Comments for ArabicPod - Blog http://blog.arabicpod.net All to do with Arabic Education Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:41:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on How Do I Love Thee (in Arabic) – Let Me Count the Ways by jb http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=27&cpage=1#comment-2307 jb Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:41:02 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=27#comment-2307 Now I got 2 calls from 0117718273 again. Even after 12.30am... Now I got 2 calls from 0117718273 again. Even after 12.30am…

]]> Comment on How Do I Love Thee (in Arabic) – Let Me Count the Ways by jb http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=27&cpage=1#comment-2306 jb Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:39:29 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=27#comment-2306 Is it normal for someone in Arabic country start calling a wrong phone number and kept calling almost once in 10 minutes? By the way, i wanted to share about crazy Egyptian's phone number i started receiving phone calls from this afternoon. i do not know who he is but i kept calling me even after midnight. I have no idea how to stop him calling me as my phone does not have rejection button for certain number, so I share this here. Here are the phone numbers. I guess they might have some mental problem calling someone over 6 hours with more than 20times in total... disturbing my study. Are they some kinds of marketing people? I don't know Egyptian language and they don't speak English well.. 0100793599 0117718273 I hope this person stops harassing me. I just share it here so someone else might call him to keep him busy to stay away calling me. Here is the message I got from the one called from 0100793599 "Hello, good night really i like your voice and i hope to hear u again and know more about u like ur name and how old u are? Good night and good dream with angel my name is ahmed and my number is 0117718273" Is it normal for someone in Arabic country start calling a wrong phone number and kept calling almost once in 10 minutes?

By the way, i wanted to share about crazy Egyptian’s phone number i started receiving phone calls from this afternoon. i do not know who he is but i kept calling me even after midnight. I have no idea how to stop him calling me as my phone does not have rejection button for certain number, so I share this here.

Here are the phone numbers. I guess they might have some mental problem calling someone over 6 hours with more than 20times in total… disturbing my study. Are they some kinds of marketing people? I don’t know Egyptian language and they don’t speak English well..

0100793599
0117718273

I hope this person stops harassing me. I just share it here so someone else might call him to keep him busy to stay away calling me.

Here is the message I got from the one called from 0100793599

“Hello, good night really i like your voice and i hope to hear u again and know more about u like ur name and how old u are? Good night and good dream with angel my name is ahmed and my number is 0117718273″

]]> Comment on Which Arabic dialect do we teach? by Valdas http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-2304 Valdas Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:38 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8#comment-2304 Arabs themselves appreciate Fusha but some feel uneasy speaking it. For foreigners even slight differences might be a problem. I still remember when in Syria in Institute I was asked the simple question which I could not understand after 9 monthes of intensive course. The question was "shu 'ala" (what did he say). To find a native speaker who would adapt his language to the clean fusha is not so easy, unless he or she is some mualim. I give you one simple example to illustrate the differences of Arab dialects. I drove a taxi with one woman of Marrocan origin. As a migrants child she knew only Marrocan dialect, because she never learned Fusha. And she could not maintain a small talk with the taxi driver. She felt frustrated and later gave up idea of communicating in Arabic. Her reference to Marrocan Arabic was of no use, since Syrians did not understand it at all. This example shows that Fusha as a reference is necessary for Arabs from different parts of Arab world to communicate. Soon I go to Tunisia and will be able to test it. Arabs themselves appreciate Fusha but some feel uneasy speaking it. For foreigners even slight differences might be a problem. I still remember when in Syria in Institute I was asked the simple question which I could not understand after 9 monthes of intensive course. The question was “shu ‘ala” (what did he say). To find a native speaker who would adapt his language to the clean fusha is not so easy, unless he or she is some mualim.

I give you one simple example to illustrate the differences of Arab dialects. I drove a taxi with one woman of Marrocan origin. As a migrants child she knew only Marrocan dialect, because she never learned Fusha. And she could not maintain a small talk with the taxi driver. She felt frustrated and later gave up idea of communicating in Arabic. Her reference to Marrocan Arabic was of no use, since Syrians did not understand it at all.

This example shows that Fusha as a reference is necessary for Arabs from different parts of Arab world to communicate. Soon I go to Tunisia and will be able to test it.

]]> Comment on ArabicPod Dictionary by moossaajalil http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-2289 moossaajalil Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:46:44 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13#comment-2289 Bismilläär Alhamdulillah for Arabic pod May Allah grant you all the assistance in this language institution. I use Mac and they have Alqamoos Arabic Arabic plug in but we need a more comprehensive English Arabic English or if there were a system where all the Transcript text material be engineered to dictionized into vocabulary and sign posted but the best thing about Arabic pod we can repeat and repeat and listen and try to dictate to ourselves and pick up the patterns. However Try Teach your self Arabic It is has a lot to offer insha Allah May Allah reward those who struggle to seek knowledge and true path for sake and grace of Allah Bismilläär Alhamdulillah for Arabic pod May Allah grant you all the assistance in this language institution.
I use Mac and they have Alqamoos Arabic Arabic plug in but we need a more comprehensive English Arabic English or if there were a system where all the Transcript text material be engineered to dictionized into vocabulary and sign posted but the best thing about Arabic pod we can repeat and repeat and listen and try to dictate to ourselves and pick up the patterns.

