How I Learn Arabic
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- Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
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I began learning Arabic in early 2018. In this video I discuss what my learning strategy was at the beginning of my Arabic journey and how it has changed over the years.
0:00 Why I started learning Arabic.
1:54 The Arabic writing system is a major obstacle.
3:14 Standard, Egyptian and Levantine Arabic content on LingQ.
4:51 Speaking in Standard Arabic.
7:10 In language learning we must do what excites and motivates us.
9:02 My Arabic learning statistics at LingQ.
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استمر اخي بتعلم اللغه العربيه. وفقك الله
Hello Mr Kaufmann. First of all I want to thank you for all what you share with us about learning languages. I'm a French woman living in Morocco and I am totally fluent in moroccan dialect, and have a good level in Arabic. I started learning Arabic 20 years ago, just with a book (learn Arabic in 40 lessons). I began to learn the alphabets and then to train writing them lot of times. Then I took a Quran and tried to read it verse by verse and to listen in the same time to a cassette where a Quran reader was reciting the Quran. Then I was looking for the translation of the verse in order to understand it and to learn new words. Then I kept being curious to learn arabic by listening to videos or tv, by reading something, by asking questions. Now I understand standard Arabic very well, I can read and write it, and express myself quite well. My knowledge or arabic has helped me to learn moroccan dialect, that I have learned only by living with moroccan people. Now I teach moroccan dialect on my channel. Have a great day !
I have a teacher who forces me to read out loud for him, even when my brain is screaming at me to stop. That is helpful.
I've been learning M.SA. recently. Before this I gave up trying to learn the alphabet, but now that I am coming back to it I am finally making a little progress. Slow and steady wins the race
Many people say that Arabic is the hardest language in the world. There are many dialects in Arabic and Modern standard arabic for formal conversation. Arabic alphabets also difficult to learn. But it's so challenging. I'm indonesian. I've been learning arabic for 30 years until now, and I love arabic so much, because i'm muslim, we have to understand arabic
سلام
I started speaking Arabic at the beginning of the pandemic and have had class for ab 2 years straight. I’m a hick from Texas with no high purpose to learn but it’s truly been amazing to learn. It’s important to practice daily and to understand the root system and how beautifully mathematic the language is. Standard Arabic is great for a base and can understand the news which is good practice. Going to Jordan this Friday for my first real immersion but good luck to all!
Enjoy your trip to Jordan!
Please post an update on your trip if you get a moment. I am going to Jordan in a few months to practice my Arabic and would love to hear how you get on!
You're doing great! Have fun in Jordan!
Hello bro
I am an Arab
I can teach Arabic language for free
And you will help me to be native in english
Hello MR. Steve, I’m from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦
And I really admire you, because when I started to learn English before one year ago, I asked myself how can I be able to learn English effortlessly and naturally. Then I decided to find role models they already mastered learning languages, and one of them is you Steve. You’re really keep me motivated in my journey to learn English language.
شكرا لك ستيف، واتمنى لك التوفيق في رحلتك لتعلم اللغة العربية 👍🇸🇦
Hi I would like to come to saudi arabia! I wanted to teach here ( English)
God bless you! I’m learning Arabic too. 🇸🇦 ❤️
Salam. If you invite me to Saudi Arabia then we speak good English. I will pay all the expenses. Lol
@@ashleykindheartministries All the best to you.
@@sheeliekittie9298 Sheelie, you can contact schools/universities directly for opportunities, you could also contact English centers in Saudi, like the "British Council"
Best of luck
I’m learning Arabic heheheheh
hyperpolyglot alpha male gigachad😂😂
Master it and you can call yourself a HyperGigaChad
بالتوفيق 🌷
I can help you if you want 🙂
@@black55569 can you please help me
i am native arabic i highly agree with you decision , we arab from everywhere we do understand standard arabic and have no problem speaking it so save your time and effort and learn standard arabic.. just a note: Arabic dilactes are base on standard arabic so if you trace back words' etymology will end up in the standard arabic ...what am trying to say is by learning standard your learning dilactes as well
Help me
@@Idk-nc1gf Can I help you
I almost gave up learning Arabic because of so many conflicting suggestions. I am happy to hear your opinion. It makes more sense hearing from a native speaker. Swahili is my native language, and its vocabulary is estimated to be 40% Arabic. I can't wait to start kearning Arabic.
Do arabians find classic/standar arabic grammar difficult?
