Book recommendation for a novice in Levantine Arabic I learn the Levantine 'Amiya (I didn't study fusha at all) and am looking for books (preferably e-books) that a novice can read. I tried searching

Выбрать из множества учителей по предмету английский...

Boris

Book recommendation for a novice in Levantine Arabic

I learn the Levantine 'Amiya (I didn't study fusha at all) and am looking for books (preferably e-books) that a novice can read. I tried searching for books written in Levantine Arabic but unfortunately, all the books that I can find are folk stories (like this one <a href="https://www.amazon.com/%E2%80%AB%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D8%A6%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-ebook/dp/B07CPHVV7W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B5%D8%A9+%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89&qid=1572068412&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/%E2%80%ABقصة-ليلى-والذئب-باللهجة-الشامية-ebook/dp/B07CPHVV7W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=القصة+ليلى&qid=1572068412&sr=8-1</a>) .

Can you please recommend me a book (for grown-ups) that a novice who studies colloquial Arabic will enjoy reading? I understand that the majority of the literature is written in MSA. Is this a big problem for me?

26 окт. 2019 г., 5:47

Комментариев · 3

The dialects are not literary languages. Any book written in a dialect is bound to be folksy and conversational. You’d be better off watching TV shows if you want to understand the colloquial culture.

26 октября 2019 г.

I’m curious why you’re learning a colloquial dialect and not MSA if you’re interested in reading literature.

26 октября 2019 г.

I'm learning the colloquial dialect to be able to talk to people. I want to read something to expand my knowledge, learn new world, and better understand the culture

26 октября 2019 г.