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| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6098 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 9 of 13 09 June 2010 at 2:43am | IP Logged | |||||
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So you are trying to learn how to read the Quran in Arabic :) Actually, you need at least as much as twice these words to understand it + a lot of grammar study. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Lone_Wolf Groupie United States Joined 5145 days ago 60 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* | Message 10 of 13 09 June 2010 at 4:47am | IP Logged | |||||
Yes, I certaily wish to read the Quran, BUT reading the Quran is not my only reason for wanting to learn Arabic. I am studying Arabic because I have a sincere interest in the language itself. But, I would also like to read the Quran, both for its own sake as well as to practice my reading of fusha.
These 569 words occur so frequently in the Quran that they make up approximately 82% of the entirety of the Quran. That's nearly 65,000 of the 77,000 of the Quranic vocabulary. I believe if one can understand 80% of the text then the remaining 20% should be a piece of cake (or bakhlava). Also, yes I am definitely studying grammar as well. The grammar is really important and I have a number of books and other sources that use I for my grammar studies. Edited by Lone_Wolf on 09 June 2010 at 4:48am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Hashimi Senior Member Oman Joined 6098 days ago 362 posts - 529 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)* Studies: English, Japanese | Message 11 of 13 09 June 2010 at 5:37pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I think with these 569 words only, you cannot understand anything in the Quran. You know that the most 100 common English words (is, of, for, see, be, have, there, etc.) account for more than %50 of any English text. But can I understand simple English texts if I know these words only? If you can send me this list, I will tell you whether you need more words or not. Edited by Hashimi on 09 June 2010 at 5:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6278 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 12 of 13 09 June 2010 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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He needs more words; most of the content is carried in that last 18%.
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| Lone_Wolf Groupie United States Joined 5145 days ago 60 posts - 117 votes Speaks: English* | Message 13 of 13 10 June 2010 at 1:59am | IP Logged | |||||
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Guys, I really do appreciate your concern but this is not a big deal at all to me because I am not attempting to fully study or understand the Quran...at least not at this time. Besides, I managed to get a hold of a word-for-word translation of the Quran and I got it for assisting me in picking up some Classical Arabic vocabulary and with seeing the grammar rules I am studying through textual usage. But thanx for your concern all the same.
It is the methods of vocabulary memorization that I am interested in with this thread. I really liked the advice of Iverson and RedBeard. Thanx guys Edited by Lone_Wolf on 10 June 2010 at 2:01am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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