Learn Levantine Arabic with Livi
A podcast for intermediate and advanced students of Levantine Arabic, hosted by non-native speaker Olivia Furber. Each episode features an interview with a native Arabic speaker, covering various topics and introducing new vocabulary. The native speaker helps correct pronunciation and errors, encouraging listeners to speak confidently without fear of mistakes.
Episodes
Season Two, Episode Five: Adam and I chat about our hopes for the future.
Hi listeners, I hope you are all well. Finally, Adam and I made a new episode. We are talking about the future and dreams we want to have realised. Adam also speaks briefly about his new podcast 'Easy Lisan' which you can find here. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/easy-lisan/episodes/Going-to-the-Restaurant-in-Palestinian-Arabic-Episode-4-B1-Level-e2up5jdAnd below is the vocabulary t
Season Two, Episode Four: Talking to Adam about disability, being blind and studying international social work.
Hi listeners, I hope you are all really well.
Sorry that I took a while to record the next episode.
Today I'll be speaking again with my friend Adam (also known as Ahmed) from Gaza about the reasons behind him choosing to study international social work.
Very important to this conversation is the fact that Adam is blind and, as a result, has had to face a lot of significant challenges.
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Season Two, Episode Three: A conversation with Adam about psychology and mental health
*Vocab below
Hi everyone, I hope you're all really well.
Today I'm going to be talking to Adam about a really important topic; psychology and mental health.
We actually recorded this episode last year (apologies for the delay in publishing) just before Adam made a very long and difficult journey from Gaza to the Netherlands in order to start his studies at Han University.
I'm mentio
Series Two, Episode Two: Armenian Culture, mixing languages and identities with my friend and theatre designer Melissa.
Hello and welcome to all the listeners. I disappeared for a while because I was overloaded with work and travel and didn't have enough time to make new episodes for you. And, to be totally honest, I was being a bit lazy....but i've shaken off the laziness and here I am, back to share a new episode with you which is a conversation with my brilliant friend Melissa.
We'll be hearing a conversation be
Series Two, Episode One: Introducing Adam from Gaza and our journeys learning languages.
Hello and welcome to all the listeners and a Happy Christmas!
I hope you are all well and in good health.
I'm finally ready to make new episodes and this week i'll be talking to my friend Adam from Gaza about our experiences in learning languages.
Adam is also an Arabic teacher and I advise you to have a go studying with him because he really knows and understands the nuances within Arabic a
Episode Ten: The Concept or Idea of Home (Part Two)
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Nine and Happy Christmas!
I've just started an instagram page where I will post podcast episodes and more content including videos, vocab and tips on language learning and differences between accents - check it out here @learnlevantinewithlivi https://www.instagram.com/learnlevantinewithlivi/?hl=en
I hope you are all well even though the world is rather...upsi
Episode Nine: The Concept or Idea of 'Home'.
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Nine! I hope you are all doing great and are ready for another episode. Thanks to all of you who sent suggestions and thoughts about the podcast via email. I’d encourage you to send more as I love hearing your feedback. Please feel free to get in touch at learnlevantine@gmail.com
Also, Ramzi still has some spaces available for conversational Arabic classes for
Episode Eight: Expressions and sayings in the Levantine Dialect
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Eight!
Apologies for my absence, but now i'm back AND I have some news which is that i've set up an email address through which you can pass on your comments and feedback about the podcast as well as make suggestions for topics you would benefit from hearing about.
Please feel free to get in touch at learnlevantine@gmail.com
In other good news, i'm happy
Episode Seven: Translating and responding to questions about travel and transport.
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Seven!
Apologies that we disappeared for a month. But now we are back with a new episode where Ramzi and I will ask each other questions about travel and transport.
Getting to grips with how you structure questions in Arabic is something I certainly struggle with so there will be an element of translation in this episode (English-Arabic & Arabic-Eng
Episode Six: NEW Format - Translating and responding to questions
Hello everyone and welcome to Episode Six.
Today we are going to try a slightly different format where Ramzi and I will ask each other 5 questions.
Getting to grips with how you structure questions in Arabic is something I certainly struggle with so there will be an element of translation in this episode (English-Arabic & Arabic-English) to help give some examples in the different questi
Episode Five: Conversation with Ramzi about the virtual world
Hi everyone and welcome to episode five - as always, thanks so much for listening.
Today you will hear a conversation between Ramzi and I about the virtual world and what we feel are the positives and negatives of being 'online'.
We've got a whole bunch of new vocabulary today, 19 words in total!
We fall into the trap - منوقع في الفخ
Based on / built upon - مبنية
You (m) distinguish -
Episode Four: Conversation with Ramzi about the memory and memories
Welcome to Episode Four! Thanks so much for listening.
Today Ramzi and I will be talking about the memory and memories, in general.
Here are 15 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast.
The Memory - الذاكرة
Memory/Memories - ذكرة/ ذكريات
To swear - اسب
Naughty - مشاغب
Out loud (in a loud voice) - صوت عالي
Flexible - مرن
Emotions - عواطف
Linked / related - مرتبط / مرتبطة
Pandemic -
Episode Three: Conversation with Ramzi about dreams and dreaming
Welcome to Episode Three! Thanks so much for listening.
Today I will be talking to Ramzi about our experiences of and opinions on dreams and dreaming.
Here are 15 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast.
I grew up - نميت
Recurring dreams - أحلام متكررة
The main role - الدور الرئيسي
I improvise - برتجل
Psychology - علم النفس
Obsession - هوس
Failure - فشل
Metaphorical -
Episode Two: Conversation with Ramzi about our experience of the radio in the era of television
Welcome to Episode Two!
Today Ramzi and I will be talking about our interest in creating radio shows and the roots this has in our respective childhoods.
Here are 13 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast:
Curious / curiosity of - فضول
Interested - مهتم / مهتمين
Impression - انطباع
Development - تطوير
Imagination - خيال
Imaginary friends - أصدقا متخيلين
Information - معلومات
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Episode One: Conversation with Ramzi about coronavirus and common mistakes in Arabic
Welcome to the first episode!
Today Ramzi and I will be talking about life under the coronavirus lockdown, the best way to learn a new language and the common mistakes that myself and other language learners tend to make when speaking Arabic.
Here are 10 of the new words you will be hearing in the podcast:
Quarantine/Lockdown - حجر
Forced - مطر
Days of the invasion (intifada) - أيام الاجتياح
Curfe
Learn Levantine with Livi: Introduction
Welcome to an introduction to Learn Levantine with Livi.
*Below is an English translation of the text you will be hearing in Arabic)
This is a podcast for intermediate students of Levantine Arabic.
In each podcast you will hear a conversation between me and a native speaker. At the beginning of each podcast I will introduce some new vocabulary that you will hear in the conversation.
My Arabic is n
