How hard is it to learn Arabic?

Answer 1

It is somewhat difficult because you have to learn a whole new alphabet and you have to at least try (lol) to master pronunciations that we don't use in the English language (I'm assuming your mother tongue is English). Have you ever learned any other foreign languages? If you start with something like Spanish or French, these are really good gateway languages that help you learn others. Not because of the language itself, but it helps you learn conjugation and other techniques that come up when learning other languages. It becomes easier to learn more difficult languages like Arabic, Hebrew, or Hindi.
The very best tip I can give you is to find an Arabic friend to help you along the way. They can help you with your pronunciations and help answer any questions you have that a book or cassette/c.d. won't provide.

Good luck!

Answer 2

For learning a foreign language, rather than buying a grammar book, or one of those books full of the most used phrases, it's better if you get a full fledged course, with cds or dvds you can use to listen to the spoken language and get used to it. Learning the grammar it's very difficult if you only try to memorize every rule you can find in a grammar book; the grammar constructs must be learned by seeing them used in the real world, in many different phrases.
The best language courses are those of Assimil, even if they cost quite a lot more than a normal book, they are good and they work.
Here you can find the Assimil course for learning Arabic:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/2700517504/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=2700517504&linkCode=as2&tag=yold04-21

Answer 3

it particularly is hard for an grownup who has no thought approximately a thank you to communicate Arabic as there are some letters that u have not got in English . i'm an Arabic speaker 'new child' using fact I come from Egypt whichs substantial language is Arabic. i might say if u try somewhat difficult it would take u a million or 2 years in elementary terms to have a perfect communique. Arabic is an exceedingly eye-catching language nevertheless. jointly as discovering Arabic u might notice that there are extra beneficial than 3 information on a thank you to write down the letters and u might additionally notice that somewhat of calling extra beneficial than one ingredient with the plural u call extra beneficial than 2 issues with a plural, u call tow issues with something stated as al mothana wihch potential 2 and u call one ingredient with a single needless to say. sturdy luck

Answer 4

I loved learning Arabic, it's actually a lot easier than people think. It has a certain flow that after you learn the letters and can put them together along with a few other rules it is easy to read. I think it is much easier than any other language.

Answer 5

If you are an american trying to speak or learn Arabic yes it's very hard......

Answer 6

Learning any language is difficult. Remember, you'll get out of it, what you put into it. Hey...children learn Arabic all the time, so can you.

Answer 7

I think learning arabic is much easier than ppl expect.actually im still learning it! to me it makes a lot of sense and things like spelling is very easy. good luck!!

Answer 8

I know very little arabic. This much is for sure, it is most likely harder to learn it than you would think.

Answer 9

Luckily I have friends who native tongue is Arabic. I am learning it now. Its not as hard as I thought. But it does take alot concentrating.

Answer 10

Don't really know, but it sounds very hard, there's a lot of phlegm involved...I suggest you start when you have a cold .
Seriously though, if you're determined to learn a language you can do it, no matter how difficult.