I agree with you
مرحباً بك في عائلة متكلمي اللغة العربية ،فخورة بوجود أصحاب محتوى مثلك 😌
Your strategy of using standard arabic as a basis is a good one ! You'll pick up on dialects in no time ! Though, it will probably take more time to master northern African dialects (excluding Egyptian). Your arabic sounds really good btw !!
As an Arabic native speaker I believe that the Standard Arabic is a way more developed, organized, strong and has an amazing pronunciation better than any other Arabic accent. All other accents came later and they lost alot of brilliant things from the original language such as the pronunciation. Also each country added additional words that come from other languages throughout the time.
I really appreciate your efforts to learn other languages. Good luck!
I started learning Standard Arabic while my friend started with Moroccon dialect. While it seemed at first that she would be speaking quicker than me, actually the opposite happened.
By learning the Standard Arabic, it is easier to follow the grammar rules, you can actually SEE the relation of words to one another by being able to read the root letters, and getting the pronounciation right is much easier when you can read the words.
After 6 years of learning Standard Arabic, I decided it was time to learn Moroccon Arabic. It was really easy, because I had the base. I learned it in 6 months, without putting much effort nor time in it.
My friend decided she wanted to learn Standard Arabic as well, but she has experienced major difficulties with the alphabet, which she was not used using.
In fact, I advise anyone learning a language with another script to learn the new script from the beginning. Use a transribation at the beginning next to the Arabic/Japanese/Korean/..., but try to quit using it after a while.
Being able to read your target language is a major step to correct pronounciation AND to get to a higher proficiency level.
Because Standard Arabic is written, you can learn more vocabulary on your own by reading, watching the news or documentaries,...as for a dialect, it is very difficult to learn more specialised vocabulary because you must immerse yourself by speaking to the people, who- generally speaking- talk about daily business and not about medical or geographical issues for example.
It has been 20 years now that me and friend learned Arabic. I am fluent in Standard Arabic, and I really enjoy talking to people from the Middle East (whose dialect I cannot speak) in Standard Arabic. I have an accent in Moroccon dialect but people understand me well and I can converse easily.
My friend also has an accent in her dialect, and in Standard Arabic she is starting to understand podcasts, but she still cannot speak it and still has difficulties reading and writing.
DEFENITELY one should first learn Standard Arabic. Only if one intends to only visit or live in one specific area one should learn that dialect only. But if you want to keep all possibilities open, it will always come at hand to have the basics from Standard Arabic.
You do realise Majority of arabs understand Egyptian Arabic or levantine, so learning either one is sufficient enough; by learning Standard first you make yourself actually more limited to speaking a old Classical arabic which isn't spoken amongst the people, by learning arabic the same way an arab would learn, which is Dialect and then Fusha you gain an understanding of arabic but it more natural way; learning fusha only makes one demotivated and limited to reading books and the news. Its far better to speak and understand dialect whilst having fusha for your reading and understanding of news not for speaking.
Could you share with us the method that you use to learn MSA 20 years ago ?
I have been learning MSA for 2 years and I don't feel like I'm progressibg. Your method could help me a lot.
@@nassourou I started with Assimil, followed a university course to get a strong grip on the grammar, and from then on I have been reading and watching TV and youtube a lot. I started by reading children's stories and watching children's canals (Baraem is excellent for the easiest sentences, once you become more fluent you can change to Jeem). Also, diversifying: do not stay stuck with same subjects stuff. At beginners level, you start with house-school-nature vocabulary. Later on you can delve into subjects like a certain animal, professions,... And then you can specialise into space, tree species, the working of the human body...
Another good thing to start with is to search about the 50 most used verbs in Arabic. The most used verbs are essential for any conversation.
I used to watch children's programs with pen and paper, every new word I'd write it down. I tried to find at least three words a day, with a maximum of about 15. Every day I reviewed two to four pages of vocabulary. But I love studying, if you loose motivation like this it might be better not to opt for this study method.
Search about what you like. You like sports? Search about sports in Arabic. You like cooking? Search for Arabic culinary books-films. You like animals? Search about them. Just concentrate on what you like, and you'll learn much quicker.
Do not study with a tourist-like Arabic study method. You will have to struggle through subjects of little interest to you and might lose motivation.
About writing; you need to practise it, if not daily then at least every two days. It is so important to reach anything above an A level by being able to read and write. The hand has to get used to it.
I also used to read 5 minutes a day from the quran to become more fluent in reading, but you can use any book for it. I'd prefer book forms, not online newspapers for example because the font writing sometimes differs in online sources.
I hope some of my tips are useful. Everyone has different interests, so nobody needs the exact same study method. Succes!
