By Saira
Hello everyone (or two hellos!) and welcome to the Arabic podcast 'Learn Levantine Arabic: Marhabtayn'. My name is Saira and I've been learning Levantine Arabic since 2019. I'm so grateful to have
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Marhabtayn! It has been a while, but I'm back with one last episode for 2023. Firstly, I hope you're all safe and well. My heart is broken because of what is happening in Palestine and I'm praying everyday that things get better InshaAllah.
In this episode, Lina and I reflect on the year 2023 but in a very light-hearted way. The last few months have been difficult to process and wanted to record something funny and light. My Arabic is a bit rusty so please be patient with me, my mistakes and my essays! I hope you enjoy it and learn something new :)
شو أطول مدة متواصلة لبستي فيها بيجاما في 2023
What's your record for the most consecutive days wearing pyjamas?
كم سيلفي أخدتي لحد ما لقيتي أحسن صورة للبروفايل؟
How many selfies did you take before finding the perfect one for your profile picture?
كم مرة حكيتي رح أبلّش ديت/ريجيم وبعدين أكلتي بيتزا؟
How many times did you say 'I'll start my diet tomorrow' and then ate pizza?
إذا حيوانك الأليف ممكن يعطيكي تقييم لسنة 2023 من 1 ل 10، قديش ممكن يعطيكي *
If your pet could rate your 2023 on a scale from 1 to 10, what do you think they'd give you?
*In the end, Lina and I had different interpretations of this question haha
كم مرّة فتحتي التلاجة وتمنيتي يكون فيها أكل جديد؟
How many times did you check the fridge hoping new food magically appeared?
إذا شنتتك بتحكي أي قصة بتضحّك رح تحكي عن رحلاتك هاي السنة؟
If your suitcase could talk, what hilarious story would it tell about your travels this year?
أي موهبة مش عادية اكتشفتي إنها عندك هاي السنة؟
What's the most unusual talent you discovered you had in 2023?
شو أزبط حجة فكرتي فيها لما تأخرتي؟
What is the best excuse you came up with for being late?
لو حياتك في سنة 2023 كان إلها شعار، شو ممكن يكون؟
If your life had a slogan for 2023, what would it be?
لو ممكن توصفي سنة 2023 باستعمال الإيموجيز، أي إيموجيز بتختاري
If you had to describe your 2023 using only emojis, what emojis would you choose?
الأزمة traffic
زينة decorations
مريح comfortable
رسمي formal
رقم قياسي record
تقييم evaluation
I don't like taking photos, I like someone else taking a photo of me
ما بحب آخد سيلفي، بحب حدا يصورني
نشاط activity
قاعد sitting
حيوان أليف pet
فاصلة comma
دموع tears
نقطة drop
تمه مفتوح his mouth is open
الحقيقة truth
دقيق في المواعيد punctual
موعد نهائي deadline
تقألم to adapt
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all well! I know it has been quite a while since I last posted an episode. If I'm honest, I haven't had a lot of confidence in my Arabic recently. I was so nervous recording this, but I'm so happy I did and I can continue to share my love of Arabic with you all. Remember, mistakes are all part of the journey. In this episode, Lina and I catch up on what we have been doing this year. I hope you enjoy it :)
p.s I'm so happy to share that I'm back!!
مفردات جديدة - new vocabulary
حوت - حيتان whale
مرتفعات heights
كسلان lazy
رطوبة humidity
مكيّف Air conditioner
مروحة fan
أمان safe
مستوى متوسط intermediate level
مر الوقت بسرعة time passed quickly
شو كنتِ تعملي هاي السنة؟
what have you been doing this year?
انبسط - بينبسط to have fun
الثقافة البريطانية British culture
متحف - متاحف museum
مواصلات transportation
بنية تحتية infrastructure
عطف compassion
حنان - kind
لطيف مع حاله kind to oneself
موجة حر heatwave
موجة حارة - heatwave (you can use either one)
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all well. I can't believe 2022 is already coming to an end. Where has the time gone? In this episode, Lina and I reflect on the good moments in 2022, if there's anything we wish we did, what we're grateful for, how we took care of ourselves and how we would describe this year in 3-5 words.
I wish you all a wonderful festive period and a very Happy New Year! I'm so looking forward to making more episodes in 2023 :) ان شاء الله
See you soon!
