Levantine Arabic Resources (from a Jordanian dialect learner) + Should I Learn MSA or Colloquial?

Marhaba! Today’s video will be set up like this. First I’m going to do an intro about my experiences with learning Arabic, specifically the confusion over learning MSA or dialect first. Feel free to skip ahead to the good stuff, then I’ll talk about KZbin, Apps, Podcasts, TV shows, Websites, Music, and finally e-Books. Over the years I’ve tried to collect free online resources in the Jordanian dialect however there aren’t many! So this is a general list of free Levantine Arabic resources.
#arabic #amman #jordanianarabic
KZbin:
1. Learn Levantine Arabic / learnlevantinearabic
2. house of Levantine (stories) / / borhanalzibi
Podcasts:
The Arabic we speak:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Levantine Arabic made easier:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Learn Levantine with alibi
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Sowt:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...
Tv shows:
1. Female (translations)
• في ميل الموسم الأول
1. My American neighbour (translations) only 3 mins
• الجار قبل الدار الموسم...
1. Alhub alhub
• الحب الحب
Khateera channel (subs)
/ khateera
Websites:
Transparent language blog
blogs.transparent.com/arabic/...
Speaking Arabic by J. Elihay is a book but a guy called Adnan Mukhtar has turned it into a quizlet and anki class for self study because it was transliterated.
ankiweb.net/shared/info/15997591
docs.google.com/document/d/e/...
Book (can be found on some sharing sites)
Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) routlege by Mohammed almasri
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B014KS...
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[@ETEROSIX]

Thank you sooooo much! That is the video that I was looking for for months!!

[@imwillwerth]

This is SO incredibly helpful! Thank you!

[@Krol258]

Thank you for the playlist!

[@kareemaafteraddiction8965]

Omg I’ve freaking out bc I’ve always wanted a video that talks about all of this

[@MummyinAmman]

😁😁

[@jerahpotter1656]

you're amazing, thank you for all these! ♥️

[@FifthCat5]

What a great resource! Thank you for doing the work and making all this available!

[@Lea-po2jj]

Thank you so much for this! I just started to learn Levantine and this is so helpful

[@muhammadyounos2769]

As Jordanian , the quality of information you present really will be helpfully and useful for Arabic students, happier to recommend your channel to many friends 😊

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you!

[@tubz]

​@@MummyinAmman1

[@britishshorthairlola6054]

Shukran kteer for finally straightening the background frames

[@tatjana5427]

omg how cool, I was looking for a video like that for so long! Your tips are amazing, thanks so much!

[@ChrisBadges]

Thank you for the resources and the thorough work with the links in the description! A very helpful video!

[@shaunadillon3053]

Thank you so much for this thoughtful, comprehensive advice. I have shared with my language-learning group.

[@alaabushattal6847]

Thumbs up for the efforts you put in creating this content! 👍🏻

[@wint3rbird]

God bless you for making this video! So so so helpful

[@barcanews7324]

I love your immersion in our language, dialects and traditions ❤️ You explain it very well, salute from your Jordanian-Palestinian sister ✋🏼🥰

[@eleanor_nolan_mills]

Thank you! The information is really helpful

[@MushroomPredator]

what a marvellous video! shukran kteeeerr!

[@zaydness]

I've discovered your channel a while ago, and I'm a Jordanian, but I love watching your videos to learn tips from you that I can reapply when teaching Arabic to my friends that are trying to learn it! Also, your handwriting is so good! Best of luck! 👏🏻🖤

[@Ma0922]

Can't thank you enough for these resources ❤🥺

[@CultureJourney]

Yes I would love that. Thanks so much for the resources. شكرا

[@nicolemaria135]

Yes a website/blog!!! :) thanks, this was so helpful!!

[@TheChicagoRose]

Wow! This info will be so useful in the future thank you!