@@wardachrouaa7281 Thanks a lot. Your tips are very useful.
Please, what university course did you get (to learn arabic grammar)?
Dialects have grammar as well, but it''s not standardised because they are not thought of as differnet languages. But linguists genrally study the rules of dialects, there are many rules that are more common among dialects that is not found in standard
I’m currently learning Japanese and I think these tips definitely help with all language learning so thank you and Good luck to everyone else trying to learn a language 🙏🏽💛
頑張れ！
日本語でコミュニケーションが取れる日を楽しみにしてます
You are everywhere
ur name is arabic. are u arab?
@@group4035 僕も僕も♥️♥️
Are you a bot?
thank you for the tips. i highly encourage you to keep learning more because its a fascinating language tbh and very underrated.
Standard Arabic is beautiful and elegant, but I really really got to love Arabic and taste its musicality, sonority and beauty when I went to Lebanon for my study abroad year at the American University of Beirut. That was just great! I was directly exposed to the language and through that lovely Levantine Lebanese dialect, I went on exploring and discovering their rich culture, history and amazing gastronomy.
This is great advice pointing out the utility of focusing on Modern Standard Arabic as an entry point to getting around to the dialects. I am currently learning French and German simultaneously, after mastering Spanish, but have been dabbling in Chinese and Arabic here and there at the same time to see which one I want to pursue next. I can say with certainty from my experience, that if you are solid and strong at an intermediate level in any language, then you can go ahead and add in a second language, with no long-term detriment to your other language. Even if you stop learning that first language completely for a while, with just a week or so of recovery time you'll be right back on track with it. But three languages at the same time, even in my case, doesn't seem feasible. When I try to go for a third it really slows me down far too much. It is too much energy spread out, too overreaching. That being said, two at the same time has worked out very well for me--namely German and French, and before that Spanish and German. Although French/German are obviously much different than Arabic/Persian, I think basically it is the same if you are talking about basic Time and Energy put in. Whereas, even if I added in Italian or Portuguese, which would theoretically be very easy after mastering Spanish, the time and energy would be too spread out and it would be detrimental. Better to add a second language after reaching an intermediate level, and if you want to add a third then switch the languages around so that your focus is on two at a time maximum. Just my experience :)
Thank you for sharing this solid advice. And insights into your journey.
As someone who's currently struggling with arabic, hearing about your experience is really motivating! Thank you so much, Steve!
I'm a native Arabic speaker, perhaps I can help you
Use different sources and different ways to practice including reading, listening and writing. Also do something in Arabic every day, e.g. write a journal entry, post a comment on social media, etc. You will eventually get there.
@@jotarokujo945
Teach me
@@Learn3Arabic I can read and write perfectly in Arabic but I can't speak.
@@lawtraf8008 Practice speaking on your own or with a language partner or a tutor. Listen and repeat, read aloud and watch movies and shows in Arabic.
im form kuwait 🇰🇼 and im a big fan of what are you doing and hope you the best 💛
شكرا لك ، نتمنى لك التوفيق
I’m a new Arabic learner and this helped me. Thank you
"which isn’t true, of course". I love Steve. So down-to-earth.
@@lana-ss6lo ?
The beauty in Arabic is founded in standard Arabic
The other forms are just to let every day speaking easier
The Coran is true
@@peace-ij3tg Harry Potter is true
@@abubaytnighan6480 Do not compare a book written by a woman with a book written by God
@@abubaytnighan6480 😂 👏
The best strategy to learn standard arabic is to learn Quraan which leads you to master pronounciation and the rules of arabic accent .
Truly inspirational, thanks Steve
عمل جميل جدًا وخصوصًا بهذا النوع من الحماس. تحياتي لك
wow. What an interesting and helpful video! Thank you
سلمت يمينك يا طيب على درسك الشيق
My experience as a native English speaker is as follows. At 26 I was posted in Russia for an engineering project, I was given a translator for the first six months after which I would be left alone to work independently. I did learn enough in those six months to converse in technical Russian related to my work. I then was posted in South America and learned the many different dialects throughout the region from Patagonia, Argentina and Chile to Peru and Venezuela.
Now I am learning via (online UA-cam videos) to speak French from Spanish to French videos; this gives me great pleasure as I get deeper into Spanish and learn French in the Process.
I have just been posted in Kuwait and now will learn Arabic perhaps with this app. Good luck to all.