P.s Lina was right - I said 2001/2002 at the start rather than 2021. The joy of learning a new language 😄
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
1. شو كانت اللحظات الحلوة في هاي السنة؟
?What were the beautiful moments of this year
2. شو بتتمني لو عملتي هاي السنة؟
?What do you wish you did this year
3. لشو إنتِ ممتنة هاي السنة؟
?What are you grateful for
4. كيف اهتميتي بحالك هاي السنة؟
?How did you take care of yourself this year
5. كيف بتوصفي هاي السنة بتلات لخمس كلمات؟
?How would you describe this year in 3-5 words
New vocabulary مفردات جديدة
العواطف emotions
كأس العالم world cup
مش كتير عادل not very fair
بيشجع To cheer for
مين فريق شجعتي ؟ ? which team did you cheer for
شجعتي - (past tense (feminine
رابط link
بيفوز to win
ما عندي اهتمام مين بيفوز I don’t care / I don’t have an interest who wins
إمكانيات possibilities
بيخسر to lose
بيستاهل to deserve
يكسر القلب breaks the heart
بشكل شخصي personally
ضغط دم blood pressure
دعم to support
15minutes خمس عشرة دقيقة
لازم اعمل جدول احسن I need to make a better schedule
مش ندمانة على شي I don’t regret anything
بشكل منتظم regularly
ممتن grateful
سجل to record
تحمّل to bare
مش مؤكد uncertain
قوة strength
رحت اتمشى I went for a walk
اهتم ب to care for
النتيجة the result
الامتحانات exams
ممتع fun/exciting
نمو growth
سلام peace
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all well! In this episode, Lina and I talk about holidays.
This was a difficult episode for me to record because I haven't been studying Arabic as much as I would like to and I didn't feel very confident speaking, but I hope it encourages you to keep going no matter if you feel like you're having a bad day with language learning (it happens to me all the time) . Slow progress is still progress and making mistakes is all part of the journey!
If you have any questions, you can message me on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
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إذا فزت باليانصيب بكرة وين أول مكان بدك تسافري؟
If you won the lottery, where is the first place you would travel?
2. عمرك راحت عليكي طيارة؟ شو صار؟
Have you ever missed a flight what happened?
3. لشو بتشتاقي أكتر إشي لما بتسافري؟
What do you miss the most when you travel?
4. شو أطول فترة كنتي فيها بعيدة عن بيتك؟ وحسيتي حالك مشتاقة للبيت؟
What is the longest period you've been away from your home?
Did you feel like you were missing home?
5. بالنسبة إلك، قديش لازم يكون طول العطلة؟ قديش وقت بتاخدي عشان تصيري مرتاحة؟
In your opinion, how long should a holiday be?
How much time do you need in order to be relaxed?
6. شو أهم بالنسبة إلك لما بتسافري، الراحة والاسترخاء ولا التجارب الجديدة؟
What is the most important thing when you travel, peace and relaxation or new experiences?
7. شو بتاخدي معك لما تسافري؟ بتحاولي تضبي شنتة خفيفة؟
What do you take with you when you travel?
Do you try and pack your bag light?
New vocabulary مفردات جديدة
يانصيب lottery
نباتات plants
طيران plane
أهل family
سرير bed
بكالوريوس bachelors degree
مثالي ideal
عيد الفصح Easter
توازن balance
مغامرات adventures
وزن weight
حجم size
ضب - بيضب to pack
جنوب آسيا South Asia
متعود على used to
شديد strict
امتحانات exams
معقد complicated
اليابان Japan
بيشتاق To miss something
اشتقت لأهي I missed my family
راحت علي الطيارة I missed the flight
جواز سفر passport
شاحن charger
غير هيك other than that
ممكن تعطيني نصيحة = ممكن تنصحيني
شنتة كبيرة big suitcase
قوة خارقة superpower
جهاز device
سلحفاة turtle
سلاحف turtles
استراحة rest
حسب it depends
زرت I visited
كملي continue!
ما بيزبط it doesn't work out
عيد الميلاد Christmas
أزمة crowded
عطلة رسمية public holiday
بحس إني I feel like
خزانتي my closet
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all happy, safe, well and enjoying summer! In this episode, Lina and I talk about our free time. I hope you learn some new words!
(p.s. the 'Marhaba' at the beginning of the episode got cut out for some reason!)
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
شو الأشياء اللي بتحبي تعمليها بوقت فراغك؟ 1.
What things do you like to do in your free time?
2.
قديش عندك وقت فراغ خلال الأسبوع؟
How much free time do you have during the week?
3.
عندك وقت فراغ بكفي?.
Do you have enough free time?
4.
شو رح تعملي إذا كان عندك وقت فراغ أكتر؟
What would you do if you had more free time?
5.
بتفضلي تكوني برة ولا جوا لما يكون عندك وقت فراغ؟
Do you prefer to be outside or inside when you have free time?
6.
شو معنى العبارة "الوقت من ذهب"؟ وشو رأيك فيها؟
What is the meaning of the saying 'Time is gold'? What do you think of it?
