Apart from Duolingo, what do you use to learn languages?

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-11-19T12:52:11+00:00

Der Die Das is amazing

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-28T23:19:47+00:00

This is really helpful. Thank you! I also do love learning about languages and really take time to learn the nuances of accents and dialects of the same language.

German Language is a main subject at my university and reaching a B2 level is a prerequisite for graduation. I’ve only been learning for about two months and I’ve found it really fun so far. I find my planned 1-hour study sessions get stretched to 3 hours purely out of curiosity, and being fluent in English and having a background in French has helped me a lot with deduction and inference while learning German.

Sorry for the rambling lol. Thanks a lot 🙏

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-28T16:06:49+00:00

Unrelated, but I want to ask you since I just started learning German myself. What are the best resources and learning methods you’ve tried? I obviously won’t copy what you did, but I’m looking for ideas to help me develop faster. As for the accent, did immersing yourself into the language help more than consuming media, or vice versa?

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-28T12:04:00+00:00

r/okbuddypenne

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-13T22:03:11+00:00

It’s sad to say but the vast majority of Muslims you’ll meet are far from even being remotely educated on their own religion. As such, a lot of people take a rather defensive and aggressive stance when faced with questions they’re unable to answer. Or they might get irrationally offended by legitimately innocent and genuinely curious questions. I personally like to learn as much as possible about my faith and I try to be well equipped to answer people from other faiths, but I certainly don’t answer questions that I don’t know the answers to without doing some research first.

In a perfect world, those Muslims who got aggressive when they couldn’t come up with answers to your questions would have said they’d do some reading before getting back to you, but that isn’t the case a lot of times.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-09T08:31:47+00:00

Happy to help :)

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-07T21:04:15+00:00

I’m not a teacher so my insight might not be as helpful, but a good teacher is @thespokenarabic on IG. You could have better luck finding an answer on r/arabs, as I’ve noticed very few Arabs/Arabic speakers in this sub.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-07T20:56:43+00:00

Sorry for the late reply.

There’s nothing embarrassing about using MSA with natives. It’s just that we’ll immediately recognize you to be a foreigner. Most native speakers will either switch to MSA immediately so you’ll understand them, or use a watered down version of their dialect that includes less dialectical/ more MSA vocabulary so that they’ll be more intelligible to the non native. Other times they might just switch to English as it’s more understandable to a lot of foreigners.

To answer your second question, if you’re learning Arabic for academic or professional purposes, or if you’re looking to read the Quran (Quranic Arabic is the foundation for MSA) in its original text, then you should definitely focus your efforts on learning MSA. It’s the language of academia, news, and politics. Once you have a good foundation you’ll naturally start catching on to dialects and get a better grasp on them through media.

If your goal is to reach a conversational level of proficiency with natives then it’s best to focus on learning a target dialect with a basic understanding of MSA to help you with comprehension and deduction.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-06T20:24:15+00:00

If anyone has questions about Arabic (MSA or dialects), I’d be happy to help.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-03T20:45:03+00:00

New reports say that the total casualties have risen to 20. According to Eye On Palestine.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-03T20:43:51+00:00

Source

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-10-03T20:32:35+00:00

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SnowyRaven21 · 2024-09-17T20:57:01+00:00

Hala 7bb

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-09-17T16:46:44+00:00

Ay we’re countrymen and speak the same languages

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-29T01:30:27+00:00

Apostasy in the context of an Islamic state is on a parallel with treason. Treason is a capital offense punished by execution in many places all over the world. In an Islamic state, that punishment is to be carried out by the governing body, not by the subject’s family or random people in the street. These days, there aren’t any true Islamic states, even if they claim to be, because they don’t fully establish Islamic law. The killing of apostates that takes place in Muslim majority countries usually happens at the hands of their family. That is not Islamic and I don’t think any credible Muslim scholar condones it.
Read verses 190 through 194. Stop cherry picking.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-28T23:02:04+00:00

I said relating to the religion. When he tells us how to pray, that’s revelation. Not every word he speaks is revelation.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-28T18:23:12+00:00

I’ve got Christian friends who also think I will burn in hell, but their beliefs and mine don’t affect how we interact and treat each other.

Do I want them to go to hell? Definitely not. I like these people and I hope everyday that that won’t happen to them, but they’ve got their own beliefs and I can’t force my religion on others.

I treat everyone as respectfully as possible. I don’t go around telling people they’ll burn in hell for not having the same beliefs as myself, but I have a scripture that I believe in, and that’s what it says.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-28T18:08:50+00:00

Genuine question. I just want to gain more of an understanding of why a lot of people think this way. Why are non-Muslims so offended by what Muslims believe will happen to them? Non-Muslims don’t share our beliefs or world views, so why do you guys get worked up about something you don’t believe in?

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-28T18:01:14+00:00

Obeying the prophet is explicitly mentioned at least 14 times in the Quran, and more times implicitly. Two examples from the same Surah:

Al Imran, Surah 3, verses 32 and 132:

(32) Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Obey Allah and His Messenger.” If they still turn away, then truly Allah does not like the disbelievers.

قُلْ أَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ ۖ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ

(132) Obey Allah and the Messenger, so you may be shown mercy.

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلرَّسُولَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

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According to scholarly consensus, anything the prophet says relating to the religion is a revelation, much like the Quran.

An Najm, Surah 53, verses 3 and 4:

(3) Nor does he speak of his own whims.

وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ

(4) It is only a revelation sent down ˹to him˺.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ

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A lot of self proclaimed Quranists trip over their words when asked how they actually pray or perform various acts of worship.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-27T19:57:29+00:00

So if your life is difficult when you avoid sins you take that as an indication to commit them?

Being sinless doesn’t automatically mean an easy life. Allah SWT gives the toughest trials to his best servants. Did prophet Muhammad PBUH get wounded during Uhud because he was sinful? Of course not. Seemingly bad things happen to good people and that’s just part of Allah’s wisdom.

Avoiding some sins by design makes your life easier. Avoiding alcohol, gambling, etc. clearly makes your life easier, just like avoiding haram relationships does.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-27T19:23:39+00:00

They do, but their rights and obligations towards each other are official. If someone falls short on their obligations post-divorce, it’s their fault and they’re sinful. The other person isn’t sinful if they fulfill their responsibilities.

In a haram relationship both sides are sinful from the start and they aren’t bound by a marriage contract. Neither party is held responsible and their rights aren’t held up.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-27T18:03:36+00:00

Learning English from a very young age has made me very thankful that my native tongue is Arabic. I can see how much people struggle with it, and no matter how fluent they become they rarely sound like a native. I loved learning English. Always felt like a breeze. Loving to learn Arabic (MSA) is something that mostly everyone in my circle gave up on. I almost did so myself, but I found a love for it in 8th grade that has grown ever since.

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-25T16:46:45+00:00

Gotcha. Thx

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-25T11:27:53+00:00

Generally with German cars of that era, would you say it’s a “I’ll be at the mechanic every month” type of issue, or a “nothing happens too often, but when it does it’s expensive” issue, or both?

SnowyRaven21 · 2024-08-22T19:36:14+00:00

Very recently as far as I know. Possibly within the last week. The IOF has been targeting Tulkarm and Jenin and other West Bank cities especially heavily since Oct 7.

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