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Which speech level is used when writing diaries/journals?
When writing diaries/journals in Korean, is 해체 the ‘proper’ style to use?I’ve been told that 해체 would be the style to use because it’s the most intimate one, neither formal nor polite. I’ve also been told that 해라체 would be more likely to be used for writing, but then I’ve also been told that’s an impersonal writing style (formal without being polite), while diaries and journals are too personal for that.
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Insha yangu ya kwanza katika Kiswahili
Hamjambo? Habari zenu? Nimefuhari kukutana nanyi! Jina langu Marcel. Mimi ni Mbrazil. Ninaishi magharibi ya jimbo la Sao Paulo. Nina umri wa miaka thelathini na minane. Mimi ni mtumishi wa umma — ninafanya kazi ya katibu shule. Nimeoa na tuna wana wawili; wote ni wavulana. Aidha tuna paka watatu na samaki mmoja.
Napenda kujifunza lugha ya kigeni. Lugha yangu ya asili ni Kireno na ninasema Kiingereza pia. Nimekuwa nikijifunza Kiswahili peke jangu kwa majuma matatu. Ni lugha ya kuvutia!
Kwa herini!
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food made of… (flavour / ingredients)
What’s the best/usual way to talk about what food is made of? As in ‘apple pie’, ‘lemon juice’, ‘cheese and ham sandwhich’ etc.)?
I’d thought it could be an iḍāfah construction that was either definite or indefinite according to context (e.g. فطيرة تفاح), but then I was pointed to iḍāfah constructions that are always definite despite of the context (e.g. فطيرة التفاح), which I assume is because of ingredients being collective nouns and/or because of their generic nature in such cases.
However, I’ve also seen similar constructions with بـ in a French-Arabic dictionary. I’d seen it used in e.g. ‘tea with mint’ = شاي بالنعناع, that is, with something added to something else, but when I saw فطيرة بالتفاح, I got puzzled.
Thanks in advance!
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بلدة versus مدينة
While writing a basic text in Arabic today, I wanted to talk about my town/city. At first, I picked مدينة; then I thought it might be clearer to say مدينة صغيرة; and then, based on dictionary definitions, I realised a مدينة صغيرة might actually be synonymous to بلدة. And then I started wondering – where exactly do I draw a line? Is it subjective, or is it up to variations depending on where the Arabic speaker hails from (similarly to how the definitions of ‘town’ and ‘city’ may vary across English-speaking countries)?
Incidentally, in case it helps at all, the population is 29,884, and the municipality has a total area of 595.811 km² (230.044 mi²).
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تعريف
السلام عليكم!
اسمي مارسيل. أنا برازيليّ فالبرتغالية هي لغتي الأم. أسكن في مدينة صغيرة التي في ولاية ساو باولو. أنا متزوج ولي ابنان صغيران. لي قطة سياميّ جميلة كذلك.
أنا موظف حكوميّ. أعمل سكرتير في مدرسة ابتدائية. يدرس ابني الأكبر في هده مدرسة، لكن ابني الآخر يدرس في مدرسة للأطفال. زوجتي كذلك سكرتيرة مدرسة.
هذا هو النص الأول الذي كتبته في العربية. كان صعبا.
إلى اللقاء!
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