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Which language is easier to learn?

Arabic
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English
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Arabic vs. English: Which is easier to...?

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This is for both those who have learned Arabic before learning English, and vice versa. In terms of learning the grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, speech recognition (including TV, radio); which language is easier?
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i voted arabic
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qoraxeey wrote:i voted arabic
OK.
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Swahili is the easiest language
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English was kind of easy, the best thing about it is that they don't have genders so you don't have to waste time on learning genders.

Arabic has crazy plurals and difficult grammar compared to English
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I learned both languages simultaneously, English by far is much easier than Arabic. I hated so much the Arabic grammer and no matter how hard i studied it for some reason I used to get terrible marks as for the English, I used to remember a trick my 3rd grade English teacher taught me, read the sentence to yourself, if it irrates your ear, something is wrong with it, and quite frankly it worked most of the time!
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Psykmottagningen wrote:Swahili is the easiest language

I met a Chinese businessman in Dar, his name was Kuma Moto, what does that mean in Swahili? :lol:
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i really dont know becasue arabic i didnt learn it.
i just found my self speaking it.

english is easy compared to french ive been learning past 12 years.lol
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As for me, I have learned English (a decade) before learning Arabic. Learning Arabic was a lot easier for me. My speech recognition and comprehension for Arabic is 100%, whereas it's significantly less with English, especially in particular situations. For vocabulary, I remember most Arabic vocabulary, whereas I have to sometimes consult a dictionary for the English vocabulary.
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hyperactive wrote:i really dont know becasue arabic i didnt learn it.
i just found my self speaking it.

english is easy compared to french ive been learning past 12 years.lol

They used to teach us French at the school too, I never liked it but I used to do well in the exams, I was okay as long as I dont speak it :lol:
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Post by Hyperactive »

navy, you too.
writting as you said is okay, though i memorize the words, but talking is the challenge.
my father was saying i'll through you some where they only speak french , yomkin tafla7.lol
i thought im the only khayban :mrgreen:
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Executive wrote:
Psykmottagningen wrote:Swahili is the easiest language

I met a Chinese businessman in Dar, his name was Kuma Moto, what does that mean in Swahili? :lol:

Hot pu55y

but that name sounds Japanese :lol:
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dawwa9 wrote:English was kind of easy, the best thing about it is that they don't have genders so you don't have to waste time on learning genders.

Arabic has crazy plurals and difficult grammar compared to English

so you can say 'her name is Steve' :lol:
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GacanSareeye wrote:
so you can say 'her name is Steve' :lol:
No,

Im talking about grammatical genders, in English every noun is simply just ''THE'' - whoever invented that was a genius

This makes language learning go 75% faster - that's why English is so international
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hyperactive wrote:navy, you too.
writting as you said is okay, though i memorize the words, but talking is the challenge.
my father was saying i'll through you some where they only speak french , yomkin tafla7.lol
i thought im the only khayban :mrgreen:

lol@khayban, wara I am not a khaybana :lol: it's just that some people are not quite linguistically gifted as others. I never liked any of the languages I speak :lol: but I am good in numbers or so I think :? :lol:

But yeah I am pretty sure if you go to a french speaking country, in 6 months, your oral french should be as good as your written one.

Anyways, bro...maalin wanagsaan, salaam :up:
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