What should I learn….?

by biscuitinabasket on January 22, 2009

So which should it be?

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*Arabic because I spent 15 years of my childhood around Arabs, and I can’t put together a sentence in the language.

** Spanish because it is possibly easier than French, Italian or German.

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{ 9 comments }

Thrice January 22, 2009 at 4:46 am: Spanish ‘cuz it’s my language!
hfm January 22, 2009 at 5:26 pm: I’ve voted, but whatever you choose- good luck!
Marwa January 22, 2009 at 5:51 pm: I voted arabic only because I am biased. Its not easy, and there are a lot of dialects. -I’m sure you know this – but I would suggest you learn fus’7a. ( traditional) ..it would help to understand the Quran. etc. ( I should really take my own advice! )

Good luck!
biscuitinabasket January 22, 2009 at 8:20 pm: @thrice
It’s MY language!

@hfm
thanks *thumbs up*

@Marwa
Ya, I was wondering about dialects… I want to try and learn conversational first, and then hopefully traditional arabic would be “easier”. Either ways… I want to start next month, but I just can’t decide
falakk January 22, 2009 at 9:07 pm: Arabic. It’s a beautiful language, even though I always say it sucks because it’s so difficult for me to learn. I’ve been learning it for five years at high school and can just about understand a few written sentences, and Im doing a GCSE in it in a few months time.

I’d LOVE to be able to understand and speak it properly. It’d be pretty amazing. And my arabee teacher would be proud.
MaliZOMG January 22, 2009 at 9:49 pm: Take it from me. I’ve been down that road.

Learning Arabic, and not any dialect, the real version called fusha is hard, challenging and a LOT of fun once you start figuring it out. It’s like a cryptic puzzle. And it’s ridiculously beautiful.

Spanish is a REALLY close second though….

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MaliZOMG January 22, 2009 at 9:50 pm: btw fusha is pronouced:

fus – ha

and not:

foosha

(Just being sure!)
outcastrebelchic January 22, 2009 at 10:24 pm: No idea.
Sorry, but i’ve voted.
Personally i’d like to learn both, i did try Chinese for a while but er…dont’ know what happened and i stopped.
So now if i get lost in china i could go around asking anyone whod listen if they knew english, thank them and say hello. And thats about it.
Umm Ibrahim January 24, 2009 at 12:53 pm: Gosh I’d go for the Arabic if there’s an opportunity for it! I studied some at uni to a basic level and really enjoyed it.

Spanish “because it is possibly easier than French, Italian or German” is a funny incentive for taking up a new language!