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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5253 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 105 of 168 28 December 2012 at 10:47pm | IP Logged |
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Okay, I will definitely remind you about it now and then. :) And for anyone who wants to join you watching Persian
TV, you can watch online here. That site has Iran-based channels as well as foreign- based channels. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Haksaeng Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6007 days ago 166 posts - 250 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 106 of 168 30 December 2012 at 6:58am | IP Logged |
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Hi, I'm a new member of Team Alef and joined on a whim since I made a sudden decision this week to start learning Arabic. I've been learning Korean for several years and I live in Korea, so that will remain my primary language-learning focus, but I need to start learning Arabic too.
Right now I'm visiting my husband's family in Lebanon and I don't understand any Arabic, which is really cutting into my enjoyment of the visit. The next time we come here, probably in two years or so, I want to understand some of the conversation so I don't feel so bored and frustrated. I'm going to be trying to learn conversational Levantine Arabic, trying not to get too bogged down by MSA. My husband is a native speaker but I'm a complete beginner. I just bought a handful of kids' beginning Arabic books at a bookstore yesterday and I'm starting to learn the letters. Good luck to everyone learning one of the languages of the Middle East. Edited by Haksaeng on 30 December 2012 at 9:28am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Haksaeng Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6007 days ago 166 posts - 250 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 107 of 168 30 December 2012 at 9:29am | IP Logged |
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edited to include my log:
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| Élan Senior Member United States Joined 5253 days ago 165 posts - 211 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Persian | Message 108 of 168 01 January 2013 at 1:45am | IP Logged |
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Welcome to Team Alef, Haksaeng! A spouse is such fantastic motivation to learn a language, isn't it? It's great that
you have the opportunity to visit his family in Lebanon too. My husband is Iranian and he's helped me keep the enthusiasm for Persian language learning. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Haksaeng Senior Member Korea, South Joined 6007 days ago 166 posts - 250 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Korean, Arabic (Levantine) | Message 109 of 168 02 January 2013 at 7:44am | IP Logged |
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Hi Elan, thank you for the welcome. And yes, having a family member who's a native speaker is a big help. I'm in the earliest stages of learning the letters, but I can't imagine trying to do it without having a native speaker available to sound out the letters and words for me and show me the difference between two "s" sounds that I can't distinguish from one another.
Sitting around all week in my in-laws' house unable to communicate was a big motivation for me. Also, my daughter is learning Arabic at college and I saw how much it helped her during our visit, even though she's probably only about A2. If I start learning, it will put pressure on her to continue to move ahead. She wouldn't want to let me pass her. I noticed our team thread was way down on page 4, so wanted to give it a boost. Hope everyone is just busy studying. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5067 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 110 of 168 03 January 2013 at 10:13pm | IP Logged |
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Hey! I just wanted to come wish you all good luck. I hope everyone's studying is getting
off to a good start! :) Edited by zecchino1991 on 03 January 2013 at 10:14pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hendrek Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 4691 days ago 152 posts - 210 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Persian | Message 111 of 168 04 January 2013 at 7:40pm | IP Logged |
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Salaam!
Is it possible to still join this team? I enjoyed the 2012 TAC with The Romantics and Italian, and would like to do it again for 2013 this time focusing on Persian (while maintaining Italian). I'm at around an A2 level now in Persian and would like to push it to a solid B2 by the end of the year. I will post a link to a log once I get confirmation that I'm in. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| JohannaNYC Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4261 days ago 251 posts - 361 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English*, Italian Studies: Croatian, Serbian, Arabic (Egyptian) | Message 112 of 168 04 January 2013 at 7:53pm | IP Logged |
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Welcome Hendrek and Haksaeng!!
Haksaeng, that's such a great situation to be learning in. Between studying on your own and having a native speaker to answer your questions and to practice with you'll make quick progress. Sorry I haven't been around much lately, I believe in hitting the ground running. I'm happy to say that based on the Alif Baa dictation drills I'm making good process with the alphabet and in recognizing the different sounds. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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