بنية تحتية infrastructure
شبكة - net e.g to catch insects or mosquitoes
بيقضي وقت to spend time
بيرتاح to be comfortable
مدمن addict
وقت فراغ free time
مثالي ideal
تركيز concentration
حسب depends
I said حاجة which means need, but I meant to say حجة - excuse
بيستاهل to deserve
سباق race
شبكة net
حشرات insects
ناموس mosquitos
مكيّف AC
مروحة fan
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all happy, safe and well. It has been a while since I posted an episode, but I'm back! In this episode, Lina and I talk about our personalities. I hope you enjoy it and learn some new vocabulary!
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
شخصياتنا - our personalities
شو هي صفاتك الشخصية؟
What are some characteristics of your personality?
شو هي الأشياء اللي بتخليكي مبسوطة؟
What are things that make you happy?
شو هي الأشياء اللي بتخليكي معصبة؟
What are things that make you angry?
إنتِ خجولة؟ في أي مواقف بتكوني خجولة؟
Are you shy? In which situations are you shy?
إنتِ انطوائية أو اجتماعية؟
Are you introverted or extroverted?
إذا بتقدري تغيري أي صفات بشخصيتك، شو رح تغيري؟
If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would you change?
شو بتعملي عشان تتسلي خلال رحلة طويلة بالسيارة؟
What do you do to have fun during a long car ride?
مفردات جديدة : new vocabulary
مركز الاهتمام - centre of attention
مشمس - sunny
دولة - دول - country / countries
عميق - deep
إيجابي - positive
بيخون ثقة - betray trust
بيكذب - to lie
بيستنى - to wait
خجل - shyness
توتر - stress
طاقة - energy
حساس - sensitive
مميز - special
بسوق - to drive
بيغني -to sing
نقاش - discussion
زمان in the past
تمنيت I wished
ساخر sarcastic
ما بعرف إذا هاد الإشي صار معك - I don't know if this has happened to you
لطيف friendly
هادي quiet
محترم respectful
شعور feeling
خطة plan
بيتوقع to expect
مجموعة كبيرة big group
طموح ambitious
نوايا سيئة bad intentions
عنيد stubborn
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all safe and well. Almost exactly one year ago today, I published the very first episode of Learn Levantine Arabic: Marhabtayn. I always feel so grateful I have a platform to share my love for the Arabic language. I hope it has encouraged you and continues to encourage you to speak Arabic without the fear of making mistakes.
In this special anniversary episode, Lina and I have a very random conversation (see the questions below and you'll understand what I mean!) It's a lot longer than the others, but I really enjoyed recording it. I hope you find it useful :)
Please message me if you have any questions - always happy to help!
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
1. بتفضلي تعيشي 30 يوم بدون تليفونك ولا كل حياتك بدون حلويات؟
Would you prefer to live 30 days without your phone or your whole life without sweets?
2. إذا لازم تاكلي أكل واحد كل حياتك شو بتاكلي؟
If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would you eat?
3. قديش مصاري رح تقبلي عشان تاكلي عنكبوت عايش؟
How much money would you accept to eat a live spider?
4. لو كان عندك قوة خارقة شو بدك تكون؟
If you had a superpower, what would you want it to be?
5. شو رح تعملي لو كلب بلش يحكي معك بلغة بشرية؟
What would you do if a dog started talking to you in human language?
6. لو بتقدري تكون حيوان شو رح تكوني؟
If you could be an animal, what would you be?
7. لو كل شي ببيتك لازم يكون بلون واحد أي لون بتختاري؟
If everything in your house was one colour, what colour would you choose?
8. إذا اشتغلتي في سيرك شو رح يكون شغلك؟
If you worked in a circus, what would your job be?
9. إذا علقتِ في مصعد وكان لازم تسمعي أغنية وحدة أي أغنية بتسمعي؟
If you got stuck in an elevator and had to listen to only one song, what song would you listen to?
كيف بتوصفي حالك بتلات كلمات؟
How do you describe yourself in three words?
11. لو حياتك كانت رواية شو رح يكون عنوانها?
?If your life was a novel, what would the title be?
12. لو لازم تاكلي لون خشب من علبة الألوان أي لون رح تاكلي؟
If you had to eat a crayon from the box, what colour would you eat?
13. لو كنتِ شخصية من شخصيات دزني أي شخصية رح تكوني؟
If you were a disney character, which character would you be?
14. لو كان عندك آلة زمن رح تسافري للماضي أو رح تسافري للمستقبل؟
If you could time travel, would you travel in the past or into the future?
