Hessa
Khaleeji dialect or Standard Arabic

 I have a question to arabic learners on itlaki. I have personally, found out that alot of non arabs want to learn a dalect rather than, the proper standard arabic. I understand, if you were a peron living in that part of the world. Learning the dialect will help you interact with locals. Are there any other reasons for you to want to learn the dialect over  standard arabic?

 

By they way! if anyone is interested, I teach standard arabic along with the khaleeji (emarati) dileact.

Oct 6, 2014 9:29 PM
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I feel that by learning both the Standard and a dialect it allows me to fully understand Arab culture. Even more so whe it comes to understanding the role Islam plays in modern Arab society. 

October 6, 2014
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I’ve read on many, many websites that if you were to speak MS (Modern Standard) on the street, people will look at you funny. It’s been recommended to learn a dialect and then MS. I’m learning EG (Egyptian) and planning to learn MS afterward, what I’ve found is that there is so much overlap that by the time you are fluent in EG you will already have a very good base in MS.

Some very usefull resources I have found.

http://www.lisaanmasry.com/online/search.php

http://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/arabic.htm

http://www.livingarabic.com/index.php

http://learn101.org/egyptian.php

October 7, 2014
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In the beginning, I learned MSA at school. The frustration comes when people speak back to you. They speak in the local dialect and you do not know what they are saying. Or, you may know half of what they are saying. This is a problem because your ears are so used hearing MSA. Because part of a learning a language is habit formation, it can be hard at times to break out of the MSA mold when you are used to hearing it and speaking it.

October 8, 2014
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تخيل ان تمشي الى السوق ولا تتحدث بالعامية ههههههههه مش معقول

October 7, 2014
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I'm learning MSA first. I was told by an Arabic teacher - and Arabic friends, too - that this the best way to learn Arabic, as it enables one to listen to the news and to read books and newspapers. Another reason is that all educated, native Arabic speakers understand MSA, even though they do not speak it on a daily basis. Once one has a good grounding in MSA, then one can choose to learn one, or more, dialects.

November 12, 2014
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