Mother Tongue with Sirine

Ciao, talofa, hello! Welcome to Mother Tongue – a children’s podcast celebrating the many wonderful languages spoken by families right across Australia! Learn to say hello in Cantonese, goodbye in Koori, sing a song in Greek, or learn all about the Lebanese flag.

Mother Tongue host, Sirine says; “The idea for this show came from my experience with my daughter; the songs my mother sang to me as a child stayed with me and I sang them to her when she was born.

Elyssa is now 4 years old, and still loves these songs – she’ll never forget where they came from and we should never lose this connection with our language of origin.” Sharing language and culture brings kids closer together and sparks curiosity about the world so subscribe now and enjoy!

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Learn Arabic in our kids podcast Mother Tongue! Marhaba! That means hello in Arabic. In this episode, join our host Sirine – who was born in Lebanon – as she shares some words, songs and traditions from her language and culture. Here are the Arabic words you’ll learn in this episode: Marhaba – Hello Darbuka – Lebanese Drum Arzeh – Cedar Tree Sissan – Baby chickens Manoosh – a Lebanese food, usually eaten at breakfast Maa Salemeh – Bye SONG: Ha Sissan, Shu helween Aambi dooroh hawla emmon mabsooteen Shirboh may Alu khay Rafa’u rahson hamadu rabbon, mabsooteen Translation: These chicks… How beautiful they are They are walking around their mother happily They drank water and said Wow Yum Yum They raised their heads and thanked their mother happily. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.