مفردات جديدة : New Vocabulary
بيسمم poisonous
بنفسجي purple
قوة خارقة superpower
عنكبوت spider
الحبل المشدود tight rope
سيرك circus
لون خشب crayon
شخصية character
آلة زمن time machine
علّق to get stuck
معلّق stuck
كلب - كلبين - كلاب dog
ببغا parrot
تهديد threat
طعم taste
أغرب سؤال weirdest question
بيزهق من to be bored of
مبتسم smiling
مضحك (بيضحّك) funny
هادي quiet
إيجابي positive
متوتّر nervous
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Marhabtayn! I hope you're all well and safe :) In this episode, Lina and I talk about my Arabic Learning Journey. It wasn't easy in the beginning but with determination, patience and by practising regularly, I have now reached a place where I am comfortable speaking with native speakers. إن شاء الله we will all be fluent soon! The most important thing is to keep practising speaking even if you make mistakes.
As always, thank you for your support and for listening. If you have any questions, please reach out to me on Instagram. I love receiving your messages and I'm always happy to help :)
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
ليش كان بدك تتعلمي اللغة العربية ؟
Why did you want to learn Arabic?
امتى بلشتي تتعلمي اللغة العربية ؟
When did you start learning Arabic?
ليش بلشتي البودكاست تبعك ؟
Why did you start your podcast?
عندك نصيحة للطلاب اللي بيتعلموا اللغة العربية ؟
Do you have any advice for students who are learning Arabic?
مفردات جديدة - New Vocabulary
مصعد - elevator
المواصلا ت - public transport
مصادر - resources
استسلمت - I gave up
لمدة سنتين - for a period of two years
محادثة صغيرة - small conversation
دائما كان عندي حلم - I always had a dream
جامعة / (pl) جامعات - university / universities
معظم - most of
حافز - motivation
لازم تدرس كل يوم - you must study everyday
شكوة - complaint
وقتي my time
جهدي my effort
شغفي my passion
اكيد رح تنجح you will succeed for sure
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Marhabtayn! Happy New Year! I hope you are all safe, happy and well :) In this episode Lina and I talk about friendship. Thank you all so much for listening and for all your kind messages on Instagram!
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
مفردات جديدة new vocabulary
صداقة friendship
1. أي صفات بتفكري إنها مهمة في الأصحاب؟
What characteristics do you think are important in friends?
2. كيف بتعرفي إنو شخص معيّن هو صاحبك؟
How do you know if a certain person is your friend?
3. لما تطلعي مع صحابك وين بتحبي تروحي؟
When you go out with your friends, where do you like to go?
اهم شي الناس يكونوا صريحين the most important thing is for people to be honest
مجاملة compliment
ما يكدبوا عليك they don't lie to you
اشتكى - بيشتكي to complain
صراحة honesty
صريح honest
متضايق upset
فاز - بيفوز to win
كنت أحب أروح I used to like going
صفة - صفات characteristic
معقم إيدين hand sanitizer
كمامة mask
ألوان حقيقية true colors
ألوان الناس الحقيقية people's true colours
رد فعلهم الأول their first reaction
احتفل - بيحتفل to celebrate
فشل fail
نجح succeed
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Marhabtayn! I hope you are all safe, happy and well :) In my last episode of the year (I can't believe the year is over already!), Lina and I talk about the year 2021. Thank you all so much for listening. I wish you all a very happy New Year!
If you have any questions, you can message on Instagram: @marhabtayn_
مفردات جديدة New Vocabulary
شو اسوا اشي صار بي هاي السنة ؟
What is the worst thing that happened this year?
شو احسن اشي صار بي هاي السنة ؟
What is the best thing that happened this year?
شو خطتك بي السنة الجديدة ؟
What is your plan for the new year?
ذكرت I remembered (I said اكتشفت which means I discovered but I didn’t discover it was Christmas.. 😂 I meant to say remembered)
عيد الميلاد Christmas
مشروبات عيد الميلاد Christmas drinks
احتفل I celebrate
تحتفلي you celebrate (f)
أسوأ worse/worst
بيحسّن to improve something
بيتحسّن to improve oneself
دافي warm (weather)
دفيان warm (feeling)
مسكّر closed
كل شي مسكّر everything is closed - كل شي is masculine so that’s why we say مسكّر not مسكّرة
أقصر shorter
خطة plan
في الشتاء الجو بارد و الواحد بحتاج شوي سكر عشان يدفا in the winter when the weather is cold, you need some sugar to be warm
كان عنّا امل we had hope
الحالات بتزيد في كل مكان cases have increased in all places
رجع كل اشي مثل اول everything has returned to the way it was before
مشاكل مع السفر problems with travel
حكيت نفس الاشي هذا الوقت السنة الماضية I said the same thing this time last year
بالنسبة إلك in your opinion
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