Renée and I started taking Arabic tonight. All I have to say is holy crap is it hard. Still, it’s very cool to learn a language that doesn’t use the roman alphabet. The arabic alphabet is gorgeous - above is a photo of my name in Arabic.
Arabic.
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2 | f.a.z said on October 20, 2006 10:05 AM
Congrats & good luck, Arabic is a hard language, although originally an Egyptian, i have failed an "Arabic as a 1st language" IGCSE exam =s, hope you cane do better than I did :)
Post a reply to this commentI came to your site for the Firefox builds and saw your "Asalam aleykum.." I'm an American that has discovered the local Muslim community and I have fallen in love with the people, culture, food, and especially Arabic!
Glad to see you're taking Arabic. I hope to learn more than the basics in the future, Enshallah! Salam!
Post a reply to this comment4 | John said on October 23, 2006 4:35 PM
Yes, best of luck to you!
A friend and I are both taking a Chinese (Mandarin) course starting next week and it's going to be challenging. Besides speaking we are also going to learn how to write simple chinese charaters.
Post a reply to this comment5 | EmiraesMac said on October 27, 2006 12:05 AM
Good luck! I've lived in the UAE for a year now, and it's hard trying to learn Arabic since it's all English at work and at home, but I try to pick up a word here and there.
And keep up the good work on your Firefox releases!
Post a reply to this comment6 | MacaholiQ8 said on October 27, 2006 12:56 PM
Well I'm arabian (from Kuwait) and I know our language isn't that fancy but I know how you mean when you say you want to learn another language. I tried to learn German once and I was very enthusiastic about it but then after I knew how hard and Scheiße it is, I dropped it and sticked with what I know in English.
Here's a piece of arabic poem.
Look for its meaning and I hope you like it.
خمس زهرات منَ الله عليَ بِهن
فعيروني ألم تلدي ولدا بينهن
فأقول سـبحان الله مـما يقولون
فمنذ متى النساء يضعن النطفة في أرحامهن
ومنذ متى المرأة تتحكم في خلقهن
هل البنات عار على الجبين؟
وهل الأولاد هم الكنز الثمين؟
إليك تركض البنت بلهفة و حنين
و تنزل الدمعة من عينيها حين تتلفظ بالأنين
فإن الله يعطي و يرزق من يشاء
فارض بهن و عش في حب و هـنا
Anyways, good luck! :)
Post a reply to this commentHello Alan,
You may find the following free website and emails group very good to learn Arabic language.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learn_arabic_language/
Best regards,
hemaidy.
8 | MA'AJI ABUBAKAR MUHAMMAD said on September 22, 2007 9:01 AM
iam very murch delighted with the site of jounals and arabic propergetion.
Post a reply to this commentهذه أول مشاركة لي بالموقع ، وأرجو من الله أن أوفق في المساعدة لمن يرغب في تعلم اللغة العربية ، فأثناء تصفحي في الموقع المتخصصة بتعليم اللغة العربية وجدت موقع تستطيع منه تعلم العربية مجانا ، وكذلك مخارج الحروف والكثير ..
This is my first participation in this site. It is my pleasure to help those who wish to learn Arabic. I know a specialized site in teaching Arabic language for non-Arabs where you can learn Arabic characters free and much more.
www.Thegreengate.net
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Post a reply to this commentCongratulations on your move to pick up Arabic. I lived in Kuwait for the first 16 years of my life. Arabic was a mandatory course at school (along with Kuwait geography/history). I must say it is enlightening to learn not just the language, but the culture and history as well.