One of the many ways I study Arabic is through translating Arabic cartoons
yes it is, it's true
now, that's not the only technique I use, of course I'm using flashcards, I'm listening to the radio
I'm learning phrases from other people and I'm watching all sorts of documentaries and trying to expose myself to Arabic as much as possible
in this video I'm going to show you one of the techniques I use to learn Arabic
and whatever your level is, I know what you're thinking
'Oh, I'm not at the level where I can understand an Arabic cartoon yet'
'It's too complicated, my listening skills aren't that good'
I'm going to show how anybody, whatever level you're at
can watch a cartoon, get some words, get some phrases
and get some benefit form doing that
Okay, so come with me, over to the laptop
Okay, I'm going to say right off the bat
Cartoon Network MENA, please don't take this video down
I'm using your video for educational purposes, it's within the fair use policy
nobody's going to come and watch your cartoons on my channel instead of your channel
that would be ridiculous because I'm not even playing it all the way through, I'm just playing the first minute
now that I've got that out of the way
let's go
okay and we're rolling, I'm on my laptop
I've got everything here
you can see my screen and I can see... I can't see your screen
that's not right
so...
Cartoon Network MENA is the page which we are going to be using
MENA: Middle East North Africa
and the video we are going to be watching is this one here, 5 days ago
and the only other tab I've got open right now is Google Translate just so we can use that
cause actually it's quite a good tool, it's not perfect
but it's pretty good for the beginner to get an idea of verbs
and words and nouns and to be able to get a gist of what's going on
I've actually done a bit of preparation here and I've got three levels, okay?
whatever level you are there should be things you can hear
so let's start right off the bat, listen carefully
now without even knowing any Arabic at all, if you've just learned the letters
you know, that we've got a 'sa'
and... okay... this one's a bit tricky
because the hamza is quite a challenge to hear
unless you're experienced
oh let's just check
oh, misunderstandings
it said it the titles anyways
so we know that's right
fine, misunderstandings, they're misunderstandings
4 seconds in and you've learned a new piece of vocabulary, you've learned a new word
which you... didn't know before
without even trying, so we're already winning
okay... that's tricky for a beginner so we're just going to keep going
he spoke very very fast there, very very quickly
ignore that
get rid of it
I just heard something, did you hear that?
jadeed he said jadeed
I wonder what that means
oh, new... new word
now this is one those words which you may actually have learned
in the early stages of your
learning... I mean if you've learned a bit of vocab, you might know a few adjectives
so jadeed is something you might know
and this is a good example of being able to hear it, recognise it
which is one of the key steps in remembering it and learning it
as a word as part of your vernacular
na3m, he said na3m
listen again
na3m, na3m, he said na3m, I wonder what that means
because Arabic is spelled the way it sounds you can just hear a word
na3m, you can write it na3m
means 'yes'
lots of ways of saying 'yes'
okay, let's listen on
that's ridiculous he's speaking way too fast
crack on, ignore that bit
again, very hard
jadeed, jadeed, did I just hear jadeed, I think I know that word... jadeed
jadeed let's see if I do know it
I think it means 'new'
'new'... okay, that's another word I've just learned
'new'
okay that first bit is really quick, he goes...
that was quick, ignore that
and then listen to what she says back
I think that might be that word we just had
which is another way of saying 'yes' let's just check
it means 'yup'
yup
yes, it means another word for 'yes'
so we've already learned...
how to say these three things
maatha did you hear that?
maatha, remember we're doing this as a beginner now so we're picking out the individual words which
stand to us which we can hear clearly
we'll go through this again, then as a level 2, and as a level 3
maatha might be a word which you know
and again you're hearing it in context, maatha? 'what'?
'what are you on about, what are you saying?'
remember we use maatha, followed by a verb
or, should I say, preceding a verb
whenever you're... whenever a verb follows it, you use maatha
if not, you use maa, this is in Fusha
so maatha, we've just looked, means 'what'
maatha, maatha, 'what', what's the problem, what's the issue, why are you going crazy?
'what's this all about, why are you screaming at me?'
Gumball is a funny one
and then...
basically he realises he screwed up a bit and he's
I mean you can guess what you said there, can't you?
you can pretty much guess by the tone of his voice
and the way he's done the *beep* it's like an answerphone message
okay, so as a beginner, you can can see a few minutes in and we've already learned a few pieces of vocab
the vocab that we've learned I've put into a nice little box there so...
su' tafaahum: misunderstandings
na3m: yes
jadeed: new
ajl: yes
maatha: what
fine, done, right? easy
simple, baseeT
okay, now let's watch it again, as a level two
okay? and we're going to be listening out for slightly more complex phrases
all that's (spoken) very quickly okay, but listen to this next bit
jadeed we knew,
I wonder what maT3am means
so maT3am means 'restaurant'
so that's another word
and what does she say before it?
