Learn Arabic

[Caliman]

Asslam walukm

Just want to share this with all of you here. This a great website for learning Arabic and its free. Enjoy!

[url]http://www.madinaharabic.com/[/url]

[FAH1223]

khutbah last week was about learning arabic 8)

[*Arabman]

I recommend learning Arabic.

[Caliman]

Salam FAH1223& Arabman,

Actually learning any language is an asset. And learning arabic is more special becasue of the quran.

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Arab
You speak Arabic and English?? I am impressed. It's difficult to master three languages when they are so different and your English is excellent. Thought processes skewered, but language skills are good.

[*Arabman]

Well, it might be difficult for the average American to master three languages, but it's not for the average African, European, Asian, etc. In Somalia, we had private schools where Arabic and English were taught. There were also the Egyptian, Italian and German cultural centers.

[Steeler [Crawler2]]

Look, I have lived in East Africa for two years. Your "average" Somali spoke Somali, and that was it. There are people who master multiple languages, but it's certainly not common, in Africa or anywhere else.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your perspective, Engilsh is the global lingua franca, and so a lot of Americans don't feel compelled to learn another language (although a lot for ethnic reasons are bi-lingual). I am now in the process of learning Thai, and it's an a$$ kicker. German was pretty easy, but Thai.............

[Caliman]

[quote="MAD MAC"]Arab
You speak Arabic and English?? I am impressed. It's difficult to master three languages when they are so different and your English is excellent. Thought processes skewered, but language skills are good.[/quote]

Its not really hard. It all depend on location. If you ever lived in arab country you would eventually learn to speak arabic fluently.

[COSTA]

<-------------Somali-fluent
Arabic-fluent
English-good
Swedish-fluent

[Somaliweyn Commando]

[quote="*Arabman"]There were also the Egyptian, Italian and German cultural centers.[/quote]


damn that bought back some memories

[*Arabman]

[Look, I have lived in East Africa for two years. Your "average" Somali spoke Somali, and that was it.]

Your experience is limited and cannot apply to most Westerners who have observed Somalis who write/speak multiple languages. By the time you were there, many literate Somalis left Mogadishu. Still, there were the old generation who spoke Italian and Arabic, two languages you know nothing about. Most of the younger generation knew at least how to read Arabic which they learn at madrasah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrasah

If you observe this forum, you have COSTA and HELWAA who write/speak English and Swedish, in addition to Somali. You have shidow1 and maryamu (maria west) who write/speak Kiswahili, in addition to English. You have biko and the other Djiboutians who write/speak French, in addition to English and Somali. You have Demure, Navy9 and hyperactive who are proficient in Arabic. Etcetera. At least Somalis aren't like most Americans who know only English.

[musika man]

^^^^

arabman, i cant believe that you still alive been a father of a kid you ask him of committing here as a suicide bombing? what are you waiting for? where is your next target? arabman has a small ceeb.

[cabdallah252]

if you are planning on learning arabic becuase of religious reasons

dont do it

modern day arabic and quranic arabic are very different

[Lil_Cutie..]

Alxamdulilah, I can speak 6 Languages 2 of them are more or less the same, one of which I am forgetting because I don't put it into practice.

I think everyone should take up another language other than thier mother-tongue.. Yes Arabic is beautiful but difficult to DIY it. I reccomend those that don't to move to an Arabic-speaking country for a few months, by most a year and you'll come back fluent. InshaAllah ..& Heck, why not get the rewards for it.

[Lil_Cutie..]

[quote="cabdallah252"]if you are planning on learning arabic becuase of religious reasons

dont do it

modern day arabic and quranic arabic are very different[/quote]


Your very right. Much of the street Arabic now is slang just as every other language. But the basics are still there and at least people will be able to understand the kutbah or the Imam in the masjid when he cries or get the gist of things, hopefully..