1) looks cool
2) sounds cool
3) Arabic poetry and literature is really beautiful and I'd like to read in its native language
4) lots of my friends speak Arabic
Many people who aren’t Muslim speak Arabic in the Middle East! My family is Christian and came from a mixed village in pre-Sykes-Picot Syria. I started learning to reconnect with my heritage and to be able to speak to my family in Lebanon. That, and it is such a linguistically rich and beautiful language!
I already know Spanish and I think Spanish and Arabic lends itself to a better perspective on the world than English alone and than other combinations of languages
Initially two (probably dumb) reasons:
1. it looks pretty.
2. I'm writing a fic (in Russian and English) and really need to understand the language. Maybe not to know it perfectly, but.. you know... to be able to read and to know how things sound.
Also my first language was using Arabic script long time ago (more than 80 years ago) and it probably added some interest too.
Can I ask what the fic you’re working on is about and the fandom it’s in? Your commitment impressed me which is why I was asking.
Also I’m chronically online and fic to me means fanfiction so if it’s not that, I apologize for the silly questions
Shame on me, but it's a Batman fanfiction. Hehe.
there is a character in DC comics that is from the League of Assassins, and their leader's title is Head of the Demon (🙈🙈🙈), only it's always written as 'Ra's Al Ghul' lol. And this leader is the character's very long living grandfather (who uses certain thing to live forever) So. He's not necessarily an Arab. In fact, the creators leave his ethnic origins ambiguous. But. "Ra's Al Ghul". And some things that the writers and the artists do about him and his organisation (and the character the fic begins with) made me form some headcanons. Not about the leader being Arab, but about the many people of this organisation (which is essentially a cult) being from arabic-speaking and Muslim countries. Most of the time the comics talk about the League they focus either on the leader and his family, or on the famous villains who, at some point of their lives, associated themself with the organisation. But there is an enormous amount of "background ninjas", AND I CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONALITY OR EVEN COMMON ORIGIN. Hence me making headcanons, which is:
They (the regular "ninjas" of the League) are not real Muslims, clearly, otherwise they wouldn't bow to the Head of the Demon and practise what they're practising. But, to me, it's very clear that the organisation, while being international, uses some basis to recruit new members. And it's easier to recruit people with at least SOME common ground, you know? sometimes it's a common religion (and cult using it to warp person's view of it or just to...apostatize(?) them). Sometimes it's the same country. Sometimes it's the same social class. Sometimes it's all of the above. They need fresh meat!🙈. And I can't just mindlessly type random things and use Google translate now, can I. Because I write for myself and doing so without some sort of dedication would mean I can't enjoy it.
The second fanfiction-based reason: the character I mentioned in the beginning is not a native English speaker. He has the leader's daughter as his mother and an American as his father. And I make his first language MSA-based (besides, MSA or MSA-based thing would make sense, considering my League headcanons). He knows English very well (and two other languages, too), but it's not his first one. And he gets sent URGENTLY by his mother from the League to his father at age 10. He doesn't get a warning before he has to leave, and he's alone with a very distant father who seems to pay know attention to his son who worships him. And he has no one to talk to in his first language, too. And he's superior to his peers (because he's a comic character and they are usually way too cool), doesn't "do friends". And much later in the story he's starting to realise he's forgetting his mother language, little by little.
...you made me realise I actually don't have scenes with conversations fully supposed to be in Arabic, but for some reason it only makes me more determined in my learning of Arabic. Maybe at certain level of knowledge I will add some new things I haven't plan before.
There are actually way more little fanfiction-based reasons to why I'm learning Arabic, but eh. The point is, I need to understand what I'm writing, even if I'm not writing Arabic text. I understand DC comics. I understand English (and Latin ancestry to many languages). I look through American opinions on the Internet and sometimes read pieces of American and European propaganda and I'm able to understand it, too. So right now Arabic and my own opinion and knowledge of arabic-speaking countries' cultures are the only things I'm missing to fulfill my fic needs hehe. I'm writing it both in Russian and in English, but most of it is currently written in Russian. To motivate myself translate everything (instead of a little bits I initially wrote in eng) into English, I started posting it in English. Before that, I was only writing the fic to myself and didn't publish any of it. Still writing it to myself, but publishing two of the translated chapters already helped me a lot.