Your choice of different forms of Arabic are excellent! Good luck!
thank you for sharing with us that idea, it's something positive
كم احب هذا الرجل
انه انسان مبدع
متابعك من العراق / الموصل
اتمنى له كل التوفيق، وحياه سعيده 👍🏽
I wish him all the best, and a good life 👍🏽
Hi Steve! I'm from Bulgaria and I found you in TUBE almost 5 years. I speak English only and not very well, but today discover new version of LingQ. I'm happy because found my language-Bulgarian in LingQ. Obviously is Beta yet, but that is it. You speak Russian and Ukrainian, right? I send you a challenge to beginning learning Bulgarian. :) It will be easy for you because you know very well Russian.
Do you know that Cyrillic alphabet is invented from my little country?(from brothers St. Kiril and Metodi, who are from Thessaloniki.). Yes, brothers put on map with Latin new language.
I want to invite you in my country to discover very old nation and antic history.
Thank you for your videos and platform LingQ!
I was waiting for this one
AMAZING! MANY THANKS! VERY MOTIVATING AND USEFUL
hey are you an american ?
You must learn standard Arabic , all Arabic person will understand you very well.❤💪
-The big love for you me best teacher❤️❤️🇾🇪
I am arabian from yemen ,l like lestien to you lesseons thank you mr to let people know somethings about arabic languge.
Honestly, impressive story 👌🏻
Nice job Steve , I think knowing that both and mixing it is a great idea , because sometimes people actually mix dialect with modern standard Arabic to sound more sophisticated and intelligent.
Oh so we can learn standard after all? I would love advice which arabic resources to learn because there are so many online resources how do you ever decide!
@@sheeliekittie9298what
It is nice that I found people who would like to learn the Arabic language, even though the Arabic language is difficult. I am Iraqi. We speak Arabic, and I have a problem in speaking Standard Arabic. Therefore, I kept speaking the Iraqi dialect. I am trying to learn more English. I hope to learn Standard Arabic so that I can feel the beauty of the language. Arabic is a great language. 0:37 0:37
I found this interesting, in that my own approach to Arabic resembles somewhat the one described here. I started with Modern Standard, became frustrated around a low B1, tried to switch to a dialect, and ultimately became frustrated with this as well and moved back to a focus on MSA. I found very helpful a friend's advice not to think of MSA and the dialects as different languages, an approach that seems very common. Rather, as long as one doesn't have special interests in a specific geographical region or plan to spend a lot of time in a specific place in the Arab-speaking world, the practical thing is to focus on MSA and try to acquire via content a passive understanding of dialect vocabulary while focusing on MSA in speaking and writing.
Good luck in your Arabic learning journey ✨️
That's a sound advice. I would also add to include some authentic resources such as songs and movies. This will introduce many lingo-cultural elements to your understanding of Arabic, both MSA and dialects. You can find many movies, tv shows and songs in MSA by the way.
@@Learn3Arabic Thank you. Could you recommend some places to find movies, tv shows and songs in MSA?
@@andrewgray1285 Yes, on UA-cam. You can search for (on UA-cam or any search engine) مسلسلات بالعربية الفصحى . I found this playlist, mostly historical TV series ua-cam.com/play/PLupJ1TtYpy5NTkMPtcyomVI64Z7j_muKk.html
You inspired me to write a blog post about it. Let me know if you have more questions.
@@andrewgray1285 You can also watch foreign TV shows with Arabic voice over. That would be the translation. You can search for مسلسلات مدبلجة
a native arab here from Morocco ( the hardest Arabic dialect probably because of mixing other languages as well) it's a brilliant idea to learn standard Arabic because it's easier to navigate through the different accents.
I learnt Al Quran arabic with basic Nahwu Shorof as a basis to translate Al Quran and threfore as a basis for Khiwari( conversation)..
Amazing, thank you very much.
I am really happy because there are people who want to learn Arabic Because it's my language
For anyone who wants to learn this language, I want to say that you work hard, and you will learn this language, please don't give up on learning this language.
Oh, sorry I've written a lot.
Your brother is from Iraq 🇮🇶✨💜
Me too i am from iraq ( kurdistan ) i want to speak arabic
I don't give up 🥺
@@anitamiszewska126 most are able to speak both Arabic and Kurdish but Kurds that are in more isolated regions tend to speak only Kurdish
One of the important things to remember is that the time and effort you have to put in to master arabic is actually more than the time and effort to master turkish, persian and hindi combined. So the best strategy could be to get deeply immersed in arabic study first and gradually move on to other middle easten languages. I have an impression that Steve hasnt truly appreciated the difficulties of learning arabic. It is much more difficult than he is currently thinking.
