Do you know Arabic?

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I have an Idea Yasmeenati Al Ghaaliyah but now my time is up , in shaa Allah tomorrwo will post it here and see if others will like it or not ...

take care my precious brothers and sisters

love ya all for the sake of Allah <3
 
^ i'm curious about it ........ will see in sha' Allah :)

take care ya ghalyahhh =)
salamat <3
 
Salahudeen said:
hmm every day language, and a list of vocab words to memorize, actually I think there's a website like that but it only focuses on Quranic words. Never mind I'll try find the website
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http://www.80percentwords.com/

This website posted by sis Muslim Woman is very good for knowing the meanings of fusa7 words, mostly in the Quran.
 
*Yasmin* said:


that's great.. step by step you will eventually grasp all the meanings in sha' Allah.

have you finished learning the Alphabet? and do you know how to read and write them down?
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I know a couple of letters. I have an Arabic dictionary that I look through from time to time but I am not taking any formal classes right now. I probably need to though.
 
I dont speak it "yet"
Im trying to learn have been for 10 years LOL
I use Rosetta Stone I just got it reinstalled and been using it lately for the last couple months, I can tell when listing to arab speakers I am slowly picking up words here and there, but still have a problem speaking
 
I've been studying Arabic in University for a little over a year now, and I'm in my third semester of Arabic classes. :p:
 
I don`t know if you would like this game but I`ll tell ya what it is in short and later will explaine it:

its name is:
Are your brains gears rusty? oil them here !

this game has five levels:

level one: Check your info

level two: Hidden objects

level three: Around the world

level four: Amat`s Box

level five: An Ayah and Tafseer (this is the part where you will learn Arabic in shaa Allah)

it has levels to not concentrate on one thing and make it boring...

what do you think? want me to explain more for ya?
 
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King of Nines said:
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I know a couple of letters. I have an Arabic dictionary that I look through from time to time but I am not taking any formal classes right now. I probably need to though.
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the least you can do meanwhile is learning all the letters. even without taking any formal class.
wish you the best.

Nate said:
I dont speak it "yet"
Im trying to learn have been for 10 years LOL
I use Rosetta Stone I just got it reinstalled and been using it lately for the last couple months, I can tell when listing to arab speakers I am slowly picking up words here and there, but still have a problem speaking
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10 years learning.. wow ^^
to speak arabic you need to communicate with arabs around you.
my turkish friend understands fus7a, but when it comes to speaking she finds it very difficult coz there are no arabs around her...

Tyrion said:
I've been studying Arabic in University for a little over a year now, and I'm in my third semester of Arabic classes. :p:
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that's awesome mashallah. good luck...
after you finish your degree you may teach the brothers here =)

Amat Allah said:
I don`t know if you would like this game but I`ll tell ya what it is in short and later will explaine it:

its name is:
Are your brains gears rusty? oil them here !

this game has five levels:

level one: Check your info

level two: Hidden objects

level three: Around the world

level four: Amat`s Box

level five: An Ayah and Tafseer (this is the part where you will learn Arabic in shaa Allah)

it has levels to not concentrate on one thing and make it boring...

what do you think? want me to explain more for ya?
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it sounds interesting... but i can't understand it ^^ .. could you elaborate or give an example ?
 
thats been my problem no other talkers here, atleast that I know
 
^ there must be any one around i think.. maybe you can find in a local masjid or islamic center i don't know .. :unsure:
 
yea I visited my local IC the other day and they have classes there
 
Amat Allah said:
I don`t know if you would like this game but I`ll tell ya what it is in short and later will explaine it:

its name is:
Are your brains gears rusty? oil them here !

this game has five levels:

level one: Check your info

level two: Hidden objects

level three: Around the world

level four: Amat`s Box

level five: An Ayah and Tafseer (this is the part where you will learn Arabic in shaa Allah)

it has levels to not concentrate on one thing and make it boring...

what do you think? want me to explain more for ya?
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Sounds interesting, explain more please
 
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Salahudeen said:
the thing about Qur'anic arabic (fus'ha) is no one speaks it I heard, is that true? so if you learnt fus'ha and went to the arab countries you would have a hard time understanding them, but the great advantage of learning fus'ha is that you can understand qur'an and when you're standing for prayer you can understand the recitation of the imaam and become reduced to tears
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Ghazalah said:
For those who really want to learn it, move to an Arab country and learn it there, you will find yourself surrounded by the language and soon you'll be talking it too for most people this will be difficult, so I advise a personal tutor, who can solely focus on you it'll help very much inshAllah.
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*Yasmin* said:
Arabs can understand fus7a, and it can differ from person to another according his educational level. when i was about 14 and started to be interested in deen books i remember i was looking a lot into a dictionary (Arabic - Arabic) because there were very classical words which Arabs don't see often. unless he/she is "educated" in one way or another.