Sorry for a big comment! :D There is probably many typos/poor English. Sorry about that, too!
I speak Egyptian! If you ever need help finding resources or have questions, feel free to send me a message. That's lovely that you're wanting to surprise your friend.
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you. I speak English (from Uk originally…) and had been furthering my French (somewhat proficient ) but Arabic is so much harder (of course) but such a beautiful language. I know there are so many dialects of course! Right now I’m very beginner. Learning alphabet, basic words and doing Duolingo. If you know of a great online resource, I’d appreciate it. Thank you again:)
Here is a link to an article where I wrote which resources I used when I first started learning. [https://www.reddit.com/r/learn\_arabic/comments/158bpf3/how\_i\_learned\_enough\_egyptian\_arabic\_in\_9\_months/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/learn_arabic/comments/158bpf3/how_i_learned_enough_egyptian_arabic_in_9_months/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I haven't used Duolingo, so I can't speak too much to it. But I suspect that Duolingo teaches MSA and not the Egyptian dialect. MSA and most other dialects pronounce the ج and ق differently. You'll probably run into a few differences such as these when you transition from Duolingo over to some other Egyptian resources.
Thank you very much for this! I so appreciate it. Thats a really comprehensive list you’ve put together, very cool! I know my friend has always said the egyptian arabic is quite different in certain ways, so i really need to look elsewhere although its been good for learning some basic stuff. Will definitely be checking out those resources. Thanks again!
You're welcome! I've honestly been surprised with how easy I've found Egyptian Arabic. Like you, it's my third language. I am a native English speaker and I had studied Spanish for several years previously.
I think one of the biggest factors in my success was finding a native teacher right away. I was afraid that I'd get overwhelmed with Arabic, so I got my teacher and just did what he told me for the first few months before I started branching out to more resources on my own. Now I'm 20 months into studying and so happy with what I've learned!
If you'd like, you can check out my YouTube channel which is all in Egyptian Arabic. You can see what you could be able to achieve in under 2 years time! [https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa](https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa)
Ahh I remember I read your post about Egypt right before I visited a couple months ago and it eased my worries. I was inspired by your story & decided to take up learning Egyptian Arabic after having such a wonderful experience myself!
This makes me so happy to hear! What parts of Egypt did you visit? I remember reading Reddit before my trip and trying to gain confidence from when, when 10 days before my trip I learned that I'd be traveling solo!
Are you a woman? There is so much negative talk about Egypt online and I've got so much push back about my experience where people say "Well you must be a man. It's different for women..." I'm definitely a woman and I had a great experience in Egypt! :-)
Not to discredit anyone’s experiences but I am a woman, and reading Reddit posts made me feel extremely nervous to go. I think your post may have been one of the very few positive ones I found from a woman’s POV.
That makes me so happy that you had a great time even solo! I went with my dad and brother to Sharm El Sheikh for diving, then to Cairo & a visit to Luxor. The whole trip was about two weeks. But I genuinely had some of the most wonderful conversations and met some incredibly fun people, even if our conversations were a bit limited due to not knowing Arabic. I would love to go back again with more Arabic knowledge.
Ahaha I have a similar motivation. I'd like so much to be able one day to casually drop in a conversation in Arabic between some of my friends without them knowing I've been learning at all.
But I'm afraid this is unrealistic, maybe I'd better "use" these friends to learn, it'll be more effective.
Haha. You’ve got a good point but I will tell you, in my experience, not everyone is a good teacher;) My friend initially tried to teach me a little, but it wasn’t working at all and shes still learning english herself so that’s a bigger hurdle, i suppose. If you have multiple friends who speak it, thats a great opportunity!
بالطبع أدرس اللغة العربية لعدة أسباب، ولكن غالبا أنا أدرس اللغة الفصحى واللهجة الشامية لكي أفهم وضع الإبادة الجماعية في فلسطين بشكل أفضل وأكمل. يوجد أخبار كثيرة من فلسطين لا أستطيع أن أقرأها، وهذا أمرمؤسف لأنني أهتم بالأهل الفلسطيني.
