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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5443 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 97 of 102 19 December 2012 at 11:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm glad you're bringing this log back! I always read your log, but never had much to say. Now I'm sure I'll be
referencing it often as a I start to learn Arabic. Go Team Alef! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 98 of 102 14 January 2013 at 8:44am | IP Logged | ||
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Alright peeps, strikingstar's back in business.
Apologies for the late start but between the holiday season and all the traveling I've been doing the past few weeks, I never seemed to have any time to sit down and study. I've just returned to Kenya (last night) so I'm looking forward to getting back into action now that things will be settling down. My main gripe with Arabic has been the ease with which I forget the grammar rules (of which there are like a billion and one). Hence, my little side project this year will be to summarize the rules in a nice format for easy referencing when the need arises. On travels, not too shabby on Arabic-speaking countries. Egypt last month and UAE (mostly Dubai) this month already. I was pleased that most people could understand my really (and I mean really) basic MSA sentences. But I got my work cut out for me. Also, have a sneaking suspicion I have a really horrible accent when speaking MSA. I make my voice all guttural and hoarse and it sounds really weird. @Elan. Shukran. Looking forward to reading your log too. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4451 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 99 of 102 14 January 2013 at 12:59pm | IP Logged | ||
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Once things settle down, I'd love to read about your travels (especially the trip to
Egypt!!). Your voice probably sounds fine, maybe you're not used to hearing yourself speak as much Arabic as you did on this trip. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4650 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English | Message 100 of 102 26 January 2013 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||
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I get the feeling Arabic always sounds hoarse and guttural.
Do you know any good online Arabic-English dictionaries? I could use one, preferably with pronunciation. I want to know how to pronounce a word I just learned.... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5172 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 101 of 102 28 January 2013 at 4:28pm | IP Logged | ||
Regrettably, I don't know any good online Arabic-English dictionaries but the best (IMO) and the only Arabic-English dictionary that I use is the Hans-Wehr. The best part (some say the worst) about the Hans-Wehr is that it really forces you to understand the Arabic root system to be able to use it effectively. Say if you were looking for اكتتب/iktataba (He subscribed), you would never find it under "I". You must know that it is Form VIII of kataba. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5134 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian* | Message 102 of 102 19 September 2016 at 3:04pm | IP Logged | ||
Does how many form an Arabic verb have? According to the subject alone, there are already 12 forms. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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