It depends largely on his goals. If he is just content with holding basic conversations, probably following the news and reading short texts, it will take him much less time than if he wanted, for example, to fully master all the aspects of the language and go beyond, say, an intermediate-advanced level.
It depends, most of the PhD students you meet in the Math department in the UK are content with being able to give a presentation, follow a class, hold a conversation, all of these things take much less English than you might think.
@@holliswilliams8426
Can you not speak the language
Absolutely agree! For anyone new to learning Arabic, starting with Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is a wise strategy. It provides a solid foundation and is widely understood across the Arab world, making it easier for learners to communicate and access various resources. Once you're comfortable with MSA, you can delve into the regional dialects to further enhance your understanding and fluency.
Thanks for advices, currently I am on my way to master GULF dialect, really nice jourmey
I studied Arabic and Turkish. In Turkish some expressions are in Arabic and they may have their equivalent with pure Turkish roots, like for instance : "fevkalade" and "olağanüstü" (meaning : exceptional, extraordinary), the first, "fevkalade", being ar. "fawqa-l-3âdah" (فوق العادة).
Turkish language contains so much of Arabic words in daily life
teşekkür ederim شكرا
adalet عدل
tamam تمام
yani يعني
Maalesef مع الأسف
Hayat الحياة
Dunya دنيا
Özür إعتذار
....etc
And also most of what related to religion and beliefs are Arabic words..
One day it was also written in Arabic script
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله تعالى وبركاته ✋🏽
Hello everyone,
That's great sir.
I'm a Sudanese guy, Arabic is my tongue language ❤️.
I highly recommend everyone to learn standard Arabic language if you don't live in any native Arabian country.
But if you have been living in any country where most of people speak Arabic language try to learn their accent so it would be easy for you to inhence your standard Arabic knowledge.
I have started new episodes(let's learn languages together) on my UA-cam channel for Arabic and Hindi language because I need to know much about Hindi language ❤️ because I've come to India for years.
All the best.
Linq really looks like an amazing tool. Great entrepreneurship. If Amharic and Tigrinya would be on it I would definetely subscribe.
Why? did you learn
I am from Egypt, and I am fully prepared to teach anyone the Arabic language, whether classical or colloquial, in the Egyptian dialect, without any money, because all Arabs are known for their generosity. Please do not hesitate to communicate with me, even if you still do not know a single word in the Arabic language and I speak English and Arabic. Thank you all
@Fight authority Sorry what's the meaning
@Fight authority ok I get your point, the debt is yours, but I just like to help
are you a sister?
I thats great ❤ i would learn it
Great sir, please keep it up showing the experience you had, I want to start Medical tourism in India though I was in Middle East for few years.
You are absolutely right , best approach in any language is to learn the standard language then you try other dialects .
Great video
You are an inspiration Mr Kaufmann. ❤
I am fascinated with all what you have mentioned in the video. In fact, most people quit learning their target language because they end up facing a colosse wall that makes them feel depressed and let them with no will to face that ginte challenge, So they take a decision not to clime it and that is the case pf language learners, once they feel that they have no control upon their learning strategy they bound to change it, whish is the worst ever dicision they might take, and start to chase new learning methods and start new journey of learning and new planes and tactics. We all know that how is it important to get out your comfort zone but when it comes to learning language there is no need to jump over methods just stick to one method that suits you and your daily schedule and show displine towards it and you will bit by bit defeat all that head tasks that may encounter your during your journey.
My strategy is the same, stick with MSA and not go into deeper with the various dialects, and I don't think it's necessary unless you want to go to a specific place to study or work.
Ty for video Stevie boy
I am learning Swedish and Russian currently after a long hiatus but in a few years would like to slowly incorporate French again.
بالتوفيق في تعلم اللغة العربية! قريبا ان شاء الله نراك تتحدث العربية!
I think the best option is to learn standard arabic, plus 20 must interchangeable words in each region. For instance, a lot is keteer in Levant, aawy in egyptian, and bezaf in Morrocan. Learn words that are used a lot and change a lot between regions (low quantity, high frequency): Very few words actually. For the rest, just use standard arabic. Most words wouldn't change much, few do change, so focus on those. Plus, you can get by in Morocco if you speak standard Arabic but cannot if you speak Iraqi dialect.
yes you can get by but people will look at you like ''why is he speaking like a newsreader''?
Unless he needs to learn the dialect of a particular Arab country because he will live in it or because he is interested in understanding the films and songs it produces
It is normal for him to learn Fusha and speak like a news anchor, simply because he is a foreigner learning Arabic. You may be Syrian, Egyptian or Sudanese, but if you are asked: What is your language? You will not answer: My language is the Syrian language.