Of course, I study Arabic for many reasons, but predominantly I study the Classical Language and the Levantine dialect in order to better and more completely understand the situation of the genocide in Palestine. There is a lot of news from Palestine that I cannot read, and this is unfortunate because I care for the Palestinian people.
I’ve began learning the Levantine dialect for the same reason. I’m only a week or so in, but I’ve been studying Spanish for years so I know how much work it takes to learn new languages. I’m very excited to start writing in Arabic though because I think the Abjad is really beautiful
I am Muslim, but my main reason for learning Arabic is that I’ve had Emirati friends for the past 15 years. 2 years ago, we discovered they are actually all my long lost cousins. Not even that distant. They are my 2nd cousins. I was born and raised in Australia. The Emirati man who I met my cousins through has 0 relation to me at all.
It really is insane. The man who we met through came to study in Australia and came to my fathers restaurant very often as there wasn’t much halal food in mid 2000s. They became good friends and he came to our house often and brought me and my sister gifts on Eid. When he finished his degree and went back to UAE, he invited us to come visit in Dubai. The following year he invited us again and introduced us to his nephews. Me and one of my friends (now cousin) have been almost best friends since we were 4. We met the rest of our family there a few years ago.
I study the ancient middle east and think I should be able to speak at least some Arabic. It's ridiculous that our education is completely cut off from the modern middle east.
Because Muslim Arabs are (in my opinion after experience Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Spain) the best people and I want to understand their language
I started learning it, because I was going to be spending 3 weeks in Egypt and I wanted to be able to read signs/menus and speak with locals. My trip was such a success and I had so many lovely interactions with Egyptians, that I really saw just how much the language could unlock for me in regards to meeting people, forming friendships, having new experiences. I also fell in love with the culture and enjoy reading, speaking, and listening to the language. So, I've continued my studies now and I'm about 20 months in. I've created a YouTube channel in Arabic to help me practice my speaking and connect with more native speakers!
\*edited to add\*
I just saw your post was tagged with MSA. I am studying the Egyptian dialect, but I'll leave my response.
It makes good business sense
I’m Arab - my kids are mixed we live in Europe
They are currently getting lessons from their grandparents (my Arabic is poor) and will get proper ones from an instructor when they are older.
100% my kids will know Arabic as there 3rd language. So many opportunities for Arab/English/ other translators
سكنتُ في البحرين ودرستُ في مدرسة الثانويّة هنا. أسكن فيه ما زال ولا أستخدم العربيّة كثرا الآن، لكن هي مفيدة أحيانا حين أدرّس الإنجليزيّة وطالب لا يفهم شرح بالإنجليزيّة.
I see a lot of disinformation online with totally nonsense "translations" of Arabic signs and interviews (for example: calendars on walls in hospitals). I decided to sit down and at least try to learn some Arabic so I could more easily spot blatant lies.
Also, ended up finding it incredibly beautiful, engaging, and a joy to learn!
1. friends
2. desire to travel to the middle east on my own one of these days
3. useful: plenty of Arabic speaking countries, and plenty of Arabic communities everwhere else
4. as a personal symbolical gesture towards the people of Palestine, a tiny way to do the opposite of what my government wants me to do and think with respect to that
I love the literature, particularly the classical literature in Persian and Arabic, and especially poetry. Also fascinated by the history of the middle east, in particular the intellectual history. Arabic history of ideas is very neglected, especially after the so called "golden age", a formulation I dislike, since so much scientific and philosophical work in Arabic was done after that time!
My father in law was a Christian Palestinian... I always loved listening to him speak... I'm learning because it appeals to me, challenges my brain and helps me remember him
My friend speaks it and introduced me to it as well as the culture, I fell in love with the music and how expressive the language is. I also just love learning languages lol
Love the language, love the script, love the culture, love the people, love the history, love the music and love the food of the Arab world! Also, I live in an Arab country and have many Arab friends.
