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15 | From MSA to CA: A Beginner’s guide for transitioning into Colloquial Arabic Chapter 1 Contents: A: Transitioning to CA: final voweling and greeting terms in Modern Standard and Colloquial Arabic B: Greetings and ending conversations: 1. Formal greetings dialogue 2. Informal greetings dialogue 3. Practice: Complete the dialogue C: Cultural insight: Ending a conversation in a culturally acceptable manner A: Transitioning to CA:Final voweling and greeting terms in MSA and CA • One of the first points to keep in mind is that in CA, final voweling is almost absent except for words like: أ ًِ شكرا ِ،ً عفوا ِ،ً هلا For example, you say in MSA, “Are you a student?” طالبٌ؟ َِ أنت ِ هل But in CA, you will drop the final voweling as well as هل (we will explain in chapter 2 what changes take place regarding “WH - ” words). So, the same question will be: َِ إنت ِ طالبْ؟