In fact your language is the Arabic language.
@@holliswilliams8426 This is really funny because it is true and at the same time this is sad because people look at the classical Arabic language as if it is a private matter news bulletins and official matters and things and it is embarrassing to speak it spontaneously but this does not mean that it is less important as it is the language of the Holy Quran
i think you are right concentrating your effort on standard Arabic than dialects. If you learn Arabic then you should read Qur'an, if it's still too hard to understand you should read it with a simple tafseer like التفسير الميسر
They say for an english speaker it takes over 2 thousand hours to become fluent in a "class 5" language like Chinese, Arabic, or Korean.
However, my question is how long would it take to become conversnt and to achieve the first level of intermediate?
لا تحتاج الى وقت طويل الأهم الاستمرار والاصرار ياصديقي
@@user-ot7ws3xr3f Aeish hayth la ahad yatahadath alearabiat, min alsaeb mumarasat huna. Nasihatun?
Maybe 300 or 400?
There's nothing wrong with standard Arabic.
They all understand it in Arabic countries. I've seen an Iraqi friend get on very well using standard Arabic in Morocco.
Did you learn
@@Idk-nc1gf can you reply
First of all, I want to thank the author of the channel for making this beautiful and useful video for us! Many people are embarrassed to speak a foreign language if they have no speaking skills. People are afraid to hear criticism from others in their address. It all comes from having a psychological complex - to make a mistake. But, after all, he who does nothing is not wrong! In Yuriy Ivantsiv's workshop "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language" states that we need to talk as much as possible: with yourself, with the mirror, with inanimate objects, with children and with pets. Find an interlocutor in real life or online. Talk without shyness. People won't care how you speak. They understand that you are a foreigner, as long as they understand you. They may even acknowledge your progress in their language and compliment you. However, always be prepared for criticism of your speaking skills. If you have the will to speak, you will gain an interesting interlocutor to consolidate your knowledge. Everyone is strewn with mistakes - don't be afraid to learn from them. As the Latin wisdom says, "walk and thou shalt not go astray". In the book "Polyglot Notes" by Yuriy Ivantsiv an entire chapter is devoted to the development of spoken language. Here you will find many useful tips and each student can choose a technique that suits him or her best! I wish you all the best of luck in your language learning!
People who exhibit a high level of fluency in Arabic usually focus on one dialect and then build up on that. Otherwise there is a high risk of a never ending learning process that does not really lead to anything tangible. That would be my advice, as a fluent learner and speaker
I’m currently learning Romanian! Easier for my mind to grasp the written form
V INSPIRING ...V MOTIVATIONAL....WOW!!!! BRAVO MR STEVE....THOUGH , I HAVENT SEEN THE VEDIOZ, DESCRIBING THE TECHNIQUES OF LEARNING LANGUAGES, BUT, IM JUST AMAZE AT YOUR WILL POWER & INTEREST OF LEARNING LANGUAGES....THATS AWESOME...REMARKABLE.....GOD BLESS YOU 👍👍👍👍👍👍🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🇮🇳
here in lebanon when we chat or send messages in arabic we write using the Latin alphabet for example :" saba7 el kheir "'صباح الخير" the 7 is 'ح" , the kh is 'خ'...
You are a very smart and intelligent person
I started taking Arabic classes 2 years ago, there weren’t many resources so I had to switch between classes a lot. Anyways I went for a trip in Morocco this summer it was great 👍
Morocco is a great for people studying standard Arabic since many people there speak and are willing to speak it with people learning it.
It’s a brilliant decision Steve to stick to standard Arabic. For a simple reason, it will Make you strong and solid in adapting and absorbing the science of it. It’s the one and never ever think that you establish your ability with otherwise. Then as a second tool you of course will find your self naturally listening and comprehending the lower form (lower from originality) of it. I urge you to listen to Quran, Hadeeth (saying of the Prophet PBUH) respectively then The Arab Poetry and speaches. This is the way our outstanding ancestors chosed and used to in educating. Wish you the best.
I am learning Arabic, I love 💕 Arabic language..
What are your suggestions for learning the Arabic alphabet? I feel like just going through lingq and reading is hard to pick out the spelling of words. Would you use flashcards to at least learn the alphabet?
As a Syrian, I recommend you learn and speak MSA, you’ll pick up on the understanding of Levantine and Egyptian. You can try to speak whatever you want but with all due respect you trying to speak those slangs with a good accent is like expecting a Russian immigrant to pick up a Texas accent or inner city Ebonics accent when they learn English as opposed to standard English.
agreed!
