Her Father Is Syrian. He Never Spoke Arabic to Her.
Intermediate (B2) · Conversations · 24 min · Free
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Colette's father is from Syria. He spoke French with her.
She grew up in California, in a house of English and French, and the Arabic never came home. So she went after it herself. An evening class at fifteen, with her grandmother helping her practice. Three years of Fusha at university in France that never turned into real understanding. Two months in Jordan, working at a center, studying, living inside the language. A Levantine textbook she worked through alone.
Five years of trying. In this conversation she tells me what finally started working, and why her goal is Levantine: to speak with her family, and one day in the streets of الشام.
A gentle, patient conversation in clear Arabic. If the language of your family was never handed to you and you want it anyway, Colette is proof the door is still open.
We agreed to record again once she has real listening hours behind her, so this story continues here.
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