Series Two, Episode One: Introducing Adam from Gaza and our journeys learning languages.

Series Two, Episode One: Introducing Adam from Gaza and our journeys learning languages.

Author: Olivia Furber December 24, 2021 Duration: 36:26

Hello and welcome to all the listeners and a Happy Christmas!

I hope you are all well and in good health.

I'm finally ready to make new episodes and this week i'll be talking to my friend Adam from Gaza about our experiences in learning languages. 

Adam is also an Arabic teacher and I advise you to have a go studying with him because he really knows and understands the nuances within Arabic and English and he's super patient with his students. I also benefitted a lot from my conversations with him because he has a Gazan accent (which I am not used to) and I like to be flexible with understanding different accents in the region. 

He's got some spots available for new students if you'd like to try studying Arabic through conversation with him. 

If you'd like more information, send us an email at learnlevantine@gmail.com

I'd also like to say a big thank you to Muhammad, who teaches Arabic on italki. He's from Syria, living in Germany and from time to time I take lessons with him - when I feel like brushing up on my Arabic. He helped me out preparing for this episode and getting my brain in gear after neglecting my Arabic for a few weeks. He's such a great teacher and super encouraging to his students, so check him out! Here is the link to his page on italki: https://www.italki.com/teacher/2678645

Here is the new vocab for this week. Enjoy!


أنا عال العال - Couldn’t be better 

فضولي - curious

دءوب - diligent, perseverant

بشكل رسمي - formally

بستحي - I am ashamed

بخجل - I am shy

مقالة - Article

ميزة - characteristic or quality, or feature

حاجز ذهني - mental block

أفكار مسبقة سيئة - negative preconceptions

اتجاهلت - I ignored, I neglected

استمرارية - continuation

احنا في الهوى سوى - we are in the wind together - you and be both, we are both in the same shit, used quite humorously.

حاجة / حاجات - a thing, things

بتناسبني - it suits me / it fits me 

قدوة - an example or a model


في بودكاست Learn Levantine Arabic with Livi، تقدم ليفي (أوليفيا فوربر) مساحة فريدة للمتعلمين في المستويات المتوسطة والمتقدمة. الفكرة الأساسية هنا ليست تقديم دروس جافة، بل خلق تجربة استماع حية تشجعك على التحدث بثقة وتقبل الأخطاء كجزء طبيعي من الرحلة. في كل حلقة، ستستمع إلى محادثة حقيقية بين ليفي ومتحدث أصلي للغة العربية، تغطي مواضيع متنوعة من الحياة اليومية إلى الثقافة، مما يوسع مفرداتك بشكل عملي. ما يميز هذا البودكاست هو أن ليفي نفسها ليست متحدثة أصلية، لذا ستشهد بشكل مباشر كيف يتصرف المتحدث الضيف كمرشد، يساعدها في تحسين نطقها ويصحح أخطاءها بلطف. هذا الجو الودي وغير المثالي يجعل الاستماع مريحاً وتعليمياً في الوقت نفسه. ستسمع كيف تُستخدم العبارات في سياقها الطبيعي، وستتعرف على الفروقات الدقيقة في اللهجة الشامية. إنه مصمم لأولئك الذين يرغبون في تجاوز الأساسيات ودمج أنفسهم في إيقاع وطبيعة اللغة كما تُستخدم حقاً. من خلال هذه المحادثات الواقعية، يهدف البودكاست إلى بناء فهم أعمق وأكثر عفوية للهجة، مما يعزز ثقتك في مهارات الاستماع والتحدث.
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