How long do people study it to have basic communication skills and to be able read newspapers?
2006-06-21 08:10:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hello,
I wouldn't say that an Arab, language is hard, it just about breaking the barriers.
It depends on you if you want to learn just to speak that cut the difficultly into half, which is cool
Pimsleur Recorded Books, Rosetta stone , you can also try Teach yourself Arabic course as well.
Colloquial Arabic is good as well
Take care
2006-06-21 08:17:52 · answer #1 · answered by kida_w 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The big problem that faces a person who studies Arabic is that the spoken Arabic is very different from the Arabic you learn in classes, the classic Arabic is difficult, but talking to natives is easy.
2006-06-21 15:16:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, divides the languages they teach into four groups, from easiest to most difficult, as measured by the number of hours of instruction required to bring students to a certain level of proficiency. Arabic belongs to to the group 4, most difficult one, and requires 1320 hours of instruction for a student with average language aptitude to reach level-2 speaking proficiency. Learning vocabulary and pronunciation may cause problems at first.
2006-06-21 15:19:57 · answer #3 · answered by varig77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol forever! i have been married to an arab guy for 2 yrs and i still dont understand much and i cannot read it! its very hard and difficult cuz they have a different alphabet and sounds! good luck if u try but the best way is to go to a place that teaches it and take the class then u can hear ppl speak it with the proper accents. and always remember they read from right to left!
2006-06-21 15:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ YaHabibeDisney ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The big difficulty in Arab language is the Grammar.
Not the spelling or pronunciation nor the vocabulary.
The grammar is most important pillar in Arabic.
2006-06-21 19:28:11 · answer #5 · answered by nadira456 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im arabic girl, arabic is difficult to some extend try to learn public arabic (street language) its easier
2006-06-21 15:22:05 · answer #6 · answered by soso 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will be easy if u emant to learn it and love it ...
yes its hard but nothing hard if we love it ...
i learnt 3 languages ...a dn when i start it was very hard ..but now its not thats hard ;)
the arabic is my mother tongue ... and im sure u will learn it ...but u will face soem hard about spelling and say soem letters ...bcs its hard ...so u need good work about thes sounds of the letters ..
but its ok i met many they learnt arabic and they couldnt say thes letters in good way as we say it ...but sure easy to understand them ...
take care and good luck for you :)
2006-06-22 19:13:51 · answer #7 · answered by old_frog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