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| it Newbie Israel Joined 4973 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes | Message 1 of 7 13 May 2011 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm in the tenth grade, and have taken arabic for 1 year in school as an elective so far.
I know that alphabeat, how to read and write, know all the forms 1-10, how to conjugate them in the past/present/future/command/masdar, and some some beginner-intermediate grammer. I also speak Hebrew fluently(mother language). I don't know if to continue with that class next year, as it will be more hours, or not. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| it Newbie Israel Joined 4973 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes | Message 2 of 7 13 May 2011 at 10:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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Also does speaking hebrew will help me next year? Are Arabic and Hebrew very similar?
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| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4977 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes  Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 3 of 7 14 May 2011 at 12:03am | IP Logged | ||
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It seems like you've gotten well into Arabic at this point, so I honestly don't see a reason not to continue.
If you're reasonably motivated to learn the language, then I would especially recommend it. I am not familiar enough with Hebrew, but the two languages are indeed related -- probably not "very" similar but they certainly share some qualities. If you're motivated, then you should definitely continue. You've gotten at a good level and it would be a shame if you didn't study more even if you wanted to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5335 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 4 of 7 14 May 2011 at 12:07am | IP Logged | ||
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Hindi is definitely a LOT closer to Arabic than English, and if you already have a good
start then nothing is stopping you. It can be very rewarding to know modern standard arabic and whatever dialects you can learn. Good luck! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Andrew C Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom naturalarabic.com Joined 5189 days ago 205 posts - 350 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 7 14 May 2011 at 9:24am | IP Logged | ||
I think you mean Hebrew, not Hindi. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Akao aka FailArtist Senior Member United States Joined 5335 days ago 315 posts - 347 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Toki Pona | Message 6 of 7 14 May 2011 at 6:57pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oh I'm sorry I misread. I'm not sure, Hebrew is still pretty far from Arabic but you
already have a good level in Arabic so it's not very important. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Woodpecker Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5810 days ago 351 posts - 590 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (Egyptian) Studies: Arabic (classical) | Message 7 of 7 14 May 2011 at 9:49pm | IP Logged | ||
Hebrew is much closer to Arabic than Hindi. Hebrew and Arabic are both Semitic languages, and though they separated long ago, they still have similar grammars and a lot of cognates. Hindi stole a number of words from Arabic, but the grammars are utterly different. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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