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| Zorndyke Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6957 days ago 374 posts - 382 votes  Speaks: German*, English Studies: Czech | Message 9 of 28 29 April 2007 at 4:09am | IP Logged | |||||
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This article is so true.
I think Mandarin is a breeze compared to Arabic. The short time I studied Arabic was full of frustration and the feeling that I didn't improve no matter how hard I was trying... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7014 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 28 29 April 2007 at 5:20am | IP Logged | |||||
If it's not that hard why not attempt it alone? ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Mga Groupie United States beastie.redirectme.n Joined 7122 days ago 67 posts - 66 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Arabic (Written) | Message 11 of 28 30 April 2007 at 2:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When I see "very hard" I think very hard. Very hard means even with a tutor, it's near hopeless. :)
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| ilanbg Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6409 days ago 166 posts - 189 votes Speaks: French, English* Studies: Spanish, Arabic (classical), Persian | Message 12 of 28 13 May 2007 at 10:38am | IP Logged | |||||
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Daaaaamn. As someone intending on starting Arabic study this fall, this article promises a lot of frustration. :(
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| sumabeast Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6925 days ago 212 posts - 220 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written) | Message 13 of 28 14 May 2007 at 2:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've heard studying Arabic described as pursuing a reluctant lover, who will not give "herself" up until after years of courtship. Yes years in most cases. But most have found it well worth it.
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| TomOz Diglot Newbie Australia Joined 6413 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 14 of 28 15 May 2007 at 2:33am | IP Logged | |||||
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Free Arabic handbook on .pdf:
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| Silvestris Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6563 days ago 131 posts - 136 votes Speaks: English*, Polish*, German | Message 15 of 28 15 May 2007 at 9:04am | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know much about the author of this article, but please keep in mind what most people say about language learning ("Oh my god, German IS LIKE THE HARDEST EVER and HOW DID YOU LEARN IT" etcetc).
The very little experience I've had with Arabic leads me to believe that, yes, it's different but it's not something that should take years to learn. It all depends on how commited you are and how much you practice. From what it sounds like, this guy takes ONE two-hour class a week and is know whining about how hard it is. Hopefully, any potential students of Arabic will do more than take one puny class and should find it much easier than this poor chap prophesized it would be. His method of learning is inefficient. One, it's a class. I think most of us are of the opinion that classes alone do not work. Second, how the damn does he think he's going to improve if all he studies are a few phrases and a bunch of grammar? Maybe Arabic is hard, maybe it's not but don't get discouraged or judge the whole language based on what a bozo like this says. Just my two cents, as usual and feel free to dispute it. Edited by Silvestris on 15 May 2007 at 9:13am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| sergiu Diglot Senior Member Romania freewebs.com/invata_ Joined 6438 days ago 105 posts - 108 votes Speaks: Romanian*, English Studies: German | Message 16 of 28 15 May 2007 at 10:12am | IP Logged | |||||
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Just the word "trying" says it all.. It means he will not learn Arabic any time soon.I didn't even read the article yet,but the title is enough to tell me it will be a negative one.
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