In this episode, Leen introduces twenty colloquial words that are often used in Lebanon. These words and expressions help express thoughts and ideas and also describe people, animals, and things. So if you want to compliment a stylish person, complain about traffic, ask someone to move out of your way, or chit chat with friends and family, you’ll have the right expressions ready.
Lebanese Arabic Transcript and English Contextual Translation
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مرحبا، وأهلا وسهلا فيكن بحلقة جديدة من لانغويج وايف. أنا لين، واليوم حلقتنا حتكون كمالة لحلقة سابقة خبرتكن فيا وقتا عن 20 كلمة بتنقال باللهجة اللبنانية العامية. اليوم، حابة كفي معكن بـ 20 كلمة جديدة لتستفيدو أكتر، وتصيرو تفهمو وتحكو اللهجة العامية بشكل أسرع، وتقدرو تتواصلو مع رفقاتكن وأهلكن ومعارفكن اللي بيحكو لبناني.
Hello, and welcome to a new episode of Language Wave. I am Leen, and our episode today will be a sequel to a previous episode in which I told you back then about 20 words that are said in the Lebanese common dialect. Today, I would like to continue with you another 20 new words so you would benefit more, start understanding and speaking the common dialect in a faster way, and become capable of communicating with your friends, family, and acquaintances who speak Lebanese.
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بحلقة اليوم، رح خبركن عن عشرين كلمة جديدة، شو معناة كل كلمة، أيمتا بتنقال، وكيف فيكن تستعملوا بالحكي لما بدكن تتواصلو مع أية شخص لبناني.
In today’s episode, I will tell you about twenty new words, what the meaning of each word is, when it is used, and how you can use it in speech when you want to communicate with any Lebanese person.