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MPA vs MSA Lesson 10
MPA vs MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
Author: ALGHN. A.
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INTRODUCTION
This book is about making the daily spoken Arabic easier for the non native Arab
students, by showing them the most common Arabic words that most popular for
public and can be understood for the majority of locals in almost all Arab countries.
The language techniques shown in this book are very accurate based on my own
long experience as a Levantine linguist who travelled or temporarily lived in (all) Arab
countries during the past 25 years.
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LESSON 10
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Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)/ fus’ha
العربية المعاصرة الأساسية )ع م أ( فصحى
Latin phonetic Arabic writing
لـْقَن َاع َ ة ah’alqanaa
َ
ا
English: The Contentment Buckwalter: AaloqanaAEap
MPA VS MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
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Modern Public Arabic (MPA)/ a’ammiy’ye
العربية المعاصرة العامية )ع م ع( عامية
Latin phonetic Arabic writing
ilganaa’a
الـْقَن َاع َ ة
English: The Contentment Buckwalter: AiloqanaAEap
MPA VS MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
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EXAMPLE 1
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Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)/ fus’ha
العربية المعاصرة الأساسية )ع م أ( فصحى
Latin phonetic Arabic writing
لـْقَن َاع َ ةُ كَنْز kanz atu’alqanaa
َ
ا
English: Contentment is a treasure Buckwalter: AaloqanaAEapu kanoz
MPA VS MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
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EXAMPLE 2
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Modern Public Arabic (MPA)/ a’ammiy’ye
العربية المعاصرة العامية )ع م ع( عامية
Latin phonetic Arabic writing
ilganaa’ah kinz
الـْقَن َاع َ ة ك نْز
English: Contentment is a treasure Buckwalter: AiloqanaAEap kinoz
MPA VS MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
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EXAMPLE 3
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Modern Public Arabic (MPA)/ a’ammiy’ye
العربية المعاصرة العامية )ع م ع( عامية
Latin phonetic Arabic writing
Delicate: il’anaa’ah kinz.
Bedouin: alganaa’ah kenz.
ن َوَاع م: ْلَأنَاعَة
ا ك نْز.
بْد و ي: اَلْـقَنَاعَةك نْز.
Contentment is a treasure
MPA VS MSA
Modern Public Arabic VS Modern Standard Arabic
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END OF LESSON 10
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Hello,
My great love for Arabic language turned me into a calligraphy artist, moreover, helping others to learn Arabic is my pleasure and holy joy.
[email protected]
MSA (fus’ha) is used only in official communication, and Arab dialects are almost endless, therefore, I will do my best to choose for you words that are most widely understood all over Arab countries as a presentation of my book titled Modern Public Arabic (MPA) vs Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), which I wrote based on my own long experience as a Levantine linguist who travelled or temporarily lived in (all) Arab countries during the past 25 years.
- Modern Public Arabic (MPA) - Introduction -
مرحبَ
marhaba
Hello (as a conversation starter/ or just a friendly greeting)
أهلا
ahlan
Hi (as an acceptance for engaging in conversation/ or just a friendly reply to Hello)
فرصة سعيدة
fursah saeedeh
Nice to meet you (addressing male, female or plural)
صباح-الخير
sabaah-elkhayr
Good morning
مسا-لخير
masa-lkhayr
Good afternoon
كم عمرَك؟
kam umrak?
How old are you? (Addressing male)
كم عمرِك؟
kam umrek?
How old are you? (Addressing female)
عمري عشرين سنة
umri eshreen saneh
I am twenty years old
منين انتَ؟
mnayn enta?
Where are you from? (Addressing male)
منين انتِ؟
mnayn enti?
Where are you from? (Addressing female)
أنا هون للدراسة
ana hon laddiraaseh
I’m here studying
أنا هون في عمل
ana hon fi amal
I’m here working
وين ساكن؟
wayn saaken?
Where do you live? (Addressing male)
كيف-الحال؟
kayf-elhaal?
How are you? (Addressing male, female or plural)
طيب، شكرا
Tayyeb, shukran
Okay, thanks
وِنتَ؟
wenta?
And you? (Addressing male)
وِنتِ؟
winti?
And you? (Addressing female)
شوسمَك؟
shusmak?
What’s your name? (Addressing male)
شوسمِك؟
shusmek?
What’s your name? (Addressing female)
شوسمُه؟
shusmoh?
What’s his name? (Addressing male)
شوسِمها؟
shusimha?
What’s her name? (Addressing female)
إسمي عربي
ismi Arabi
My name is Arabee
End of
Modern Public Arabic (MPA) - Introduction
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