26 New Expression: Yaa Salaam!!! يا سلام

 

يا سلام   yaa Salaam!

You have learned “salaam” from “salaam 3alaykum” means “peace” and that this word is used in a great many expressions.  One such expression that, depending on the way it is intoned, can be used to express astonishment, excitement, regret, skepticism, frustration, is

 

Listen to this clip  and try to construe what is intended:

(around 33 seconds)

 

 

 

 

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Introduction to Arabic: Egyptian Arabic for first-year students Copyright © 2023 by David Hollenberg; Amira Ghazy; Abdulrahman Eissa; Hanan Elsherif; Benjamin Loy; and Kerlos Rizk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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