Hi Habibi, it's nice to finally meet you!
Nice to finally meet you too man, how are you doing?
Not too bad, actually pretty good!
So I have been following your channel for a while now
And the first video I saw was the one showing
how Lebanese parents react
and it made me laugh so much!
I don't have Lebanese parents myself but I've been to Lebanon
I could definitely relate to that video
Something I want to point out: there is a lot of content
for people who want to learn Arabic
but as you mention on your channel and as people should know
Usually, it's for classical Arabic, right?
And it's very difficult to find content about Lebanese Arabic
The Lebanese dialect, exactly!
Everyone who wants to learn Arabic just goes directly to the MSA
which is the Modern Standard Arabic which is the classical one
But a lot of people don't know that this is a language that
we learn, also ourselves in the school
But we don't talk ever!
It's a language that we write but we never speak it
And sometimes people speak it, I mean that's in Lebanon
people speak it when they just want to make some jokes
So it is the official language but it's kinda taken as a joke
So that's why we are trying to
put out content for people who want to learn the spoken Arabic
because they want to speak it
and not just talk Fus7a which is the MSA
always with Arabs because also Arabs don't even practice it
they don't even speak it
And that's precisely why I decided to reach out to you
because I received the comment that my Arabic is horrible
Why?
What did you say?
No, it's just a comment and the comment says
"You're Arabic is horrible"
I just wanted to have a private lesson with you today
Do you want to hear what I know?
As a professional Lebanese Arabic teacher
I have to listen to how you speak in Lebanese
Alright, so let me give it a try
[BigBong introducing himself in Lebanese Arabic]
What do you think?
Wow it's almost fluent!
Thank you!
That was really good, also the accent
It was really good
Now most of the people who don't speak Arabic
have the image or the stereotype that the language sounds rough
When I say it's rough, it's because you know
and it is part of the language [ar], [kha], [gha] etc.
But I've seen that it's actually pretty romantic in many cases
You can tell me if it's not
But today I wanted to know if Arabic people
and especially Lebanese people could be romantic
And if so, if you could teach me ways to be romantic in Arabic
The Lebanese people, they take it to the next level in being romantic
They just shower you with love and passion
So oh yeah, we're going to try that!
Ok cool, so these are sentences I found on the internet
So they are very corny and tell me if we can say differently in Arabic
because I know that Lebanese people tend to be very poetic as well
So for example: "I dream about you, day and night"
How would you say that in Arabic?
So you want to talk to a female or a male?
because you know we have the masculine and the feminine
Let's say I'm talking to a female, to a woman
Ok, so we're going to take the feminine
And I think it's also better to say "night & day"
not "day & night" it's more poetic in Lebanese
Ok, the next one is "I can't live without you"
Ok exactly, yeah!
That's the sentence that a Lebanese guy have said
to at least ten women
So not to be trusted
In some areas not so much
Yeah, the pronunciation is so good, man!
Well you're a good teacher
Alright, next sentence is: "I want to be with you forever"
Ok so for the woman, we used to say [mara] in Lebanese Arabic
But now, we don't say [mara] that much
but when you're in a relationship you just say [benet]
So it's kind of like, especially in this sentence
It's kind of like "babe" or "bae"
What does it mean?
[Benet] is a girl
Also, if you want to flirt more with your her
with your girlfriend, you can just like [banoot]
It's not just like [benet] which is a girl
A "girly girl"? I don't know!
[Banoot] is something like that
So we can use this
Wow I like that, I like that very much
So before we continue, let's learn a little bit more about you
You told me that you were a professional teacher
Let us hear a bit more about that
You also mentioned that you were located in Germany at the moment
Yes exactly
So you can also speak German then
Oh you too? Ah!
When I started my YouTube channel, I was kinda doing general stuff
So if you look at the first videos that are still there on the channel
If you look at the first videos, it's like challenge your flatmates
And then, I was just getting bombarded with these questions like
if we ride camels in Lebanon and then if we
I don't know these stereotypical questions
And I was like "maybe I should make a video"
Because I like to translate messages into videos
And then I was like "maybe if I make a video of people reacting to Lebanon"
where I show them Lebanon
And then I showed them a video of drone footage
of Lebanon with this music
It's made by the Ministry and also another group of people
Wow cool!
When I posted this video, it circulated on social media
And then, it started to get some more views
And that's how my channel shaped itself to have this
Lebanese/Lebanese Arabic niche
I was talking Arabic or Lebanese and then people were saying
"we need subtitles, we can't understand anything"
And so I used to put subtitles and then people were always like
you should talk slow because we are learning from you
And then I started getting emails like "hey I want to learn Lebanese"
And I was like "you know, I should give them what they want"
So I formed my first course "Lebanese 101"
And then I tried to you know, I put it out there
And people loved it!
Because this was, and still is, the only option
to learn Lebanese because there are no ressources out there
And then it started shaping itself to become
the Lebanese, Lebanese Arabic and the course, my course, my books
That's how it shaped itself with just actually
people hating on me for talking fast on my videos
Ok, so let's get back to some more romantic phrases and sentences
She fell in love with me, we're a couple
Everything is beautiful, everything is perfect
We're partners in crime and I want to ask her to marry me
So how would I do that? Here are a couple of sentences...
Taking it to the next level
Exactly!
I like it!
Still very corny but it's a bit long
So maybe I'll have trouble learning that
But I'm not opposed to some challenge
So the first sentence is "From the moment I saw you..."
"I knew you were special"
Or maybe, let's change it to
It's going to be difficult to translate "you are the one"
in Lebanese but maybe we can make it up
Here we can say "you are the only one"
[BigBong saying the sentence in Arabic]
Wow it's pretty long!
You know, if there are Lebanese woman watching this right now
You just... you have the game
You think so?
Yeah, that's it!
Oh my heart!
Here we have to take a word
To make it match the sentence, we have to take a word from MSA
So the last one, straightforward
So here, we could either say also [btitzawwajine]
Or we can add another word to it
"Would you accept to marry me?"
But that's how, if you want to say it in Lebanese
we say it like that
Alright, after a little bit of practice, let's see how I do
So what do you think guys? Do you think that Arabic...
Lebanese Arabic can be romantic?
Let me know down below, in the comment section
And of course, go to MatarTV & MatarEducation
if you want to learn more Lebanese Arabic
So that's about it, thank you so much for this private lesson
I feel very honoured that you give me your time to do that
Of course, you're very welcome
And if you have anything, just hit me up
You know, if you're trying to talk to Lebanese girls
And also you wanted to make a video on your channel
So what do you have in mind?
So for everyone who's watching right now
if you also want to learn some cheesy Lebanese pick-up lines
I'm going to be teaching him
some cheesy Lebanese pick-up lines
So I think the video is also going to be in the description
Pretty cheesy and cringy pick-up lines
I want to learn that, ok cool
I'm really eager to learn that
We'll see you soon guys, bye!