napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5016 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 97 of 104 21 June 2014 at 10:40am | IP Logged |
Congratulations on finishing Michel Thomas.
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Zireael Triglot Senior Member Poland Joined 4651 days ago 518 posts - 636 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishB2, Spanish Studies: German, Sign Language, Tok Pisin, Arabic (Yemeni), Old English
| Message 98 of 104 21 June 2014 at 12:03pm | IP Logged |
Great chart, kanewai.
I'll admit I haven't yet encountered the participles.
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4889 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 99 of 104 21 June 2014 at 1:43pm | IP Logged |
I get the impression that participles (verbs that act as adjectives) are common in Egypt
... though maybe it's just the place that MT chooses to start. They're definitely easier
to master than regular verbs. I don't remember encountering them before when I attempted
Eastern or MSA.
I'd love to hear a native speaker chime in!
If not, a buddy from Egypt is coming to visit in December, so I'll have the answer in six
months ...
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5016 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 100 of 104 28 June 2014 at 5:27pm | IP Logged |
I finished Lesson 10 yesterday.
I was apprehensive about writing Arabic after a gap of 2 months. I discovered that not only could I write, I was writing faster than before.
UPDATE:
Lesson 10 was about possession.
It teaches the lam particle, 3indi, ma, etc.
Edited by napoleon on 06 July 2014 at 9:38pm
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5016 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 101 of 104 13 July 2014 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
My current commitments are forcing me to drop Arabic. I have some exams coming up and I also have to prepare for the CPE, which I'll be taking this December.
This is the second time I tried my hand at Arabic and I'm sure it'll not be the last.
This time, I learnt ruqa, the cursive script. I completed seventy percent of the first set of Madinah videos, and had fun learning it all.
It would be a shame to stop midway, so I'll complete the first Madinah Book before I put my Arabic books away.
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kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4889 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish
| Message 102 of 104 14 July 2014 at 10:33am | IP Logged |
You're cursive / ruga looks great! I can print well, but have only dabbled with ruga.
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napoleon Tetraglot Senior Member India Joined 5016 days ago 543 posts - 874 votes Speaks: Bengali*, English, Hindi, Urdu Studies: French, Arabic (Written)
| Message 103 of 104 14 July 2014 at 12:01pm | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
You're cursive / ruga looks great! I can print well, but have only dabbled with ruga. |
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Thanks. :)
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Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5135 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian*
| Message 104 of 104 22 September 2016 at 3:12pm | IP Logged |
kanewai wrote:
You're cursive / ruga looks great! I can print well, but have only dabbled with ruga. |
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Ruga? Is that another name for Hijjaiyah?
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