Episode 21: Interview with Mark Hachem

Episode 21: Interview with Mark Hachem

Author: Carol Haidar January 19, 2021 Duration: 19:52

Welcome to the 1st episode of Levantine Arabic, made easier season 2.

In this episode I interview Mark Hachem, we spoke about his video that went viral, how did he start, and what are his coming plans. 

Below are some vocabularies that we used throughout the episode. 

Find Mark Hachem:

INSTAGRAM: @markhachem https://www.instagram.com/markhachem
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/MarkHachem
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/markhachem

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Music by: 

Music by: Stay Young

by Nick Petrov

Vocabularies: 

1. Nas/ ناس: People

2. Netefe2/ نتفق: We agree

3. Dayfe/ ضيفي: My guest 

4. Mod7ek/ مضحك: Funny

5. El-hay2ah/ الحيقة: Seems/ apparently 

6. Bil nesbeh ele/ بالنسبة لإلي: According to me 

7. Faja2ne/ فاجأني: Surprised me 

8. Ta2aleed/ تقليد: Customs/ traditions 

9. Sh-hadeh/ شهادة: Degree/ certificate 

10. Da3em/ دعم: Support 

11. Ro7 el-nekteh/ روح النكتة: Sense of humor 

12. Hadaf/ هدف: Goal

13. By-ze3-jak/ بيزعجك: Bother you (masculine)

14. Fatesh/ فتش: Search/ look for 

15. Feel/ جيل: Generation

16. Zawej el-madaneh/ زاوج المدني: Civil marriage 

17. Erbeh/ قربة: Closeness

18. Karameh/ كرامة: Generosity 

19. Emet el-3ayleh/ قيمة العيلة: Family value 

20. Twafa2et/ توفقت: Got lucky/ worked out


بين عالمين ولغة وحكايات، هون بتكون رحلتك مع Levantine Arabic, made easier. مع كارول حيدر، مؤسسة Nasma of NY، هالبودكاست مش دورة تقليدية، بل هو مساحة تسمع فيها قصص حقيقية من أنحاء العالم. رح تسمع حكايا من طلاب كارول وأصدقائها ومن تجربتها الشخصية، كلها منقولة بطريقة ثنائية اللغة. المواضيع بتنوع من الحب والسفر والأكل، إلى الثقافة وأسرار العيلة والسياسة وحتى رحلات إلى أماكن مجهولة. فكرة البودكاست هاد إنه بقدم اللهجة الشامية من خلال سياق حيوي وواقعي، ما بساعدك تتعلم عبارات جديدة، بل يفهمك التفاصيل الدقيقة اللي بتكون خلف الكلام. صحيح إنه موجه لمستوى متوسط، لكن إذا حسيّت حالك عم تضيع، ما في داعي للقلق، لإنه في متابعة وشرح مستمرين عشان تضل متمسك بخيط الحكاية. هون اللغة بتبطل مجرد قواعد وكلمات وبتصير وسيلة للتواصل الحقيقي ولسماع تجارب الناس. تسميعك لهالبودكاست رح يفتحلك نافذة على عالم اللهجة بطريقة مريحة وطبيعية، من خلال صوت مضيفة خبيرة ومجموعة من القصص المليانة حياة.
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