<Cev> a b g d
<Cev> abugida
<Legion> yes
<Cev> I never realized that
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- Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:17 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:50 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
They come from the same root. I once read that the meaning "cart" originally refers to nomadic caravans, and actually outdates the meaning referring to the Arab people -- the latter having developed as a pejorative term among the more sedentary Arabs to refer to nomads.
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:45 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 1
Lesson 2 Vocabulary bass/lâken – but sayyÂrÀ – car 3ArAbiyyè – wagon; cart; toy car mASᵉr – Egypt falasTîn – Palestine TArîq – way; path; road gurfè (j. guruf) – room madrasè (j. madarris) – school ʃâf-iʃûf – see jâb-ijîb – bring qâl-iqûl – say rÂH-irûH – go SÂr-iSîr –become; begin la2 – no 2A/aywA...
- Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:05 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 1
I just added a map to the introductory post that depicts where this dialect is spoken.
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 4:22 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic
SAgîr (ᵉZgîr) – small; young (people) kabîr – big; old (people) Are you sure? Nope. Hence Unfortunately - as per my informal and unstructured knowledge of the dialect - I don't always know when or why it happens, I just have to rely on my own instincts until we get to the book's lessons. Emphasis t...
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:18 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 1
Vowels shift a lot in spoken Arabic, and especially in Palestinian Arabic. Unfortunately - as per my informal and unstructured knowledge of the dialect - I don't always know when or why it happens, I just have to rely on my own instincts until we get to the book's lessons. I recall my cousin really ...
- Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:17 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 1
Thanks. 15 had a typo that was fixed. 10 didn't have a typo, but used a colloquial variant of kabîr; I changed it for consistency's sake. I imagine it covered the same topics because you really need to know how to use nouns before you can do anything in Arabic. The fact that Arabic doesn't require a...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:20 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Please review transcripti
Lesson 1 Roots and patterns Everybody’s favorite aspect of Arabic seems to be its triconsonantal root system. Due to extreme ablaut, Semitic languages like Arabic create the illusion that three consonants by themselves carry semantic value. For this course, it will do well for the student to keep t...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Please review transcripti
c [ʕ] :| Just use numbers man... Superscript <c> is a common transcription, which is why I used non-superscript <c>. If we use numbers, do people mind <3> for [?\] and <2> for [?]? Do you really need to distinguish [D_?\] from [z_?\] too? [/quote] Nope. I think my line of thinking was that since th...
- Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:39 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Please review transcripti
I'd most rather you just write everything in IPA. :\ Also, you wrote [ɤ] where I assume you meant [ɣ]. I would write in IPA would it not be a pain in an ass for me x) But yeah I meant [ɣ]. What's up with Palestinian ayin? When I went on a hike north of Nazareth towards the direction of طرعان and I ...
- Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:50 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic
The following is the transcription method used in this course. I have adapted the method to be more user friendly to those of us who do not enjoy copying and pasting a lot, with the assumption that you have an international keyboard installed. It is arranged in (Roman) alphabetical order, followed b...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:53 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Re: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic
Astraios, weren't you religiously obligated to be wasted around the same time you made that post? #caught #notkosher
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:08 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5605
Lessons in Palestinian Arabic: Now on Lesson 2
سلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Ayuha ya ikhwati, I had the unfortunate privilege of taking a blow off course in Palestinian Arabic while in Palestine last year. As such, I bought a series of books teaching the dialect, with an audience towards people with no knowledge of Arabic. Needless to say, I n...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:57 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: So what is "I seen?"
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10654
Re: So what is "I seen?"
Change from above has nothing to do with standard variants. Standard variants might have high prestige because they're standard, but this isn't always the case. As for arguing with Labov, well, I do have strong connections to him that I've been wanting to use for some time now. But I don't want to w...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:11 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: So what is "I seen?"
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10654
Re: So what is "I seen?"
Luckily for you, The Zomp, I haven't read that book (although I've read excerpts, not to mention my familiarity with the work through popular discussion), so I cannot say what it does or does not say. With that said, I am deeply suspicious of your claim that he claims therein that the upper working ...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:03 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: So what is "I seen?"
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10654
Re: So what is "I seen?"
Acceptance by the upper class isn't the first step-- it's the last step. You're right, actually. I was following the common misconception that high prestige means the upper classes use the variant. That's simply untrue. But what he found is that the source of change is the upper working class-- and...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:36 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: So what is "I seen?"
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10654
Re: So what is "I seen?"
Okay I read a little more. For me it's not a marker of a lowly register, it's just a convenience that English has created, since languages are first and foremost a tool for communication and efficiency in communication is of the utmost importance. Just because it's not a marker of a lowly register t...
- Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:25 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: So what is "I seen?"
- Replies: 63
- Views: 10654
Re: So what is "I seen?"
tl;dr but I read most of the first page. Anyway, here's my input: "I seen" is pretty common here. I'm the only person in my family in the Midwest who doesn't have it. It's no mystery; it's the simple past tense. But I don't see much value in the claim that it'll become standard, and it seems to viol...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:31 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
<Legion> you're irrational!!!!
ahahaha
ahahaha
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:50 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
<Cev> Unlike Eddy
<Cev> I was being stupid
<Cev> I was being stupid
- Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:23 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
<WurdBendur> That word is a snake.
<WurdBendur> كما
<WurdBendur> كما
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:58 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
*someone links a website to a graphic horse birthing simulator*
Half an hour later...
<Cev> I need to clean the litterbox
<pthag> what a waste
<pthag> you're never going to use the vulva
<Cev> what?
Half an hour later...
<Cev> I need to clean the litterbox
<pthag> what a waste
<pthag> you're never going to use the vulva
<Cev> what?
- Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:44 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
<Cev> I'm gonna look up if it's safe to eat rubber cementXephyr wrote:>:-|
<Cev> But it looks like rubber cement is pretty inequivocally poisonous so
<Cev> not gonna
:|
- Mon Nov 26, 2012 7:56 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
- Replies: 2878
- Views: 636898
Re: The Official ZBB Quote Thread
<Cev> Well I have little hope of getting through to Pthag <Cev> He is an insane person. <Cev> hang on <Cev> I'm gonna look up if it's safe to eat rubber cement <Zayk> why are you looking up if it's safe to eat rubber cement <Cev> I was going to do a taste test <Cev> Of my fancy belgian chocolate <Ce...
- Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:05 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Ever feel that you cannot exercise your ear enough?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1806
Re: Ever feel that you cannot exercise your ear enough?
Thanks Astraios