Kinan Diglot Senior Member Syrian Arab Republic Joined 5569 days ago 234 posts - 279 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Russian, Spanish
| Message 57 of 102 08 March 2011 at 7:37am | IP Logged |
Oh sorry, منزعجا is حال and not خبر so it's منصوبة
Didn't you study الإعراب? it's the most annoying thing in the world but you have to learn the basics only cos most Arabs don't know إعراب anyway.
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strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)
| Message 58 of 102 26 March 2011 at 4:49pm | IP Logged |
Been awhile since I updated this log.
Been a little lazy.
Took a short break from Arabic.
Also hope that you're doing alright in Syria, Kinan!!
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Kinan Diglot Senior Member Syrian Arab Republic Joined 5569 days ago 234 posts - 279 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Russian, Spanish
| Message 59 of 102 26 March 2011 at 11:04pm | IP Logged |
yeah, everything is alright here.
Welcome back, breaks are needed, so I hope it ignites your passion again.
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strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)
| Message 60 of 102 03 April 2011 at 6:12pm | IP Logged |
Coolest fact of the day!!!
I just discovered that the only difference between 'German' and 'semen' is an alif!!!
ألماني vs. المني
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strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)
| Message 61 of 102 04 April 2011 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
Lesson plan for the day:
Revisit first 6 verbal forms.
Revisit - comparatives, relative clauses, cognate accusative, haal construction, tamyiiz
construction and the conditional.
Ooh, that's a lot.
But I really need to put in the effort since I've been skiving for the past two weeks.
Also, read some headlines on al-jazeera
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Just a Dreamer Groupie Egypt Joined 5014 days ago 59 posts - 62 votes Studies: English, French
| Message 62 of 102 05 April 2011 at 1:29pm | IP Logged |
Hi;
I want to suggest one thing for you , what If you moved your study to specific dialect , I think that any dialect is more easier than MSA (but If you study it for religious It'll be important), I'll now suggest Egyptian one , but I think you can - depend on what you've done with MSA - to move to certain dialect ...
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Kinan Diglot Senior Member Syrian Arab Republic Joined 5569 days ago 234 posts - 279 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, English Studies: Russian, Spanish
| Message 63 of 102 06 April 2011 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
Dialects are not easier than MSA, it doesn't have grammatical structure and the words keep changing, disappearing, showing up so he won't be able to keep up with that if he doesn't live in Arabic country.
Everything is good on its time, MSA first then dialects, why being hurry?
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strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5176 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)
| Message 64 of 102 21 May 2011 at 8:50am | IP Logged |
I'm back......
Was backpacking across SE Asia. That's always fun. Thailand was nice as usual. Been to
Bangkok before so didn't really stay there for too long. Went trekking in Kanchanaburi
instead. The Angkor temples were amazing. Landmine museums, killing fields and torture
centers were more sobering. And no, I didn't try to learn any local languages. I must say
Khmer looks really complex.
I've forgotten so much Arabic it's not even funny. Not sure if I relish starting from
scratch again. The first time was a slog. The second time... :( ???
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