How difficult is it for a European to learn how to speak Arabic?

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I am a native Romanian speaker, and I can also speak English, French, Spanish and a bit of Latin, Greek and German

Answer 1

arabic is as difficult as any other language just a bit more difficult but if you work hard, everyday you can do it
it depends on what arabic you want to speak, if u are interested in a dialect u should try to spend some tine in an arab country, if u chose MSA, modern standard arabic u should try the classes at the university there, i've heard there are some preaty good teachers in romania
i think is easier for an european to speak arabic but it's a lot of work, preaty much like latin :)

Answer 2

Not too bad. I grew up speaking Spanish and then learned English, French, then Chinese and am currently studying Arabic. It is a new language with different sounds and dialect differences, but as you learn more languages you begin to see how similar the sounds are, and how much more structured the written language becomes. If you managed to learn English I would think it would make a lot of the other languages easier as you know English has so many exceptions to every rule whereas other languages such as Arabic follow patterns and rules closer to Latin based romance languages.

Answer 3

I lived in Egypt for 3 months and studied Arabic at the institute of Languages in Cairo, I can now read and write Arabic fairly well and have a vocab of around 300 words, Its constructed very differently to European languages and thats the bit I found hard and of course you need to learn a new alphabet, that reads from right to left.

Answer 4

well i dont know about the latin or greek, but these latiinos and spanish ppl better learn how to speak english. there is a big question on the news now that asks should americans learn how to speak spanish. i say hell no. if i went to another country i would have to get by by learning there language. they wouldnt have to learn english and wouldnt expect them to. you move to a different country learn there language. its simple. im not about to learn spanish also being a vet who fought for there freedoms. they came here, so learn to speak it. if not leave. thats my viewpoint to this whole thing. so i sound closed minded. so what. if i moved to spain i would learn spanish. but im an american in america. learn it or leave it. simple as that.

Answer 5

There are differant dialects of arabic with different slang, Learning basic arabic ...saying hello ,asking directions things like this are pretty easy ..its getting the accent correct that would be the hardest So I guess for you with the many languages you know , it shouldnt be hard at all

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I've heard Arabic is very difficult to learn, and they write in the opposite direction, too. I bet it would be an interesting language to learn. Just study very, very hard.

Answer 8

Then you should certainly have no trouble learning yet another language, since you are obviously multilingual already. Good luck, and buena suerte!

Answer 9

Really easy because Romanians can do anything.

Answer 10

I think it would be very hard