Eager to learn Arabic - speaking and writing

[Josie-Be-Happy 11]

Salam everyone,

My husband is from Lebanon and he writes and speaks English very well. He's been teaching me from the beginning of our relationship about the Arabic language. I'm really interested in learning and being fluent in speaking and writing in Arabic. I would love to surprise him one day.

If you have any suggestions on how I can learn more about the Arabic language, please let me know.

I also want to wish everyone from MENA the best of luck on your journey to unite with your loved ones. I can't wait for the day to bring my omre home.

Josie

[sixpack434 0]

Salam Josie,

I have been learning Arabic for over a year and have tried various methods but have found ArabicPod podcasts to be the most effective since they’re fun to listen to and convenient as they can be downloaded to any MP3 player. I download the podcasts from ArabicPod.net

[R&R forever 0]

Salam everyone,

My husband is from Lebanon and he writes and speaks English very well. He's been teaching me from the beginning of our relationship about the Arabic language. I'm really interested in learning and being fluent in speaking and writing in Arabic. I would love to surprise him one day.

If you have any suggestions on how I can learn more about the Arabic language, please let me know.

I also want to wish everyone from MENA the best of luck on your journey to unite with your loved ones. I can't wait for the day to bring my omre home.

Josie

Hehe that's so cute Arabic is kinda hard language you can't learn it fast but you have anything specific in your mind you would like to know I can translate it to you !! Good luck

[Josie-Be-Happy 11]

Hehe that's so cute Arabic is kinda hard language you can't learn it fast but you have anything specific in your mind you would like to know I can translate it to you !! Good luck

Shokran. Yes, it's very hard. And people say English is the hardest language to learn?? I learn new words every day and then tell my husband in a middle of our conversation and he's amazed. Glad to see you're from Lebanon. I will be going there in November....Yeahhhhhh!!!

Salam Josie,

I have been learning Arabic for over a year and have tried various methods but have found ArabicPod podcasts to be the most effective since they’re fun to listen to and convenient as they can be downloaded to any MP3 player. I download the podcasts from ArabicPod.net

EXCELLENT.....Thank you so much.

[New Beginnings 32]

I would purchase both levels of Rosetta Stone for Arabic. It will teach you classical Arabic which should allow you to at least be functional in the regional dialects.

[illnevergetthis 5]

When I first started learning Arabic, I tried various CD's. Sometimes that it hard because of the pronounciation....the Cd's don't correct you. I really mutilated some of the words.

I finally started taking Arabic classes at the University and that made all of the difference....I have 18 hours (3 years) of Arabic. I don't know about your area, but there are other places in my city that a person can study Arabic other than the University. There is a cultural center here that offers Arabic classes in the evenings and of course the mosque also offers them.

I am attaching a link http://press.georgetown.edu/book-list/al-kitaab for Arabic textbooks. The Alif Baa book will help you with your pronounciation, the alphabet, writing, amoung other things. It will start you in all of the basics. I hope you find these helpful.

This is a link for several arabic websites.. http://www.uni.edu/becker/arabic.html they add more all links all the time. There are so many sites here that you could spend days looking at them.

I hope you find these sites useful. =)

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Most of what I learned in Arabic is from Adam and from the ladies of the arabic church I used to attend. Hearing the preaching and singing in arabic and having someone tranlate the words helped me learn quicker as well as start to see them up on a screen and understand which writing went to which word.

[Josie-Be-Happy 11]

When I first started learning Arabic, I tried various CD's. Sometimes that it hard because of the pronounciation....the Cd's don't correct you. I really mutilated some of the words.

I finally started taking Arabic classes at the University and that made all of the difference....I have 18 hours (3 years) of Arabic. I don't know about your area, but there are other places in my city that a person can study Arabic other than the University. There is a cultural center here that offers Arabic classes in the evenings and of course the mosque also offers them.

I am attaching a link http://press.georgetown.edu/book-list/al-kitaab for Arabic textbooks. The Alif Baa book will help you with your pronounciation, the alphabet, writing, amoung other things. It will start you in all of the basics. I hope you find these helpful.

This is a link for several arabic websites.. http://www.uni.edu/becker/arabic.html they add more all links all the time. There are so many sites here that you could spend days looking at them.

I hope you find these sites useful. =)

Thank you soooo much!!!

[mrsalfayad 6]

You can also look around for Arabic speaking people in your city. For example, I tutor people in Arabic in my hometown. You can also see if you can take a class at a community college or university, although that might be a little pricey. Auditing a class at your local community college would be the most cost-effective.

Check out Craigslist and ask if anyone can teach you Arabic! You can learn to read and write on your own, but speaking is the most important and almost impossible to learn without talking with someone else!

Also, if you really want to speak with your fiance, you'll want someone who speaks the Lebanese dialect. When I first met my fiance, I only spoke fusha (classical arabic) and he just laughed at me! haha. Its important to learn the aamiya (dialect) that your fiance speaks....and it will make him SO happy!

[Josie-Be-Happy 11]

You can also look around for Arabic speaking people in your city. For example, I tutor people in Arabic in my hometown. You can also see if you can take a class at a community college or university, although that might be a little pricey. Auditing a class at your local community college would be the most cost-effective.

Check out Craigslist and ask if anyone can teach you Arabic! You can learn to read and write on your own, but speaking is the most important and almost impossible to learn without talking with someone else!

Also, if you really want to speak with your fiance, you'll want someone who speaks the Lebanese dialect. When I first met my fiance, I only spoke fusha (classical arabic) and he just laughed at me! haha. Its important to learn the aamiya (dialect) that your fiance speaks....and it will make him SO happy!

Great advice. Thank you you soooo much.