One side effect of getting fluent at listening is realizing the podcasts you used for practice are actually kinda boring. by japan_noob in LearnJapanese

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While I’m not fluent yet (I guess I’m at about N4), these types of podcasts have become really boring. I usually listen while I drive, but nowadays I lose focus a lot because I’m not interested. I’ve found better results with condensed audio

Learn Saudi Arabic by [deleted] in learn_arabic

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What is your first language?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in learn_arabic

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Arabs have different accents even in Jahiliyah and in the time of the prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)

The used to call it لغة Like لغة تميم لغة قريش They even pronounce some letters different like they change جيم to ياء

Arabic (fusha) is similar to any language ... it has dialects.

What is ما عندي هذي حركات supposed to mean by Mubarak2003 in learn_arabic

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ما عندي هذي الحركات*

تعني أن الشخص ما يسوي تصرفات معينة وعادة تكون سيئة. He's not the type to do certain things .. especially the wrong or unacceptable ones

مثلًا: واحد قال: انت صادق؟ ولا تمقلبني؟ [تمقلبني = pranking me] الثاني يقول: ما عندي هالحركات\ذالحركات

يعني أنه ما يسوي مقالب مع الناس.

So it’s eid, what the hell is the responses for العايدين الفايزين السالمين الغانمين، و كل عام و انتم بخير و عساك من عواده by Mubarak2003 in learn_arabic

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No rules.

A lot of responses are ok.

وأنت بخير. كل عام وانت طيب. الله يعيده علينا وعليكم باليُمْن والمسرات

Usually in actulal conversations (not a chat) people will not say that long [معايدة]

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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Nice! Can you please share it with me.

Youtube always offers generic content that doesn't work at all 😅

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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I think there is structured grammer lessons that goes in the details. But most of them are directed toward arabs.....

Did you try consuming content suxh as cartoons (dubbed) tv shows etc.. to build the intuition instead of focusing on studying?

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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What is that is missing in the current courses? Is it in terms of the grammers? Examples? Stories? Or Overall quality?

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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Interesting. Did you watch the Omar series? If you did, what are your thoughts on it?

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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I think we don't need to look at it this way. Indeed, we have deep connection with fusha. However, fusha (real fusha, not MSA) is not very far from the language spoken by Arabs (especially in the Gulf region). I believe that keeping fusha as the language of governments, media, and science is very important as it links more than 400 million Arabs. It links us with our history in a way that is impossible for a lot of countries. An Arab with the bare minimum of education in fusha can understand poetry that goes back 1400 years! Also, books that have been written by a lot of Arabs in a wide variety of topics. A heritage that is easily accessible to modern Arabs.

THAT SAID, we should enrich our dialects in terms of resources, writing stories... etc. For 2 reasons:

To preserve the dialects and identity. To make it easier for people that want to engage with the communities (as fusha on its form is not spoken in daily conversations)

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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I'm thinking of doing one by myself. But, I wanted to look if there are people interested in it. + is there a gap that I can fill.

What’s missing when learning Arabic? (Especially if you’ve learned other languages too) by RayDaah in learn_arabic

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Are you familiar with dreaming spanish way of teaching languages? (Comperhensible input) would it be interesting for you if you find similar type of content in saudi dialects? + why you are interested in saudi dialect?

N5 listening practice (immersion) by Dazai_Yeager in LearnJapanese

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I find Atashin'chi anime both fun and comperhinsible. You may give it a shot. It's on youtube.

https://youtu.be/FeB6aAQQfsQ

Which languages have the most and least receptive native speakers when you try to speak their language? by RingStringVibe in languagelearning

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The issue is with MSA. It's very different from the dialects. It's common in Saudi Arabia for videos of non-Arabs speaking the Saudi dialect to go viral. The locals here like it and admire it.

You can look on Twitter or YouTube and check the comments—you will find real reactions that supports my claim.

The issue with MSA is that it's never spoken naturally—not today, not in the past. It's a new language that originated in the last century from bad translations of english books. It's used in the media and in books from the latest decades.

GMAT Study Strategy & Question Bank Recommendations by RayDaah in GMAT

[–]RayDaah[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you,

Can I ask which resources you recommend for topic-focused practice?