My students are as crazy as I am :) At the end of a lesson advanced Egyptian Arabic. Student: "I am going a week to Israel, is Hebrew difficult? Me: No, structure/word order looks very much like Palestinian (Shamy) or Egyptian dialect. Only the alphabet is an obstacle. Student:
Aanvankelijk zou vrijdag 23 februari de fraaie ruimte niet beschikbaar zijn, maar daar is verandering in gekomen: het wordt vrijdagavond 23 februari vanaf 1800u! 15 euro pp. See you there. #Diner#netwerken#taal#muziek#Nederland#Syrie#Egypte
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But still Egyptian is the most dominant I would say. Many Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, Iraqis I met could switch to Egyptian but not the other way around. https://t.co/2vHKZCJsds
...Sindhi and Hausa and some languages in parts of Africa. Conversely, Arabic has borrowed words from other languages including Greek and Persian in medieval times, and contemporary European languages such as English and French in modern times."
Wiki: Arabic has influenced many languages around the globe throughout its history. Some of the most influenced languages are Persian, Turkish, Spanish, Maltese, Urdu, Kashmiri, Kurdish, Bosnian, Kazakh, Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Maldivian, Indonesian, Pashto, Punjabi, Tagalog,...
Mijn 2 oudtantes hebben Auschwitz overleefd.
Met één van hen tekende ik vaak als kind- daarbij werd nummer op haar arm zichtbaar.
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