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Activity 2: Greeting responses in Dialects
Listen to the following greetings that are used in the Shami dialect and their replies.
Arabic is a ping-pong language
In Arabic, when you greet someone, you will often receive a better and warmer greeting to the one you presented. This is why Arabic is a ping-pong language. When you play your ball, someone plays a better ball at you.
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التسجيل الصوتي |
Dialect
اللهجة |
Meaning in English
المعنى بالانجليزية |
Greeting and Reply التحيّة و الرّد |
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شامي | Hello - A hundred hellos | مرحبا - مية مرحبا
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شامي | Welcome - Two welcomes | أهلا و سهلا - أهلين |
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شامي | Evening of roses - Evening of flowers and jasmines | مسا الورد - مسا الفل و الياسمين |
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شامي | Goodbye - Yalla (let's go), bye | مع السّلامة - يلا باي |
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شامي | Bye bye, May Allah be with you | باي باي - الله معك |
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