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Shou fi ma fi? : intermediate Levantine Arabic = Shåu fåi måa fåi? / Rajaa Chouairi ; Mahdi Alosh, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chouairi, Rajaa, author.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arabic language--Spoken Arabic--Syria.
- Arabic language.
- Arabic language--Spoken Arabic--Lebanon.
- Arabic language--Dialects--Syria.
- Arabic language--Dialects--Lebanon.
- Arabic language--Conversation and phrase books--English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Shåu fåi måa fåi?
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2011]
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Arabic.
- Summary:
- Shou fi ma fi? will enable American students to communicate orally in Levantine Arabic, the variety of Arabic spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and western Jordan. The text assumes familiarity with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), and it is highly recommended that students have a reasonable foundation in MSA. Shou fi ma fi? contains nineteen lessons on a variety of topics and situations that the American student is likely to encounter, and all were carefully selected to reflect the language and culture of Syria and Lebanon in particular.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Lesson 1: Where have you studied Arabic?
- Lesson 2: Who am I?
- Lesson 3: What are you doing?
- Lesson 4: What would you like to have?
- Lesson 5: A domestic argument or a fight?
- Lesson 6: What is going on?
- Lesson 7: Where is the house?
- Lesson 8: Welcome! (1)
- Lesson 9: Welcome! (2)
- Lesson 10: I have a reservation
- Lesson 11: She has a headache
- Lesson 12: A car accident
- Lesson 13: Where is my wife’s handbag?
- Lesson 14: The car is broken
- Lesson 15: Fish and plat du jour
- Lesson 16: What a beautiful rug!
- Lesson 17: How much are these shoes?
- Lesson 18: What a beautiful tray!
- Lesson 19: Give me a good price
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Notes:
- "Shou fi ma fi? will enable American students to communicate orally in Levantine Arabic, the variety of Arabic spoken in Syria, Lebanon, the Holy Land, and western Jordan"--Back cover.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-20600-3
- OCLC:
- 1257325165
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