Learn Lebanese Arabic with transcribed podcast episodes exploring Lebanon and its people | تعلم اللغة العربية باللهجة اللبنانية مع البودكاست الأسبوعي والمكتوب الذي يعرفك على لبنان وشعبه
Mary wants to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer. She is passionate about the field, works hard to perfect her skills, and even knits her own clothes! Her mom worries that fashion design might not be a financially stable career and instead wants Mary to become an engineer or a doctor. Mary has … Continue reading Episode 94 – Skit: Career choices
Skit: Wedding Planning Following a beautiful wedding proposal, Mario and Lea decide to start preparing for their big day. The choices to make are anything but few: Should they hire a wedding planner? Can they have a civil marriage? When and where will they party with their friends and family? Etc. Join the newly engaged … Continue reading Episode 93 – Skit: Wedding planning
With skyrocketing prices and stagnating salaries, Nassar and Mirna find themselves in need of a new budget, to keep afloat during these hard economic times. They discuss their personal expenditures and priorities and agree on different ways to economize. Tune in to this week’s episode of Language Wave, as the couple’s financial tips might inspire … Continue reading Episode 92 – Skit: Household budgeting
As Omar plans a fun night out, he tries to get his friend Mira to join their group of friends. However, she uses every excuse in the book to stay at home. While he first thinks that she is trying to avoid them, Mira is actually struggling to adapt to the post-lockdown world during the … Continue reading Episode 89 – Skit: Hanging out during the pandemic
Cyrine’s birthday is coming up at the end of the month. Her fiance Chady and best friend Hiba plan to throw her a surprise birthday party. To get ready, they have to decide on the location, timing, cake, and guests before Chady travels abroad for work! Tune in to this week’s episode of Language Wave … Continue reading Episode 88 – Skit: Surprise birthday party
Remi wants to go on a diet, but her brother Jad does not understand the point of it. Thus, Remi tries to convince him that they both have to adopt a healthier lifestyle and stop depending on ready food from restaurants. Join them in this episode of Language Wave as they debate different diet options … Continue reading Episode 87 – Skit: Diet
Longing for change and tired of taking care of her long hair, Racha visits her favorite hair salon for a makeover. She chats with her hairdresser Elie to know more about the latest hair trends and what might look good on her. And like all good makeovers, there is a before and after shot to … Continue reading Episode 85 – Skit: Makeover
Two flatmates, Rana and Dalia, are inviting some friends over for dinner. They are discussing what food to prepare. They will be a big group so the two need to plan what dishes to make and take into consideration their friends' tastes and dietary restrictions. Once they agree, they will need to go to the … Continue reading Episode 78 – Skit: Dinner Party Planning
Nadine and Lama were told about a lovely hidden beach in Naqoura, a beautiful coastal city in the south of Lebanon. They went there early in the day ahead of their friends who plan to join later. The two start discussing how to spend their time before the rest of the group arrives. They decide … Continue reading Episode 75 – Skit: trip to the beach
Bouchra and Dima are hanging out at a coffee shop in the popular Hamra neighborhood in Beirut. As they are getting ready to leave, Bouchra mentions she is planning to take a taxi to go home. Dima suggests that Bouchra considers taking a shared taxi, which is referred to locally as a service, as a … Continue reading Episode 70 – Skit: Taxi or service?