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| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5013 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes  Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 81 of 104 24 April 2014 at 6:59pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
I'm just glad we're studying the language together. Two years ago, there was an explosion of interest in Arabic around the world. And consequently in the forum. But that has long since died down.
Thanks. I really appreciate it.
Although I'm spending a lot more time on French than I am on Arabic, I'm not really studying. I'm watching lots of TV. LOL :) Edited by napoleon on 24 April 2014 at 7:03pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| nancydowns Senior Member United States Joined 3919 days ago 184 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 82 of 104 25 April 2014 at 2:36pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Oh wow, Napoleon, I love your charts and graphs! They make me smile every time I see them!
So with that chart, it looks like the interest in all languages has declined? I am going to work as much as I can this week on my vocabulary to try to get it to stick. so I may put off starting Chapter 11 and go back and do some writing exercises again, make sure I am retaining things. So I'll have to wait on broken plurals and the three letter roots. What have you been learning lately? 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5013 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 83 of 104 25 April 2014 at 2:55pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Indeed. Interest in all languages has been on the decline. Except English, of course. :)
I am halfway through DVD 5(Lesson 10, Madinah Book 1). I have my university exams in a month. So, I might have to cut down on languages for some time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5013 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 84 of 104 27 April 2014 at 6:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I am going to post the first page of the first lesson in Madinah Book 1. And I'm also going to post the first page of lesson 10.
The first lesson teaches you to how to point to something and say: This is a book. This is a pen. If you want to say car (which is feminine in Arabic), you'll have to wait till lesson 6. 
In the meanwhile, from lesson 5, almost every chapter is a dialogue. A conversation between students and their teacher. Take lesson 10 as an example. (This is what I'm studying now.) It teaches you, among other things, to ask people whether they have any siblings. It also teaches you how to reply: you have one brother. And one sister. If you have more. Or, if you have no siblings at all, you're out of luck.  Edited by napoleon on 29 April 2014 at 7:55pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| nancydowns Senior Member United States Joined 3919 days ago 184 posts - 288 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 85 of 104 03 May 2014 at 9:32pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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It's neat seeing the pages of your book. I have been busy today writing sentences. I am trying to get some of these possessive constructions to stick in my
brain, and I thought writing sentences would help me with learning vocabulary. I don't really like flashcards, so I have to come up with another way of learning vocabulary. Writing works pretty well for me. I know I am getting ahead of myself, but I found this website with graded Arabic readers on it. arabic-stories-for-kids-for.html">Here I am still working on some revision and chapter 11. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5013 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 86 of 104 05 May 2014 at 3:29am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Writing works well for me too.
I have been neglecting Arabic because I was too busy with the Super Challenge. But it's great to hear of the progress you're making. We'll be reading Arabic newspapers in no time, eh? :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3989 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 87 of 104 07 June 2014 at 7:07pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I'm interested in learning Arabic. I have a copy of Mastering Arabic and the Pimsleur
Eastern Arabic CD's. Is it too late to join this group? I'm not sure how all of this works. Do people do the same lessons each week, or just post a log of what you have done? I hope to start the Mastering Arabic book this week. Any advice greatly appreciated. Tom 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| pengin Newbie United States Joined 3820 days ago 13 posts - 14 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (Levantine) | Message 88 of 104 07 June 2014 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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hello everyone,
I am interested in learning arabic as well. I cant wait to see all of your progress! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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