Talk:Arabic/Introduction

Modern Standard Arabic/Classical Arabic usage
I like the Modern Standard Arabic and I prefer to learn and to use it vs dialects. Can you please advise where standard Arabic used in speech? I hear it in the local community news in Australia and on Al-Jazeera TV. Are there any entertainment programs, movies or cartoons in Fuṣḥa or is it only used in very formal and official situations? On the dropped endings section: I listened to TV and radio in MSA and noticed that endings are always (?) dropped, although the speakers speak in MSA. Are the case endings reserved for Qur'an recitals only nowadays? My Arabic is still primitive but I think I could tell that endings are hardly used in the news by reporters.--Atitarev (talk) 23:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)