Arabic-L:PEDA:teaching "I think" in Egyptian Arabic

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1) Subject:teaching "I think" in Egyptian Arabic

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Date: 07 Oct 2011
From:Nesrine Basheer <n.basheer at gmail.com<mailto:n.basheer at gmail.com>>
Subject:teaching "I think" in Egyptian Arabic

Hello Everyone,

I'm currently teaching intermediate Egyptian Arabic. A common mistake my students make is using أنا فاكر ana بافتكر to say "I think".

It's easy to simply explain that فاكر means "I thought" (and I was wrong) as in معلش عملت دوشة أنا كنت فاكرك/افتكرتك نايمة . The challenging part is giving students the different options for "I think" without confusing them.

So, we have:
أفتكر/أظن/أنا شايف إن/متهيألي الوقت مش مناسب للكلام في الموضوع ده دلوقتي ('I think')
مش عارف راحوا فين، متهيألي رجعوا المكتب ('I guess')
كفاية تليفزيون بقى متهيألي نشتغل شوية ('I guess')

I know we have في رأيي  and أعتقد but I want something less fuSha for now.

So, the question now is: How would you introduce the function of expressing opinion in Egyptian Arabic? Any suggestions?

Thank you,

~ Nesrine
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Nesrine Basheer
Doctoral Student - Second Language Acquisition
University of Maryland, College Park

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