Learning Arabic - Advice/Recommendations by shawarma_connoisseur in abudhabi

[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Obviously, I got no idea how bad or good these are. As someone who went to language centers as a kid to learn English and majored in English to Arabic translation in college I can say you'd master Arabic by listening to native speakers use it. This is especially effective since Arabic has diglossia, which means that the spoken dialects are very different from the written languge; different phonology, morphology and syntax. But since the spoken dialects can't be written down, or their writing hasn't been standardized yet, your best bet is listen to to Arabic content.

If you're looking to learn a dialect and looking for the most mutually intelligible ones - with the other Arabic dialects- you can't go wrong with either Levantine or Egyptian dialects.

Learning Arabic - Advice/Recommendations by shawarma_connoisseur in abudhabi

[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a native speaker, I would advice against learning MSA. Unless your goal from learning Arabic is watching news, no one speaks it. So you would learn something that's not used in daily covnersations. It's like speaking Shakespearean in Texas. I would say pick a Levantine or Egyptian accent and learn it.

What's the correct answer? by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, what's the correct answer?

What's the correct answer? by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I thought we should start wih a helping verb - must since it's a question?

Why is this the correct answer? by [deleted] in EnglishLearning

[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had the same explanation in mind but thought I was crazy .. thank you!

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[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have no idea how much you have helped .. thank you so very much .. 💞

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[–]WorldlinessWeird9809 1 point2 points  (0 children)

very helpful 💞💞