السلام عليكم
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A'hlan wa sa'hlan. Kifik al yom?
I'm a) no native Arabic speaker and b) was barely functional in the language when I was studying full-time, but I did study it back in the 1980s. Unfortuantely, while Arabic is a gorgeous language, I had minimal aptitude at it -- unlike the young people in my class, I was putting in hours and hours of homework to keep my head above water.
I learned MSA as well as Arabic-Syrian dialect. One of my professors was from Jordan (former lawyer/college professor) and the other was a Palestinian who'd spent most of his adult life in California, so while he spoke Arabic fluently, he was definitely a Californian at heart. It made for a very interesting contrast in education.
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I'm a) no native Arabic speaker and b) was barely functional in the language when I was studying full-time, but I did study it back in the 1980s. Unfortuantely, while Arabic is a gorgeous language, I had minimal aptitude at it -- unlike the young people in my class, I was putting in hours and hours of homework to keep my head above water.
I learned MSA as well as Arabic-Syrian dialect. One of my professors was from Jordan (former lawyer/college professor) and the other was a Palestinian who'd spent most of his adult life in California, so while he spoke Arabic fluently, he was definitely a Californian at heart. It made for a very interesting contrast in education.
Welcome to the Water Cooler!
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that was pretty good actually!
I know that feeling dude, Arabic is much harder that English, but english has A LOT of bs spelling wise. i mean why do we have to spell it light when we say layt
ana uhib al musiqi al arabiya.
Did I get that right? I learned a bit of Arabic, & can sing some songs, like Lama Bada Yata Thanna.
Ahlen!
Did I get that right? I learned a bit of Arabic, & can sing some songs, like Lama Bada Yata Thanna.
Ahlen!
We've got native Arabic speakers,including Egyptian, Saudi, Kuwait and Emirates Arabic speakers, and quite a few who are familiar with Classical Arabic as a written language.
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glad you like our music! although most arabic people say that new arabic music sucks and that the old is better (basically the same thing that every other culture says)
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really? i didn't think that a lot of arabic people would be on this site because 1. this is a site about writing, and 2. because it is in english.
but it's really great to know that a lot of arabic people are into books and writing.