napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5007 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 1 of 104 03 March 2014 at 12:25pm | IP Logged |
Welcome to the Arabic Study Group.
This group grew out of a discussion some of us had here.
Members:
DavidStyles
DinaAlia
Napoleon
nancydowns
Study-Plan:
David is going to learn Egyptian Arabic using Michel Thomas.
Dina and I will use the FSI MWA course along with the Madinah books to study MSA.
We will post regular updates. We're in it for the long haul and hope to finish what we start.
Update (14th March, 2014):
Nancy joined our team two days ago. She will be using Wightwick's "Mastering Arabic" and FSI MWA.
Edited by napoleon on 14 March 2014 at 9:12am
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Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4642 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 2 of 104 03 March 2014 at 2:16pm | IP Logged |
Keeping an eye on this, as I'm learning Arabic too!
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5007 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 3 of 104 03 March 2014 at 4:29pm | IP Logged |
@Zireael:
The more the merrier :-)
Just tell me if you want to join the group and I'll add your name to the list.
Edited by napoleon on 03 March 2014 at 4:29pm
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5007 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 4 of 104 03 March 2014 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
Madinah Book 1
Lesson 1-Demonstratives(Hadha), Indefinite nouns
Lesson 2-Demonstratives(Dhalika)
Edited by napoleon on 04 March 2014 at 9:21am
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DinaAlia Pentaglot Newbie Norway Joined 3923 days ago 24 posts - 49 votes Speaks: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian*, English, French Studies: Greek, Latin, Arabic (Egyptian), German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic (Written), Icelandic Studies: Modern Hebrew
| Message 5 of 104 03 March 2014 at 11:29pm | IP Logged |
السلام عليكم (as-saláamu :aláy-kum) = peace be upon you (or just "hello")
spelled: alif-laam-siin-[laam-alif]-miim :ain-laam-yaa'-kaaf-miim
Edited by DinaAlia on 03 March 2014 at 11:29pm
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Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4642 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 6 of 104 04 March 2014 at 9:45am | IP Logged |
Heh, if you're just starting, I'll pass - I've done the Madinah book last year...
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5007 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 7 of 104 04 March 2014 at 10:08am | IP Logged |
Zireael wrote:
Heh, if you're just starting, I'll pass - I've done the Madinah book last year... |
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Congratulations.
So, what was it like?
You've done all three books then?
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Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4642 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 8 of 104 04 March 2014 at 7:45pm | IP Logged |
No, only the first one. I couldn't get hold of the other two (don't have the money) so I'm reading pretty much anything in Arabic, helps that I have a few Arabic-speaking friends on FB.
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