However Try Teach your self Arabic It is has a lot to offer insha Allah

May Allah reward those who struggle to seek knowledge and true path for sake and grace of Allah

]]> Comment on Which Arabic dialect do we teach? by anna-k http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-2277 anna-k Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:31:16 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8#comment-2277 Salam alykom! Thank you for your wonderful lessons. They helped me a lot to understand with the arab people i have met! Lately I have finished an arabic basic course,dialect hijazi, and i liked it the most of all :) i would like to hear as well in your audio lessons some hijazi dialect! thank you and wish you best of luck ! fe amanillah Salam alykom!
Thank you for your wonderful lessons. They helped me a lot to understand with the arab people i have met! Lately I have finished an arabic basic course,dialect hijazi, and i liked it the most of all :) i would like to hear as well in your audio lessons some hijazi dialect! thank you and wish you best of luck ! fe amanillah

]]> Comment on Arabic is not difficult by Craig http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-1978 Craig Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:34:38 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=22#comment-1978 I think it very much depends on which variety of Arabic you want to learn as difficulty varies from Modern Standard Arabic and the dialects. However, as a linguist who has studied all romance languages, Greek, Turkish, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Bulgarian, Farsi and Yoruba, I can honestly say that Arabic has been the most difficult language to learn for me. This is due to its many dialects, the vast vocabulary, the complex grammar of switching vowels to change meaning, the lack of vowels when writing in Arabic script etc. Arabic is an extremely difficult language to learn. Of course it is not impossible, but it is a long term investment and requires a lot of time and effort on behalf of the learner. However, if the learner likes a challenge, then Arabic is a good choice for it is like an enormous jigsaw puzzle. I think it very much depends on which variety of Arabic you want to learn as difficulty varies from Modern Standard Arabic and the dialects. However, as a linguist who has studied all romance languages, Greek, Turkish, Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Bulgarian, Farsi and Yoruba, I can honestly say that Arabic has been the most difficult language to learn for me. This is due to its many dialects, the vast vocabulary, the complex grammar of switching vowels to change meaning, the lack of vowels when writing in Arabic script etc. Arabic is an extremely difficult language to learn. Of course it is not impossible, but it is a long term investment and requires a lot of time and effort on behalf of the learner.
However, if the learner likes a challenge, then Arabic is a good choice for it is like an enormous jigsaw puzzle.

]]> Comment on Arabic is not difficult by Umm Isabel http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=22&cpage=1#comment-1317 Umm Isabel Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:26:14 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=22#comment-1317 Ahlan guys! Thanks, first of all, for a fantastic site -- I've been going through the Intermediate lessons and I absolutely love it. Next, I'm so happy to see this clear and well-written defense of Arabic. I'm a non-native speaker with fluent Egyptian Arabic and I'll be teaching and studying MSA this fall. It annoys me when people stress the difficulty of Arabic. Sure, there are tough things about it for native English speakers, but at the same time it's an extremely logical language and the root system is a treasure for students. I hope I can give my own Arabic students a good attitude toward learning this language -- and I'll certainly recommend that they check out your site! Ahlan guys!

Thanks, first of all, for a fantastic site — I’ve been going through the Intermediate lessons and I absolutely love it.

Next, I’m so happy to see this clear and well-written defense of Arabic. I’m a non-native speaker with fluent Egyptian Arabic and I’ll be teaching and studying MSA this fall. It annoys me when people stress the difficulty of Arabic. Sure, there are tough things about it for native English speakers, but at the same time it’s an extremely logical language and the root system is a treasure for students. I hope I can give my own Arabic students a good attitude toward learning this language — and I’ll certainly recommend that they check out your site!

]]> Comment on ArabicPod Dictionary by Shoaib http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-994 Shoaib Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:15:50 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13#comment-994 Thanks for the dictionary ... would it be possible to get a function which could open up the dictionary say for "all words starting with" a given letter? (all words with ا or ب so far ... )? And maybe even let others submit words (translations)? Thanks for the dictionary … would it be possible to get a function which could open up the dictionary say for “all words starting with” a given letter? (all words with ا or ب so far … )? And maybe even let others submit words (translations)?

]]> Comment on Which Arabic dialect do we teach? by Arabicpod: Arabic Learning Podcast | ArabCrunch http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8&cpage=1#comment-866 Arabicpod: Arabic Learning Podcast | ArabCrunch Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:26:15 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=8#comment-866 [...] podcasts teach both Fusha (classical Arabic) and colloquial lessons. However, the colloquial language used is a standard dialect that can be understood everywhere in [...] [...] podcasts teach both Fusha (classical Arabic) and colloquial lessons. However, the colloquial language used is a standard dialect that can be understood everywhere in [...]

]]> Comment on ArabicPod Dictionary by chris http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-863 chris Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:18:57 +0000 http://blog.arabicpod.net/?p=13#comment-863 guys, thanks for this dictionary. do you have plans to add vocabulary to it? that would be really helpful. guys, thanks for this dictionary. do you have plans to add vocabulary to it? that would be really helpful.

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