Lower Intermediate - Brave ant

September 1st, 2009 1 comment
In today's lesson we go through a monologue taken from a Disney movie called "A Bug's Life". Many western movies are typically dubbed to Arabic in Egypt , so the Egyptian dialect will be the focus of today's lesson. This means the words are pronounced slightly differently, but don't let this put you off as the actual words are common in all dialects. Plenty of useful vocabulary to feed your brains so tune in!
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    MideastMC says
    Wed 2nd Sep 09@03:36 pm

    Hi, thanks for the lesson. Does الجراد function like النمل (i.e. as a collective noun) or is it a true plural? If so, what's the singular - not that I expect to be having a conversation about grasshoppers any time soon! :)

    Thanks

    Mark
  • Moshaya
    Moshaya says
    Wed 2nd Sep 09@10:32 pm

    Hay Mark,

    Yes جراد is a collective noun. To make a collective noun singular just add ة at the end. E.g.
    Chicken
    دجاج – Dajaaj – Collective Noun
    دجاجة – Dajaajah – Singular
    Stone
    حجر – Hajar – Collective Noun
    حجرة – Hajarah - Singular
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    MideastMC says
    Thu 3rd Sep 09@10:15 am

    Thanks Moshaya! Useful tip.
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    Desmond says
    Sun 8th Nov 09@06:47 pm

    There are quite a lot of books about Egyptian Arabic. One of the most interesting is Dirr's "Colloquial Egyptian Arabic". It's very old-fashioned, but contains an introduction to Egyptian Arabic grammar, narrative texts with English translations, and useful vocabulary lists.
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    anchoi says
    Sat 7th Feb 15@08:13 am

    لو سمحت، ما اسم هذا فيديو؟
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