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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Ted-CELLE wrote: |
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Hehehe. The husband can't complain.
I've been told by many that Arabic is really REALLY hard, though. I wish I'd taken lessons for that instead of Hebrew when younger. I'd probably have been far more interested. |
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Depends. I found Arabic to be much easier than German (believe it or not). But, the big difference: I worked with Arabs for many years (in America). I've never been to Germany or worked with Germans and merely tried to learn from Rosetta Stone.
Just depends on the environment and approach you take. |
That makes sense. I just always found that I could understand (even if not speak) a fair amount of German, because of the many English words taken from the language, whereas I can't understand a bit of Arabic. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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I still don't see how that makes Arabic 'Easy'. From what I've heard if you find it easy you must be a god.
For example, there are about 30 consonants in the alphabet and three vowels. However the vowels are never written. The only exception is in the Qur'an. So you have to actually know every single word and context to know what vowel should be spoken and read.
Also there is a severe lack of books and teachings on the language, and that Glotty sound is definitely an alien sound, far more than any Korean sound, that only Natives or people learning from about the age of 5 can actually achieve convincingly.
This is just the shallow end of the difficult scale, of course. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Globutron wrote: |
I still don't see how that makes Arabic 'Easy'. From what I've heard if you find it easy you must be a god.
For example, there are about 30 consonants in the alphabet and three vowels. However the vowels are never written. The only exception is in the Qur'an. So you have to actually know every single word and context to know what vowel should be spoken and read.
Also there is a severe lack of books and teachings on the language ... |
These two things combine are what intimidate me most about the idea of learning Arabic. I like studying alone using books, and Arabic doesn't seem very conducive to that kind of approach, for both of the reasons you mentioned. |
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