learn arabic

I got beat-up in class today. I was called upon to write the various pronouns, male and female, singular, dual and plural (ana, anta, huwa, anti, heya, etc.).

I messed up on a few, like I had huwa as huma (with an Alif at the end), and I got lambasted for it, lol! and I don’t like it!

So Insha’Allah, I will study more, and surprise him next week!

BTW, we are using his interpretation of al-Ajrumiyyah.

Well, finally taking a good class. This brother came back from Saudi, after being in the middle east for about 30 years. He has a degree in Arabic, and obviously speaks the language pretty well. He’s teaching a group of us. It’s pretty cool, because it is slow paced, which is what I need right now. Gotta take my time to get this right.

I’ve already noticed an improvement in my reading.

why do Egyptians and Yemeni people pronounce the jeem with a hard “ga?” So hijab becomes higab, and Fajr becomes Fagr. Jamil becomes Gamil.

Just curious.

I have to practice my writing as well, although this is secondary.

I think that it will be important to learn how to count in Arabic. This way, I can teach my daughters as well, although they probably know their numbers better than me!

at the international institute here. Don’t remember much of it, but I took good notes.

A few years ago, I borrowed a set of cd’s from the library and burned them. If I can find out what I did with the files, I’ll start listening to them.

I also have the rosetta stone for arabic. It seems to be pretty cool. It teaches you very similarly to how a child learns language. It works with pictures rather than translations, which might be better for me.

Since I have a few Arab friends, I’ll have people to try it out on, so no excuses!