Episode Eight: Expressions and sayings in the Levantine Dialect

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eight! Apologies for my absence, but now i'm back AND I have some news which is that i've set up an email address through which you can pass on your comments and feedback about the podcast as well as make suggestions for topics you would benefit from hearing about.  Please feel free to get in touch at [email protected] In other good news, i'm happy to tell you that Ramzi has some spaces available for conversational Arabic classes for intermediate students. His classes are ideally suited to those who can understand around 70% of the conversations in the podcast. For more information please get in touch at the same email address [email protected] I can highly recommend him as a teacher. Here are some of the new words we will be hearing in today's episode: عبارات - Sayings أمثال - Examples تعبير - Expression وفرة - Abundance بتستحضر - You evoke وقح - Rude اللغة المحكية - The spoken language مبالغين - Exaggerators / People who exaggerate  مشابهة - Similar فاصلة - Comma بذكرو - They mention الديك - The cockerel معطيات - Data برمي - I throw تجنب - Avoiding / Avoid بذيء - Indecent سلفاً - In advance