[@sabrynez344]

Omg this is sooooo useful ! I wish i found your video earlier. I've been learning arabic for 1 month plus.. been struggling finding some nice arabic levantine videos on youtube. Thanks for sharing all these 🥰😊

[@kareemaafteraddiction8965]

I just wanted to thank you again I have subbed to all of your KZbin suggestions

[@wordsofwisdom202]

Masha Allah great video!

[@neveenfarajian8766]

Thank you! as a beginner Arabic teacher, I find your video very helpful! I'll recommend this to my friends and students

[@learnurduwithsara1068]

Very helpful adn high quality information.

[@ChiaraMagix]

This video is very useful, thank you so much!

[@sheilaboyer7893]

Mashallah sister! You've hit the nail on the head! It is a true struggle to find a Jordanian dialect! Being Muslim I completely want to learn the quranic Arabic however I most definitely want to learn the Jordanian dialect because of my personal situation I've spent a few years of living around the Jordanian dialect but not finding resources for learning it. الحمد لله I have come across your video! جزاك الله خيرا اختي

[@blakeschmitz4049]

This is the first video of yours I have watched! I would love to see a website like you mentioned :) I entirely agree that it is super hard to find a lot of Jordanian resources out there, especially since I've hit the "intermediate" level. You've got yourself a new subscriber! Cheers

[@dejremi8190]

I'm currently learning how to write in Arabic and I should say that wouaw, your handwriten Arabic is incredibly beautiful, insh'aa'allah I'll be able to write so well someday!

[@saoirsepagni]

This video is amazing!!! Thank you so much!!! ماشاء الله ♥️♥️♥️

[@MummyinAmman]

You’re welcome! ✨

[@Elena-pl1de]

I would recommend Arabic clearly, one of the best youtube channels so far.

[@dandreer3150]

This video is a godsend! 😍 I'm learning Levantine Arabic, but I was getting really frustrated not finding any resources in that dialect (everything I came across online was mostly in MSA). While I did buy "Speaking Arabic" by J. Elihay, I was getting quite bored with the exercises in the books. Plus, since all the Arabic dialogues in Elihay's books that I bought are written in Hebrew letters (I'm from Israel, by the way), I couldn't recognize the same words I learned when I encountered them written in Arabic, so thank you for making this video 😁

[@PakiPicasso]

This is amazing! I tried learning 3amiyya 5 or so years ago but gave up because of the lack of (affordable) resources. Happy to see things have changed

[@LilT9180]

Thank you for this information it was extremely helpful. It's great that I can use the free resources on KZbin and the App.

[@mohammadalbaqshee9546]

Keep up the good work .

[@younanentertainment5684]

Love your channel very informative Keep it up

[@dindada888]

Great sources thank you

[@Drnataliamarynych]

I would like to thank you a lot , that was really helpful for me.

[@khorpuschtak2318]

thank you rachel for these tipps, especially the music. i study fusha at university and want to visit jordan as soon as possible ♡

[@MummyinAmman]

You’re welcome! Hopefully you can visit soon :)

[@MegaZindaDil]

Shukran Sister, very good video 👌👍

[@samirufo7774]

Bravo. .you are wonderful sister

[@Urxiel]

Definitely advocating for a blog/website to link to your resources and research! I currently have a tandem partner and I am struggling a lot with finding good resources for her. Bless you Umm Adham :)

[@Ahmed-Hosam-Elrefai]

This video is a treasure, even tho I'm an Arab myself never been abroad lol (but I taught some foreigners Arabic, so relatable)

[@KaulitzJade]

Feel like I've stumbled into a goldmine here. Please do more of these kind of videos!

[@HAYDER930]

You have a nice arabic hand writing. It is better than many Arabic native speaker's

[@bitj3457]

thankyouuu I need this!

[@amandasaleh2828]

I love your videos so much

[@sheilaboyer7893]

Yes please! Totally need it need need need a website with a list of resources please! So many thanks to you!

