There are several other famous haiku poets, such as Yosa Buson and Kobayashi Issa.Ī Dutchman who lived in Japan in the early nineteenth century is the first known westerner to have tried his hand at writing haiku. He is important enough in Japanese culture to have been declared a saint both by the government and in the Shinto religion. The haiku form got especially popular in the seventeenth century with the rise of the poet Matsuo Bashō, a man who elevated the haiku from a display of wit to a sublime observation on the natural world. Japanese poets have been creating examples of haiku poetry for hundreds of years. In 2015, they asked fans to compose haikus about burritos to win a dinner for two. This was the case of the American burrito fast-food company Chipotle. Some advertisers have also adopted short haiku contests to encourage customer participation. One comical winning entry was the following: There are also plenty of haiku writing contests, one of which is an annual sponsored competition from the Haiku Society of America. Haiku is often a popular form to teach to children because the rules are both strict and easily understandable, while giving good practice about the function of syllables. PS, after starting Arabic, you should definitely try Hebrew or Assyrian.While the haiku form is relatively strict and thus cannot be found in ordinary speech, it has been adopted into popular culture to some extent in many places outside of Japan. Lebanese (or other Levantine) is a good place to start because it's somewhat close to Egyptian and isn't as far from Khaleeji or Iraqi as some other dialects are. Yes, Shami usually refers to Syria/Damascus occasionally people use it to mean "Levantine", but I find that way too vague.ĭefinitely go for one of those dialects! Personally I was always around Lebanese, and then listened to a lot of Egyptian music, and then had tons of Khaleeji friends. Besides, it's (sort of) my first foray into the Semitic family, and Semitic languages are somewhat interesting to me in terms of their typology since they're spoken in both Africa and the Middle East. I haven't had the luck of running into any Arabic-speakers lately, but who cares? It's a useful language (far more in demand than a lot of the other languages I've been learning, if not necessarily for the right reasons.), there are tons of Lebanese people here anyway (if not also people from other parts of the Levant), and it even makes sense in a way since I know some Turkish and a tiny bit of Egyptian Arabic (and have been studying a few African languages). Vijayjohn wrote:Ahleen! Hi everyone! I've finally decided to start posting on the Arabic forum and try to begin the process of reviving what little I know of Arabic (especially Levantine Arabic and more specifically Shami/Damascus dialect - those are the same thing, aren't they?). There is : A Reference Grammar Of Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic for Non-Natives : A Proficiency-Oriented Approach, and Colloquial Syrian Arabic. Also, there are some books availble for Syrian. There is a book called Colloquial Levantine Arabic, it isn't the best, but its better than nothing :Īlso the Al Kitaab updated versions have both the Levantine and Egyptian dialect, it has videos and vocabulary of both. I already know a few words, but obviously they are the easiest (Bonjour, bye, please)Īhlan wa Sahlan ya nuur! You should use the pimsuleur, there are very small differences between Lebanese and Syrian, but I think you could pick it up by watching Lebanese media. Is there something really good for that dialect, except for moving right into that country? The Pimsleur for Eastern Arabic is teaching the Syrian dialect. Only found "Spoken Lebanese" and it's not much. Nuur wrote:After I've mastered MSA, I'm thinking about taking on the Lebanese dialect, but the resources are quite shallow.
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