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Question 1 of 6What is the commentary's main position? Question 2 of 6What paradox does the commentary note about dialects on screen? Question 3 of 6What does the presenter switching to dialect an hour later illustrate? Question 4 of 6What does calling the historical drama "closer to a museum piece" imply? Question 5 of 6Why does the commentator ask "Who speaks Standard Arabic at home?" Question 6 of 6What does "respected but won't be loved" suggest about Standard Arabic? Vocabularyلِسَانَانtwo tongues
الْفُصْحَىStandard Arabic
الْخُطْبَةsermon
هَشّfragile
يَتَنَازَعَانِquarrel, contend
السَّاخِرsatirical
الْمُسَلْسَلَاتTV series
اللُّغَوِيِّينlinguists
جَامِدَةrigid, frozen
تُغَازِلُflirts
مُحْتَرَمَةrespected
مَحْبُوبَةloved