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In the Simple & Easy Arabic podcast we tell stories in spoken Levantine Arabic that will help you to improve your listening skills. Every episodes starts with new vocabulary and ends with a set of questions about the story. Enjoy! Become a patreon to get full access to the transcripts and get the most out of this learning experience: www.patreon.com/simpleandeasyarabic
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Short Story #5 - How much land does a man need?
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It's already time for the last story in this series of short stories. To be fair, this one is not actually all that short, but it definitely is a very inspiring and thought provoking one. It is inspired by Leo Tolstoj's short story 'How much land does a man need'. Probably some of you know it already. It is one of Majd's favorites and therefore we …
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Short Story #4 - The King and the Happy Servant
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We have another short folkstale about a king. This time the king is contemplating why he is having such a hard time being happy while being rich and he decided to put one of his servants to a test. Some useful vocabulary is: - Servant - الخادم - Assistant - المُساعد - Worries - مهموم - Knocked - ودقّ - Counted - عَدّ - The lost (one) - الضايع - Ble…
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Today's short story is a bit longer than the others and it is inspired by a story from Leo Tolstoj. Simon and his wife Matrina live a humble live and then a mysterious stranger enters their live, Mikel. Some useful vocabulary for this session is: - Shoemaker - سكافي - Leather - الجلد - Drunk - سكران - Exhaustion - الإرهاق - Ignored him - تجاهلو - G…
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Short Stories #2 - Kafka, the Little Girl and the Doll
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Today's short story is about a transformative encounter between a man and a child who lost her doll. Some of you may already know the story. We are curious how much you understand of it on the first try! Some useful vocabulary for this session is: - Lonely - وحيد - The doll - اللعبة - Look for/ search - دوارة - Postman - ساعي بريد - Truth - الحقيقة…
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Short Stories #1 - The Bored King and the Foxy Merchant
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We are back with some more of what we do best: short stories in Arabic to help you grow your listening skills, vocabulary and grammar! The first story is about a king that tries to cure his boredom by challenging his people to a game. Some vocabulary that will help you is: Kingdom - المملكة Game - لعبة Liar - كذّاب Jail / Prison - السجن Fortune - ث…
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For the last episode of the Success Stories series, Majd speaks to Silvia. After many years moving around the Middle East, Silvia speaks about her affinity with the language as well as the region. She has fully familiarised herself with the culture and shares her ideas and advices for fellow Arabic learners. At the beginning of the episode a vocabu…
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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Amanda. She learned different Arabic dialects on her journey and explains to us not only how she learned them, but also how she transitioned between them and how she continues to dev…
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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Shaya. She does not only have an impressive story about why and how she started learning Arabic, she also has the best advice on how to work towards you Arabic speaking goals. In the…
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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to Gabriele (or Gabi). He is an Italian Arabic learner and currently lives and works in Lebanon. In the interview we discuss why and how he started learning Arabic. We discuss which obs…
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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have successfully mastered the Levantine Dialect to an advanced level. In this episode we talk to David (or Dave). He is an Australian journalist who is working and living in Lebanon. In the interview we discuss why and how he started learning Arabic. We discuss which obstacles o…
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In this series we listen to interviews between Majd and students that have mastered to speak Levantine Arabic on an advanced level! The goal of this series is for other Arabic learners to get inspired by these stories and build the confidence that the goal of becoming comfortable and fluent in Arabic is achieveable. We will also learn from all the …
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Story 10 - The story of the child and the prison
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Dear listeners, you have reached the final episode of our Arabic Stories series! For this special edition, we have decided to share a true story with you. The structure of the recording is different then normal, this time we skip the introduction, vocabulary and questions and we dive right into the story. To help you out, we made the transcript of …
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The story of this week is about a fisherman who finds something very valuable inside one of the fishes he brings home. He goes on a journey to try and make the best possible deal, but that doesn't turn out to be as easy as he thought. The story is a parable about how we use our time on earth wisely. It is a challenging story, but definitely very ed…
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In this podcast, we listen to a story about a man who opens a new shop and gets advice from his customers. Can you figure out the moral of the story? The vocabulary of today is: Ambitious - طَموح Optimistic - مُتفائل Shop - محل Banner - لافتة Customer - زبون There is no need - ما في داعي Delete - احذف They smell - بيشمّو Remove - شيل The moral - ال…
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Today's story is about a man who is looking for a sip of water in the desert. The shepherd helps him out, but also learns a lesson himself. Listen carefully and let us know what you think! The vocabulary for today is: Desert - صحرا He became thirsty (verb) - غَطش Search - دوّر Shepherd - راعي Sip of water - شفّة مي Stingy - بخيل Mean - لئيم Vile - …
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In the story of this week, we listen to the story of Joha and his donkey. He goes out for a ride with his son and his donkey, but everyone seems to have an opinion about his means of transportation. Listen carefully and let us know what you think the moral of the story is! The vocabulary of this week is: To ride اركب Harsh قاسي Mercy رحمه He believ…
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In this episode, we listen to the story of four students who try to lie their way out of a test, but the teacher turns out to be smart too! Let us know what you think of the story!The vocabulary of this week is:University جامعةExam فحصParty حفلةTo get drunk اسكرwheel/wheels دولاب \ دواليبExploded انفجرAccident حادثTo delay أجّلThey studied دَرسوque…
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In this episode we listen to the story of the stupid donkey. The donkey thinks he can outsmart the salesman, so the salesman decided to teach him a lesson. As always, we start with some useful vocabulary and end with some questions about the story.The vocabulary of this week is:Salesman بيّاعSalt ملحMarket سوقRiver نهرTo cross اقطعHe falls بيوقعMel…
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In this episode, we will hear a story about three friends that discuss the situation that their fourth friend is facing and they think of how they would deal with that situation would they be in his place. We start with some useful vocabulary and end with some questions about the story. The vocabulary of this week is: Atheist مُلحد He believe هو بي…
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In this episode we will listen to the story of the woman who lost her only son. We start with some useful vocabulary and end with some questions about the story. The vocabulary of this week is: Unfortunately - للأسف Unluckily / because of bad luck - لسوء الحظ He died - مات Recipe - وصفة He lives again - يعيش مرّة تانية Loaf of bread - رغيف الخبز On…
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Story 1 - The woman and the three old men
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In this episode we listen to the story of the woman and the three old men. We start of with some useful vocabulary and end with some questions about the story.
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We are happy and proud to announce that Simple and Easy Arabic started a podcast! In this first episode, we explain all about why we started this, what our episodes generally will look like, and how you can get the most out of this learning experience. Enjoy!
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