any arabic speakers here? i want to learn

what way do you reco i start?
books, cd's. etc etc.....

am i out of my head or what?

i do want to learn though

reply to post by Boondock78


good luck,

arabic.speak7.com...

found that on google, might be usefull

i know it is gonna be hard as hell but i want to dig down deep and get to it. i just figured before i started i would ask around and see if any native speakers or arabic speakers period thought....

thanks for the link

reply to post by Boondock78


Rosetta Stone software!

Definitely!


I'm currently using it to learn German. I LOVE the way the program works. It makes learning seem SO easy and efficient.


Boondock, send me and u2u and we will discuss it.





Jasn

Originally posted by Boondock78
what way do you reco i start?
books, cd's. etc etc.....

am i out of my head or what?

i do want to learn though

Why did you pick Arabic Boondock? There are so many to choose from.

reply to post by Boondock78


#'s admirable, man.

As the joke goes...

"What do you call people who speak three languages? Trilingual.
What do you call people who speak two languages? Bilingual.
What do you call people who speak one language? American."

I have a few friends from the Middle East, and one of my best friends is from Afghanistan. Farsi is going to kill me.

reply to post by Voyager1


cause it's a hard language to learn and around here, there is a lot of arabic speakers.....
just want to know it

Hey Boondock, i speak Arabic, and let me tell you Arabic is hard!
I speak Kuwaiti though (i don't think i matters). Anyway just putting this out there for you... if your still interested

reply to post by codex code



thats part of the reason why i want to learn it....i wanted a hard language but one that could be useful to me....
my wife is gonna learn spanish cause she has a lot of spanish speaking only patients

are there major differences between arabic and farsi?
is it one of those deals like if you know arabic you can make out bits and pieces of farsi....?

Yeah there is a difference between Arabic and Farsi (Persian), but there are some words in Farsi that came from Arabic...
My dad is Iranian so is my mom, but i never spoke the language very well... i understand it a bit.
Now what are you going for? (There is Egyptian, Saudi, and AUE) just like Eng., all these Arab countries have there own unique way of speaking Arabic... lol.
For example, Americans speak differently then Australian.
Moreover, as I mentioned there are different accents for Arabic like the greetings in Arabic.
In the prophet Mohd. days the greetings always were “al-salam alaakom”
Now some people use: Sabah al-khar, sabah al-noor, halla, and salam.
In addition, when you want to say “how do you do?” it goes like this: Eshllonek, Ezaiek, keffek, sha-khbarik…

reply to post by codex code


i really don't have an answer for you....
i want to be able to be semi fluent in it....i would like to be able to understand the people in the stores i go to...

i guess it is the stereo type but just within a few miles of my house, the gas stations, smoke shop, etc are pretty much run by people that speak arabic...least thats what i think it is...

either way, i have plenty of time....why not eh?

my wife is gonna do spanish and i'll do that too.