maT3amun now you know there's no 'un' at the end
but in Fusha, there's an invisible double damma at the end
which I'm not going to go into here
innahu maT3amun jadeed: 'it's a new restaurant'
ah, look at that, 'it's a new restaurant'
okay, what else is she going to say?
okay, did you hear that? ana ayDan
ana ayDan, let's see what means
'I also'
'me too'
means 'me too'
listen to what she says here
we put a question mark
Haqan? ayna ant? 'Oh really? Where are you?'
phrase right there. Haqan? ayna ant?
really?
truthfully?
ayna means 'where'
anta means 'you are'
where you are? where you are?
really? where are you?
and then we skip forward to the end
what did he say?
now, I'll give you this... you do need a little bit of knowledge about the letters
you do need to know the alphabet, you do need to be able to be quite used to hearing the sounds
and the way they are pronounced okay?
you should know that as a number
those are 1-10
now 10 - 3ashra daqaa'iq
daqaa'iq is plural for minutes
and he says, '10 minutes'
okay, I've screwed up, I'll be there in 10 minutes, see you soon
Okay, now what I'm going to do is go through it, and I'm basically going to translate the entire thing
so as somebody who is advanced and...
is good at Arabic, then there are still things to work on
so let's take for example this first quite quick dialogue
this is..., hal is a question particle
hal makes it into a question
come
the 'sa' makes it into the future
the sa makes it into the future, the ta makes it you so sata'atee, 'you are coming?'
you are coming?
laa means 'no'
'are you coming or not?'
and if you hear that and you...
if you've got the listening skills
my listening skills aren't particularly good to be honest
and I do struggle with this, which is why I practice it a lot but...
and I have help as well but ...
you need a question mark. 'are you coming or not?'
the good thing about learning Fusha is that dictionaries understand Fusha, they speak Fusha
if you're trying to learn a dialect, good luck!
'are you coming or not?'
okay next phrase
what on earth did he just say?
that's hard
now...
you could write this
'but i thought we were going out to dinner', let's break this down
thanantu, this comes from the verb... the verb... the verb... thann
which means 'to think'
sanakhraj, okay if you've learned a bit of Arabic grammar, you'll know that most verbs are made of 3 root letters
the 3 root letters in this verb
are probably not going to be the sa or the noon because we know that sa puts a verb into the future tense
and the noon makes it into 'we' are doing the action
kharaja means to exit
or to leave or to go out
al-makhraj is always the exit. makhraj, the place of exiting
3ashaa means dinner
sanakhraj: we will go out
'but I thought we were going out for dinner?'
ah, it's starting to make sense now
and she says ajl which we already know anyway
so...
sanatanaawal, she says ajl, let's just write this
so, what she's saying there is
'yes... we will take... lunch... at the diner restaurant
diner?
that's confusing because an American diner doesn't necessarily mean that it's only for dinner
that's where the confusion has arisen
aasif is actually quite a good one as well
if you wnated to say sorry
aasif is a good word, aasif sorry, aasif
I thought we would meet
yalqee is the verb
to meet
again it's the sa and the noon that puts it in the future
'I thought that we would meet in the mall'
laa fee al-manzil : not at home
manzil is house, manzil
if you just hear manzil, you can just go manzil
ooo home
good, I'll add that to my list of vocabulary to learn
manzil: home
let's see what else he says
and then she says, ana fee al maal
that's easy,
'Im in the mall'
'I don't see you'
'really where are you?'
he's saying here...
'Im here at the shop next to the shop which sells, and then he kind of hesitates
so he's making up some excuse as to where he is in the mall
he's lying basically he's a 'kithaab'
and then in return he gets choke slammed against the wall by the phone wire
and then she says
which means
'do you know I called you at home?'
it's like this
you're aware
if we hear that, we can go to translate and we can say...
you are aware
you know, you are aware right?
do you realize
annanee, that I, attaSaltu contacted you,
your house, manzilak, at your house, manzilak
the kaf makes it into 'your house'
'do you know that I called you at home?'
you idiot, basically
which is kind of funny it means, you've reached the answerphone message
and please leave a message after the beep basically
he's a cheeky one
so the important point to remember here really, is that whatever your Arabic level, whether you're a beginner
or you're advanced, or somewhere in the middle
there is benefit to watching videos like this and just taking out vocab
even if you're a beginner, you can still take out a few words
you can hear these words, you can translate them, you can add them to your vocab
you've heard them in context as well
'we were going to eat lunch at the diner'
'I thought we were going to eat at the mall, not at home, not at the house'
and then...
blah blah blah blah
few seconds later
'you're aware that I called you at home?'
'this message, Sowtia this voice message taraktuha, has been left for you'
yrja tarak 'please leave risala a message'
'after the beep", ba3d as-Saafira
he'll be there in 10 minutes
level 1
level 2
level 3
alright, that's pretty much it, thanks for watching this
if you found it useful, let me know, if you didn't, then also let me know
because... then I have an option... I can do more of these, I can not do more of these
personally I really like them, I find them really useful
so, if you find it useful let me know
and, I am Mike
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byebye