[@lastmaneating2989]

Thanks for the video! I’m learning Jordanian dialect from my girlfriend who lives in Amman, I’ve had so much trouble trying to find any help on KZbin with their dialect.

[@larkabroad]

so helpful!

[@susanam593]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@ramonadebond765]

Thank you useful advise, currently following lavantine videos on you tube definely will check on th others as well, i live in jordan and really keen in learning arabic.

[@elasri11]

Seriously woman, how come your Arabic handwriting is already better than mine and I've been learning Arabic literally my whole life? xD you should think about learning arabic calligraphy if you're intrested, such a majestic art

[@MummyinAmman]

It’s one thing to write well but if you can’t speak it... 🤣 maybe once I can hold down a conversation I’ll think about calligraphy 😄

[@ahmadhabahbeh3899]

Amazing🔥❤️

[@sadelalaqqad1816]

حظاً موفقا Good luck 🌹🇯🇴

[@hybridwardah]

This is very helpful 👍👍🥳🥳🥳

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

Very clear and well organized information thanks.👍 I agree with you that if someone is planning to live in a specific country they should first learn the dialect of that country, but also MSA is very important part for reading and studying. Anyway once you start with one you will find your way through the other one for sure. dialects and MSA is two sides of one language. I always follow your videos and I like your way of introducing life in Jordan.🌸

[@MummyinAmman]

You’re right! This year I started learning some MSA and my sentence structure in ammiyeh improved hugely as a result ✨

[@michelbolsey6228]

I think you are right, Manar. Often, too much importance is given to the difference between MSA and dialect when they are really 2 parts of one language. Other languages have similar situations. French and English have formal registers which can be very different from what you'll hear on the street, for example. But the registers are all part of a single language. Without MSA you won't REALLY know Arabic's structure, grammar and even vocabulary!

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

@@MummyinAmman good luck you😊

[@LearnArabicwithManar]

👍

[@niklas1914]

@@MummyinAmman Is it hard to start learn MSA after dialect? Or is it easier because you have a understanding / vocabulary already?

[@m_aa]

As someone who's learning a language, I can tell how hard it was to find all these resources so good job honestly.. A website would be amazing and very helpful for foreigners who live in Jordan.. As a Jordanian myself, it's very interesting to know your perspective on things, if you have time then definitely go for it 👍

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you for the support, Mais! ❤️

[@m_aa]

@@MummyinAmman no need! Keep it up 👍💜

[@waleedabukhader607]

Dear Rachel. I love your videos so much. You are so special. God bless you and your family. I am an English teacher and I am in love with British English; I like listening to your beautiful British accent. This is real English 😉

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you so much for your support ☺️

[@juliabenischke6856]

There is a language school in Amman called Yaffa Arabic School they teach MSA and the jordanian/ Palestinian dialect. If you are living abroad they offer also lessons through skype. I'm taking classes since 8 months and its very good ans pushi so you will learn a lot of vocabs in a short time and also speak and write to keep practicing.

[@aqilharris5270]

Thanks a lot!

[@ramialkayyali1252]

Awesome

[@elizen7023]

Thank you so much ! :) Also want to learn speak this arabic dialect

[@noorqar4433]

Your arabic handwriting is soooo beautiful 😍😍 Mashallah❤️👍 مأحلااااه خطك حلو .. الى الامام ❤️

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you! 🙏

[@larkabroad]

Yes to a website organizing the tool kit for newly arrived expats to Jordan!

[@taylorabuomar9207]

Do you recommend learning the alphabet first?! I am so happy that you are making these videos. I have been trying to learn Jordanian Arabic for so long! Thank you for sharing your insight and media!

[@Yosva23]

Best video ever

[@tareqlababidi]

You have common sense and sense of humor, خفيفه الظل ، as the Chinese say: 加油

[@mymelodichandle]

Nice content! Thank you for spreading the culture that very kind of you! And also, the most famous Jordanian KZbinr his name is ahmed aburob, his channel has been recently growing quite a lot!

