Spoken Arabic in Iraq - Unit 1 - Lesson 1

The words for two very common actions, going and speaking, are one of the universal points of difference between almost all spoken dialects and the Standard.

Spoken Arabic in Iraq - Unit 1 - Introduction

Have you been studying up on Standard Arabic (fus-ha) and now you want to go out and speak?  Are you brand new to the language and just want a few phrases to try out with your friends?  The bad news is that you will now have to venture in the murky world of Arabic dialect, which follows no universal set of rules and which many Arabic instructors will be too scared to teach you.  The good news is that you are reading this article, which is at least a good start.