Do you think Syrians will understand Palestinian dialect? Is it close enough for the two to be mutually intelligible?
@@sadhbh4652 I know they will understand. Pretty much all of the dialects understand each other except Moroccan Tunisian Algerian and Libyan can be very difficult to understand because of mix of French and Berber language. Iraqi is a little different too but with little work it can be mostly well understood by most Arabs
@@user-uy7pw1lt6w Thanks, that's really helpful. I've been learning it alongside MSA, but I want to chat to Syrians, too, and was worried I was making things complicated!
@@sadhbh4652 Egyptian and Levantine dialects are understood by almost all Arabs. They are the mainstream spoken dialects. I'm Syrian and I've had friends from Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, whose dialects are more or less incomprehensible to eastern Arabs. There are reasons but I'm not going into that. My friends could easily understand my dialect and soon started even speaking it.
Learning Arabic can be overwhelming. One needs to use good learning materials and strategies and definitely to start with standard Arabic. There's no doubt it's a difficult language but many succeed in learning it if they're self-motivated. And I believe Arabic is a linguistic miracle and an ocean. The deeper you go, the more you'll be amazed by it.
4:25 this is why I don't recommend just assuming someone's background. If you break the ice in English (which sounds like you did), just ask where they're from and if you speak the language of the place they mentioned, then by all means, go ahead and switch. Even if you manage to recover, it doesn't change the initial awkwardness. Also with so many variations of Arabic, maybe ask yourself if it's truly worth spending all that time trying to learn all of them
1 - assuming that somebody speaks a certain language isn't that serious, I'm sure the woman didn't even care
2 - from what I understand he's only learning the Egyptian and Levantine dialects
Hello my friend. This is Sadiq from Afghanistan currently residing in Calabria, Italy. Actually you and I have this in common. I am also tryin to learn 2 languages which are Arabic and Italian.
Am arabe women from Morocco I can speak French and English but Arabic is a wonderful language love it
You are fake Arab
Learning Arabic!!! Shukran
Learning new language is interesting things
I learnt english, a bit german, and a bit japanese. I'm learning arabic now. I should say it's the most difficult one. I'm struggling a lot with arabic gramatical rules. There are so many of them!
If you ever feel like you’ve hit a wall or if you wanna talk with an Arab, just feel free to contact me. I’ve been learning German for a year now. Unfortunately I’m barely B1
Hola Steve, soy nueva en el canal.... quisoera una mentoría con usted.
Hay algún mail para escribirle?
Gracias y un bonito día para usted.
Is there full version of this video? Please share the link. Thanks.
Enjoyed your inverted hockey stick video. I am in the early stages of B1 and am 4,600 words off B2. You talk about being B2 means you are nearly there. Is nearly there the end of B2 or the middle of B2 or the begining of B2? It is a wide specrtum.
Realistically I am a long way from B2 in Arabic. The main thing for me is to keep going and to keep enjoying the process, while taking the odd break without worrying about it.
it's about the journey, not the end
Steve, tu experiencia es fascinante. Crecí en México con madre Irlandesa y padre Alemán.
Thank you for sharing your experience, it’s really interesting to watch your videos.
Mi fa piacere che tu abbia parlato della scrittura stampata così piccola in alcuni libri di lingua araba…
Je trouve l'arabe difficile à apprendre, mais je le fais uniquement pour m'amuser. eh bien, peut-être que je pourrai un jour lire de la poésie arabe ancienne, que j'adore!
أعيش في صقلية، منذ أن كنت هنا، أنا مهتم بالتاريخ
Ich bin eine professionelle Sängerin, spezialisiert auf Alte Musik. Ich lebe und unterrichte Sprachen hier in Sizilien.
Espero que estés muy bien! Th
محتوى رائع استمر
Continue with standard Arabic as we all can understand it and we can modified our different dialects easily
3:35 well, He had us in the first half 😂
Cool story! And not just because - SPOILER ALERT - Russian is in it at 5:08 🤭🤭 I started learning Arabic with Duolingo, but then I started learning UA-cam with, well... UA-cam and... it took over 😅😅 But your point at 8:03 is well-taken: it's nice to be able to go back to a language previously started, and pick up from there. But first, I _must_ master the language of UA-cam 💪😎
Good luck in your Arabic learning journey 😀
Hello am Arabic native speaker and I want to improve my English, if you want to practice
@@chahinezdm6213 I wanna practice my English if you still interested.
