLAY IT [the picture]? in #Lebanese #Arabic. #لبناني #عربي #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #لغة #لغات #العربية #اللغة_العربية

Two ways to say WHERE DID HE PUT / HANG / PLACE / DISPLAY IT [the picture]? in #Lebanese #Arabic.

#لبناني #عربي #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #لغة #لغات #العربية #اللغة_العربية
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#Syrian #Arabic VS #Lebanese Arabic. “Please tell me which one is nicer.” “None…” In Lebanese, it sounds like: "شوفيلي أيّا أحلى" "ولا واحدة" Compare it with the Syrian version that you see on the picture. Rami Hajjar, thank you for explaining that to me. #عربي #سوري #لبناني

#Syrian #Arabic VS #Lebanese Arabic.
“Please tell me which one is nicer.”
“None…”
In Lebanese, it sounds like:
"شوفيلي أيّا أحلى"
"ولا واحدة"
Compare it with the Syrian version that you see on the picture.
Rami Hajjar, thank you for explaining that to me.

#عربي #سوري #لبناني
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A not-that-polite way to say that you don't wanna go into details, in #Lebanese #Arabic. #عربي #لبنان #لبناني #لغة #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #اللغة_العربية

A not-that-polite way to say that you don't wanna go into details, in #Lebanese #Arabic.
#عربي #لبنان #لبناني #لغة #عامية #لهجة #لهجات #اللغة_العربية
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A beautiful way to say that you don't know how two split your time between two jobs, in #Lebanese #Arabic. Source: Beyout Min Warak #time #timemanagement #language #dialect #Lebanon #speakarabic #arabe #عربي #لبنان #لبناني #ساعة #وقت #لغة #لهجة #لغات #لهجات #عامية #ترجم_وتعلم

A beautiful way to say that you don't know how two split your time between two jobs, in #Lebanese #Arabic.
Source: Beyout Min Warak

#time #timemanagement #language #dialect #Lebanon #speakarabic #arabe
#عربي #لبنان #لبناني #ساعة #وقت #لغة #لهجة #لغات #لهجات #عامية #ترجم_وتعلم
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I was expecting a more complicated word for 'conditioner' but here it's simply 'balsam'. Probably, a mistake, because TTBOMK those are 2 different agents. Not blaming or making fun of anyone, just saying. #Arabic #عربي

I was expecting a more complicated word for 'conditioner' but here it's simply 'balsam'. Probably, a mistake, because TTBOMK those are 2 different agents. Not blaming or making fun of anyone, just saying.

#Arabic #عربي
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This micro-dialogue's got a couple of daily life-friendly expressions in it. Literally, it goes like this: "Help yourself with whatever we got here." "On your responsibility?" #Arabic #Lebanon #Lebanese #Liban #عربي #لبناني #لبنان #اللغة_العربية #العربية #عربية

This micro-dialogue's got a couple of daily life-friendly expressions in it. Literally, it goes like this: 
"Help yourself with whatever we got here."
"On your responsibility?"
#Arabic #Lebanon #Lebanese #Liban
#عربي #لبناني #لبنان #اللغة_العربية #العربية #عربية