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The`Republic wrote:So what accent should I aim for?

Shami or Khaleeji

if you want an easier time, go for Masri

The`Republic wrote:So what accent should I aim for?

khaleej

Advo wrote:U know how somalis have an accent when speaking english, do the arabic speakers also have an accent?

of course they do. almost all somali parents do including my dad. the only time my dad doesnt have accent is when he reads quran.lol

Is it true that the sudani dialect is the closest to fusxa

gurey25 wrote:

mix of fusha,adani,egyptian and khaliji.lol

hyper thats exactly how i speak arabic, when i am speaking normaly.
but like everyone else i can put on an egyptian accent, or syrian/lebanese or fully khaliiji depending on circumstances.

lool gurey




hayper , Adani is very close to egyptian , maybe the closest Yemeni deilact to Egyptian

khaleelo 7aalo , maalak mino ,mush caalif , eesh teshti mino

Shirib wrote:

The`Republic wrote:So what accent should I aim for?

khaleej

most so alis , speak the accent the arab country they lived. older generation , mix and they all over the places. except religious people, who found sophisticating speaking mederate arabic.

garaad, qaali ,qolteloh is so ennoyi g and nothing egyptian about themexcept how they pronounce the. جيم

Hyper-

How is speaking the Egyptian dialect considered in Khaleej? Egypt is the biggest country in Middle East and media powerhouse. I'm guessing this translates to influence?

well, every one understands egyptian, cause teachers, doctors, workers all they were first educators. but none egyptian speaks egyptian is little emusing.

Why is it amusing?

i meant little funny. every one understands and probably speaks but none egyptian speaks egyptian is little bit odd. but that was few years ago. now you find so ali speaks, all kind of dialogs. wa iska aadi.

but hyper somalis that livedin egypt can only speak with an egyptian accent.
its just too strong, once you go egyptian you dont go back.

wallahi the funniest thing for me was seeing a somali guy i know speaking masri.
its so funny, all of us can put it on, but he can only speak in a masri accent all the time..

and whats even funnier is that his english accent is masri.
he sounds like an egyptian fresh off the boat, and this is after 10 years in the US, and 5 years in the US army.

hyperactive wrote:garaad, qaali ,qolteloh is so ennoyi g and nothing egyptian about themexcept how they pronounce the. جيم

ya rayaal when you say Qala Allahu ta3ala ...... how you say it ......gaal Allah ta3ala ??

gurey, that is later years when somalis became qahooti every where. before was only khaliji and yemani, iraqi . masri is just normal now. it's more funny simali lebanesse and somali syrians.


lol@ garaad, walle wan isqabta, like الله لا يغولها...لووول

esma3 ya hyper
ana 3esht bayn al-zalamat 8 months, in Dimashq , wallah naas tayibeen we 7ilween, but i couldn't master their dialect , they use to laugh at me everytime i speak