[@nurbanuyanar5479]

I've been looking for sources for a long time and I couldn't find most of these! It's so good!! I also recommend "The 101 most used verbs in spoken Arabic: Jordanian&Palestinian" by Tiedemann, i guess you already know it :)

[@MummyinAmman]

Glad it’s helpful :) I’ve heard of that book many times and need to get a copy!

[@certifiedbruhmoment2173]

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS HELPED ME THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THIS IS Q U A L I T Y C O N T E N T.

[@JennyLynnMinistries]

I have been learning MSA, and when I came to jordan it seemed like nobody understood me? Lol I was sooo embarrassed but people were so kind. They were proud of me for trying👍 Its easiest to learn arabic with a one -on-one private teacher(in my opinion).

[@MummyinAmman]

I do love how supportive Jordanians are when we try to speak!

[@JennyLynnMinistries]

@@MummyinAmman totally, just love Jordan so much❤

[@abedobeidat6101]

I'm sure everyone understood you :D Standard Arabic is the written Arabic that Mainly used for books, knowledge, educational matters. But also you can find it in plays, news, cartoon, history movies, Speeches, poems, etc. people not used to to speak with it in day to day life. It is just weird. It is like someone speaks like Shakespeare, it doesn't feel right, right?

[@JennyLynnMinistries]

@@abedobeidat6101 lol yes I understand, but that's what they teach you in Canada(modern standard arabic), and then you travel and find out its sort of wrong😬🤣🤔😁

[@ubblegubble]

You know, I've seen this when I was learning Chinese that is tonal and people used to have lots of trouble with pronunciation - the policy of the school was to change teachers every semester not to let them get used to students' terrible accents ^_- I'd dare to guess it can work with Arabic too - more different resources and tutors instead of one

[@yasminecarlin3358]

Thank you so much! I’m learning Palestinian/Jordanian Arabic because I’m half Palestinian.

[@MohammadSrour]

You have a good handwriting by the way 👍

[@juliannalin19]

I love J Elihay. I have the 5 books including his olive tree dictionary. Super invaluable.

[@danielaljuneidi8320]

I recommend the (comprehension based approach ) which not common here. Listening is the key

[@mohdsharirmohdshaini501]

you have a very beautiful arabic handwriting

[@danielaljuneidi8320]

I love your videoooooooos

[@danielaljuneidi8320]

@@ayyubvernon1557 😄😄😄😄 nice one

[@oneworldtwowheels7747]

Very Very Informative, I have recently started learning Arabic at ALC UAE, and they have been teaching Livantine Arabic.

[@MummyinAmman]

Wishing you all the best with your language journey!

[@oneworldtwowheels7747]

@@MummyinAmman thank you so much

[@ryad1281]

Youre stunning 😍 ✨

[@morningmidnight9398]

The best is going for standard because it is easy to switch to others from there rather than going from accent to accent. Also many dialects are faseeh or fus'ha but what you are referring to is a specific dialect that has become a standard

[@user-gj6qk7ic4g]

ما شاء الله خطيك حلو ما شاء الله

[@omarisacshowiki3786]

To answer your question: If you have the time and resources to make a website with these informations it would be fantastic. I am half Palestinian and half Danish so your videos really hits home for me and some of them, like this video, have new information that would be easier to find on a website/blog. Most of my family lives in Amman while I live in Denmark with the closest family members so your videos always reminds me of being back in Amman :)

[@MummyinAmman]

That’s good to know! And I’m glad the videos hit home 😀

[@ryad1281]

I am Palestinian American, but my grandparents on my mom side are Danish!

[@omarisacshowiki3786]

@@ryad1281 Nice! Denmark is a pretty nice country if you should ever visit your ancestors homeland 😊

[@ryad1281]

@@omarisacshowiki3786 yes that would be fantastic im sure I will someday inshallah

[@emankhleif2543]

I am Jordanian and I speak excellent Arabic, but I will take the advantage of those apps and websites and KZbin channels to improve my English, I mean I will use them in the opposite direction, I think this will be beneficial.thank you.