fus7a is used in texts, books, news, historical movies/series, poetry.... but as a daily spoken language we don't use fus7a usually.

if you went to Arab countries, you can ask them to speak fus7a with you... they won't mind =)
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If you go to Makkah and Madinah, which is probably the only Arabic speaking place most of us non-Arabs will ever go to, and speak whatever little you know of fus'ha to them, they will understand you, as sister Yasmin said. They appreciate any attempt you make to speak their language, as some people can't speak any Arabic at all and communicate by signs, so they will do their best to speak back to you on the same level so that you can understand. If you go there for two or three weeks, by the end of that time, you'll notice yourself getting slightly more fluent and confident, as you've been surrounded by it 24/7, and will have been speaking it in the shops etc, but then it's time to come back again, and you're back to square one.

It's true we can't understand street or colloquial Arabic, but that is a corruption of fus'ha. Once, when I was going to classes, I mentioned that I wanted to learn street/colloquial Arabic to my teacher and she advised me to stick to learning fus'ha, as that's pure and proper, and said don't learn corrupted stuff (she is a native Arab), learn fus'ha, and speak that, and you'll understand a good amount of modern standard Arabic. The most important thing is to understand Allah's message and even some Arabs don't understand Qur'anic Arabic properly because they're so used to the current day colloquial. But it is still frustrating when you walk down the street and can't understand much of what's being said around you; it might as well be a different language.

As sister Ghazalah has said, and I've come to the same conclusion, best way to learn, is to live in an Arab country...otherwise to find a good teacher, or a good course, practice a lot, and also listen to/watch some of the Arabic Islamic channels, to give you a bit more exposure.. sometimes packets and tins have different languages on, and if Arabic is amongst them see if you can understand, and look up words you don't know. Make sure you have a good Arabic dictionary so you can look things up, and know how to look them up.

For those who know Urdu, Urdu and Arabic share many words in common, which gives you a bit of a head start on vocabulary. Some of those common words can be found here: http://www.islamicboard.com/puzzles-humour/134306798-arabic-urdu.html

Sister Writer also has an Arabic course in the Arabic section here:

http://www.islamicboard.com/arabic/134303074-ez-arabic-course-help-you-learn-arabic.html

In answer to the original question, I did the three Madinah Arabic books, and finished a couple of years ago, but am beginning to forget some of what I learned so need to revise. I'm limited to what I learned there. Main obstacles are limited vocabulary, lack of practice, no conversation and no further teaching.

May Allah make it easy for us all to learn the language of His book, and to understand and act on the message contained in it, ameen.

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^yes if you're not speaking it on a daily basis you will forget it, I forgot my native language since I didn't speak it, and now I only know 1 language :hmm:
 
I dont know Arabic, just a few random words :( I can read it though.

I tried to do a course while I was at uni but dropped out cos it was too hard :(

I will try and learn one day inshaAllah, I would love to go to an Arab country and learn there, but doesnt look like that will be happening any time soon :(
 
Salahudeen said:
^yes if you're not speaking it on a daily basis you will forget it, I forgot my native language since I didn't speak it, and now I only know 1 language :hmm:
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What was your other language?

I used to be fluent in Spanish, but now all I remember are the curse words.
 
*Yasmin* said:
Do you know Arabic ?
Are you learning Arabic?
For How long have you been learning it?
What are the challenges you have been facing ?
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I only know conversational arabic of a specific dialect, not what is considered "literal" Arabic (fus7a I believe is what it's called). I started by taking classes and al hamdoulilah I can read and write in arabic. I started around March of last year but it was off and on since I lost my tutor (al hamdoulilah she moved to Saudi!), then I started an online course. I was also married to an Arab, so I am able to understand the dialect, and I can speak it, but that's about it. For me the biggest challenge right now is getting motivated again... inchAllah once my life is back on track with a normal schedule I can start again.
 
^ inshallah, wish you all the best of luck.
you know conversational Arabic, this is so great Mashallah, normally most of the courses teach Fus7a Arabic, so getting to know conversational Arabic is a blessing, that way you can understand Arabs and can talk with them and gradually inshallah you will know fus7a Arabic :)
 

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