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| COF Senior Member United States Joined 5830 days ago 262 posts - 354 votes  Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 6 07 August 2009 at 8:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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I was wondering if anyone could tell me if any comprehensive Maltese courses are available that would give you a resonable grammatical knowledge of the language, or at least be a good start towards this?
I know there are a couple of decent Maltese grammars available, but as of yet I haven't come across anything that professes itself to be a comphrensive, grammatical course? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Maltese-Lydia-Sciriha/dp/9 990944261/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249669442&sr=8-1 Judging by the reviews I've read, that course there is the closest there is to a serious attempt at writing a Maltese course - does anyone have any experience with that particular course? Thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| yaboimasemase Newbie United States Joined 5468 days ago 4 posts - 8 votes | Message 2 of 6 04 December 2009 at 1:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Umm the best way to learn maltese is by learning it from random immersion... read poetry in translation, dictionaries, and grammars... Maltese courses lack availability because it isn't an international language, and really hasn't reached global attention, with the exception of becoming an official language of the EU...
PM me for details, I speak Maltese fluently... 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| fanatic Octoglot Senior Member Australia speedmathematics.com Joined 7145 days ago 1152 posts - 1818 votes Speaks: English*, German, French, Afrikaans, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Dutch Studies: Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Modern Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Esperanto | Message 3 of 6 10 December 2009 at 12:13pm | IP Logged | ||
I have borrowed the Beginning Maltese course from my local library. It will teach you the basics of the language. The vocabulary at the back has around 500 words. The course looks interesting but the dialogues are not colloquial. I would say you can make the course work for you. It looks like a good introduction to the language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6767 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 4 of 6 10 December 2009 at 1:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard there's great demand for translators who speak Maltese in addition to other European languages now
that it's an official EU language. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Al-Irelandi Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5534 days ago 111 posts - 177 votes Speaks: English* | Message 5 of 6 10 December 2009 at 11:51pm | IP Logged | ||
I noticed you speak Arabic also, is that as a native? If not then did you find that knowing Maltese prior to it that it in any way facilitated your acquisition of Arabic? Regards 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| yaboimasemase Newbie United States Joined 5468 days ago 4 posts - 8 votes | Message 6 of 6 14 December 2009 at 11:37am | IP Logged | ||
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arabic is my mother language. maltese was easy for me being that its a mixed form of maghribi arabic...
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