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Register Switching Practice
تدريب على تبديل السجل اللغوي
Practise writing the same ideas in both formal and informal Arabic registers.
Ages
13-14
1
أنا ذاهب إلى المدرسة (فصحى)
ana thahib ila al-madrasa (fusha)
I am going to school (formal)
2
أنا رايح عالمدرسة (عامية)
ana rayih 'al-madrasa ('ammiyya)
I'm going to school (informal)
3
هل يمكنك مساعدتي؟ (فصحى)
hal yumkinuka musa'adati? (fusha)
Can you help me? (formal)
4
ممكن تساعدني؟ (عامية)
mumkin tsa'idni? ('ammiyya)
Can you help me? (informal)
5
لا أعرف (فصحى)
la a'rif (fusha)
I don't know (formal)
6
ما بعرف (عامية)
ma ba'rif ('ammiyya)
I don't know (Levantine informal)
7
لماذا تأخّرت؟ (فصحى)
limatha ta'akhkharta? (fusha)
Why were you late? (formal)
8
ليش تأخّرت؟ (عامية)
lesh ta'akhkhart? ('ammiyya)
Why were you late? (informal)
Practice Time!
Practice Time!Copy each pair. Then write your own sentence in both formal and informal Arabic.