@user-wy3lf9or8o Hi
From your description of your encounter with Persian, I would like to guess that you live in north Vancouver bc
Why
Such inspiring words as always! I would like advice dear friends to learn Arabic because I'm in iraq and just love it. People are so Friendly here. But it sounds like I should learn the Arabic spoken in Egypt or Jordan?
Did you learn
Egyptian Arabic and Lebanese Arabic are to standard Arabic roughly what Scottish and Irish are to British. And even then, for example in Lebanon, you will find at least 10 unique Lebanese Arabic dialects depending on the area, whether it's Beirut or the North or the South or Zahle or Beqaa or Rashaya etc..
I really advise sticking to standard Arabic as it's perfectly comprehensible to all. That is enough of a challenge on its own and more than enough to pleasantly surprise us :)
If you want to compare the Saudi dialect to a Western dialect, what would it be?
@@user-yz8eo3gj6m My comparison above was only symbolical. It was another way of saying "There are multiple spoken Arabic dialects that are quite different just like there are multiple English dialects that are quite different". I wasn't trying to say there's a similarity between Egyptian and Scottish, or Lebanese and Irish.
I don't believe there's any specific western dialect comparable to Saudi. I don't even know what it means to "compare" two completely different languages or dialects.
@@schizophrenicenthusiast The Egyptian accent for Arabs is similar to when someone speaks English with a Russian accent, the Saudi accent is similar to the American accent, the Kuwaiti accent is similar to the British accent, and the Moroccan accent is similar to the French accent
حتى تتعلم العربية بطلاقة عليك تعلم الحروف الأبجدية ومن ثم قراءة الكتب ذات المعاني البسيطه والسهله ومحاولة التكلم بها مع الأصدقاء ثم اذا اردت الرقي وتعلم لغة القران عليك بقراءة متن الاجرومية مع شروحه ثم قطر الندى ثم ألفية ابن مالك في النحو وكتب الفصاحة والشعر ومجالس العرب في الشعر والنثر وكتب البلاغة.... فإن اللغة العربية هي بحر واسع وهي لغة القران ولايوجد لغة في العالم تظاهيها فهي لغة حمالة للمعاني فيمكن ان تعبر الكلمة على أكثر من معنى حسب سياق الجملة التي وقعت فيها
For MSA, I would recommend Cartoon Shows(as they are the few who promote MSA) like Spongebob and few others.
Try reading and hearing news, there are Dictionaries focusing only on the Arabic words used by Media.
Then of course there are Story Books and Novels.. M
What podcast do you listen to in MSA?
Hi Steve,
I just started learning Arabic using your site. I have one piece of advice for you if you want to make it a lot easier to learn Arabic: learn Hebrew first! I'm fluent in Hebrew (which I learned as a third language) and found Arabic much easier due to the similar syntax and vocabulary. Literally, every other word in Arabic is either similar to the Hebrew commonly-used word or it is similar to a less-often-used or perhaps more archaic way of saying it. But Hebrew is much easier than Arabic, and it will make your path to Arabic much easier once you overcome their writing system.
And I'm confused, if there's such a thing as a standard Arabic but no one speaks it? So how to know how to learn this language 😞😓
There is one Arabic language which is the standard language as you mentioned it is used for education and for praying by Muslims, it should be well understandable by all Muslims even those who are outside the Arab region. However, there are many different common street tongues or accents which foreign people mistaken as different Arabic but they are not, they do not have any grammars or right way of spelling both words and letters!
My advice if you welling to learn Arabic then learn the standard Arabic which is understandable in all the Arabic region and by most of Muslims.
The closest example is Standard English then there are different accents in USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand however they maintain the grammars but the accent is different.
Steve any plans to learn Urdu? It's similar to Persian and Turkish and the script is same as Arabic so you could learn in days I believe :)
Steve, I believe sticking with your learning standard Arabic is the right strategy. As you're probably aware, Arab people from different Arab countries when they meet they speak with their own dialect and they understand each other more or less and not everything. They don't totally change their accent or dialect but sometimes use standard to be understood. So why should you? I mean try to understand their dialect but you don't have to speak it. Most Arabs understand SA.
Can you understand
I am a native arabic speaker; and I agree with all what you said;
Ive been learning arabic for a while n yes i only focus on fusha
that's the way to go, if you want to able to read things, and once you're good at MSA , you can easily learn a dialect .
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Did you learn
I think the acceptable common slang in arab is saudi western region mixed up with native and Jordan slang mix up with native . I suggest to focus on Jordanian slang