thomas_dc wrote:AlexTG wrote:thomas_dc wrote:I do have a problem with the pronunciation of Arabic, and I think it would be best if I did watch more movies or study audio in general - it can just be a little hard to come by good material in MSA.
On an HTLAL thread last year, native Tunisian-Arabic speaker HP230 said:HP230 wrote:For the arabic learners I would recommend historical Syrian series. In these series, MSA is really well spoken and appreciated from the arab community ( maybe beacause it shows our glorious era). I personly found them far more interesting than any other MSA spread by the PR.
So I guess that's where you should look. Too bad they didn't list any specific examples .
Hi, I actually stumbled across some of these series at some point. Here's one called Al Kawaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rSlxfPjuA - The only problem is that i can't find any transcripts or subtitles. But I think I'll definitely try and watch these series!
Actually, this kind of series is rarely produced nowadays due to the war in Syria. However, it's a tradition that arabic channels diffuse at least one of them during the holy month of Ramadhan. I don't expect you to wait that long for it (this year it will be in June), but that's not the problem. As you mentioned, most of the time there are no subtitles. I can give you nontheless some titles if you're interested. I've watched this one for exemple few years ago:"Tarek ibn Zied" Youtube link and I liked it a lot.
"Beb el Mourad" youtube link
"Omar" Omar
This last one was a very successful series 2 years ago,it was the first brave series to treat the beginning of islam since the movie "The message"
PS: you can watch documentaries also, they're generally commentated in MSA.