[@MummyinAmman]

That’s great, and a good idea!

[@dreamsz9810]

1st: You're Gorgeous like always 😍 2nd: I'm a speech and language pathologist, and you are talking about the differences between "Fusha, Ameyyeh" with a very good description, because we have cards that help children developed their language, and because most of them are in " Fusha" I don't use them, I only have the picture and actually sometimes I ask the parents about some things "what do you call these?" because it's different naming in different cities even not only countries (Ex: Amman, Jarash, Karak. etc.. )

[@hussamalhinaty2340]

like before anything 🤩

[@kareemaafteraddiction8965]

Hussam Alhinaty yes! Me too

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you guys!!

[@Drmokhalil]

I’d like to also add PPTT podcast, a Jordanian podcast available on youtube (recorded live), spotify, apple podcasts and castbox.. and its also interesting 😬

[@oussamasama4490]

I would say MSA. If you learn MSA you'll be able to communicate with people from all Arab countries. All other forms of Arabic are just dialects, MSA is the original and standard form of Arabic. It'll then also be easier to learn the dialects once you know MSA.

[@rashidah9307]

This is the perspective of so many of my Arabic friends, but I have to politely disagree. . . The reason that people choose to learn dialects is because they actually want to have conversations with and make meaningful connections with Arabic people in their heart language. It's similar to the reasons that so many Arabs study informal or slang British or American English after spending years studying English grammar. From a linguistic perspective, dialects are not inferior to Fusha; they are not a lesser form of Arabic. I think learning MSA first to learn a dialect later is just double the work, and it won't help you understand Arabic people when they speak.

[@2livenoob]

This isn't really true. If you learn MSA, you can tell them what you want but you won't understand their answer. I learned this in Algeria.

[@SherKhan-rd9uw]

Not true. learning a dialect is easier. Learning MSA also called fousha is good but people wont really understand you when u speam

[@ubblegubble]

thank you for all this resources - it's huge )) there is also arabicpod.net - colloquial arabic in short dialogues

[@waleedabukhader607]

And... my greetings to lovely Adham, Hahem and your husband.

[@musicforall5413]

Thanks for your useful information . What about simple and easy arabic podcast ?

[@h1-xgamerr338]

I Like the video immediately then watch it 😂👏🏼

[@MummyinAmman]

Hahaha thank you Hamza!

[@h1-xgamerr338]

MummyinAmman You are welcome Rachel and appreciate your reply 👏🏼

[@user-yh3gg6bl7i]

I gave like cuz all the efforts that you are doing it in order to speak Arabic and understanding our culture and Arabic Islamic values

[@MummyinAmman]

Thank you!

[@Mimo4peace]

This is really helpfull! I live in Holland and would like to teach my son jordanian arabic. Do you have any recommandations for children?

[@MummyinAmman]

You won’t thank me for it, but we used to watch a lot of Toyor Baby, marah tv, and fozi mozi. I think they’re all in the madani accent so not strictly Jordanian but very helpful, depending on your sons age that is! I learned the colours through Marah Tv 🤣 you can find them on KZbin :)

[@tracydababseh]

Toyor Al Janah I k NJ ow its so popular but the language and pictures move so fast, I feel it isn't good for the childrens brain. Do you know of anything that moves slower (like Baby Einsten or Babyfirst in Arabic)? Jazakallahkhair

[@namudunorah2423]

Arabiclearly levantine by Mr Ibrahim. Give it a go

[@Michael-ks8iv]

❤❤❤

[@imwillwerth]

Arabic Dictionary by N. Awde & K. Smith. It's the only dictionary I have found that writes the words in booth Arabic script and Latin letters (it is Fosha though, but still)

[@daniaawni5180]

We Demand To See Adham!! Seriously we miss him 😢💔