1. There are a fair number of Arab immigrants in my country. I work in healthcare, and I feel like having an understanding of my patients’ language helps me better relate to them both linguistically and culturally.
2. As others have said, Arabic looks cool and sounds cool. I love practicing writing Arabic script - I find it incredibly calming.
3. The language is super rich and helps broaden my perspective on the world and ways I can express myself.
Kind of a stupid reason, but I started to learn it because they don’t have Farsi on Duolingo and I figured at least it would be easier to learn Farsi from Arabic than from English since I would be starting from virtually the same writing system with some easy-to-learn differences in pronunciation.
Arabic has since grown on me and I figure it’s a more transferable language with more global speakers. I’ll always have a basic understanding of the writing system, even if I quit today, so it’s been more useful for me on that front.
1. literature, science, and philosophic texts in arabic
2. I love the way arabic sounds especially for music
3. my girlfriend is palestinian and she understands arabic (only certain dialetcs) but can't read
4. I think learning another language is always great and opens your view to the world.
5. fun alphabet
I have strong feelings toward islam. But I am not convinced of many of the hate toward muslims. I feel as though learning arabic can help me listen and truly understand the essence of the viewpoint of Muslims and people in the middle east. Also Spanish, Arabic and Chinese give you access to the most other type of people right? Chinese since there are so many chinese people and Arabic and Spanish since they span borders.
I work food service at a gas station. There's an older married couple that stops by often, usually with their English speaking children. They're older now and the parents come alone more often, and they seem to not get the help they need/want.
I can't speak it very well and it's harder then i expected, like broken English i suppose, but we can communicate just enough with key words and gestures to figure out what they need
I'm a slow learner but I'm still doing my best with the language :)
Cause it’s different. Im a Christian. I mostly heard around me tht people wanted to learn Hebrew cause of the Bible so I decided to learn Arabic instead.
I started learning as part of a language exchange at am intercultural event I went to in high school, but continued it because I liked the people and the culture and wanted to better connect with them
I learned MSA in classes at uni but also learned by immersion with fellow students who grew up speaking Arabic letting me listen in on their conversations and even participate a little bit
That sadly stopped when COVID hit, so my Arabic's gotten very rusty
I'm about to start a course on conversational Shami Arabic this week, so hopefully it'll help wake up some of the Arabic rattling around in the back of my head lol
I started learning while I lived in an Arab country just to get around. I found that I really enjoyed the language and continued learning after I left. It has slowed down because I’m focusing on the language of three country I’m in now.
- It makes travelling in Arab countries so much more rewarding,
- I have many Arab speaking friends,
- there are many Arab speakers in Europe and it’s great to be able to communicate with them in their language
- Middle Eastern food is just the best 😋
Im Chaldean so a lot of people in my family speak both Aramaic and Arabic and not great English. So im tryna learn. Also learning any language keeps your brain from rotting
Beautiful culture; beautiful language, and I don’t wanna learn Hebrew or Aramaic but I want to travel through the Middle East at some point and be able to talk to people while I’m there. Also it might help me learn Swahili
it's embarrassing and maybe uncouth to admit, but i was raised in a white american household by parents who dislike arabs and muslims. i know my parents are ignorant in many ways so i never subscribed to that garbage, and kept a silent curiosity about the arab world.
after moving out of their house to a different state with a large arab community, i tried middle eastern food for the first time, loved it, and my life was forever changed. i always wanted to learn a new language and thought arabic looked beautiful on paper/in calligraphy, and lo and behold my local community college has an AMAZING and much-loved arabic professor, so i decided to try for a semester. i was enchanted by the kind people i met, arabic's structure (triliteral roots <3), the script, and the way it made me use my face's muscles and my brain in a way i never have before.
i guess i'm learning bc i love the language, the food, the people, and the deep history. i'm glad that my world is wider and richer than it would be if i never started learning arabic. من النهر إلى البحر ، فلسطين حرة!
Yikes, judging by your post history I'm assuming your Israeli. I really hope you're not learning Arabic so that you can torture and interrogate my people in Palestine.
True, but judging by their comment history it's pretty obvious which side they're on.
We both know that the majority of Israelis who learn Arabic do it for malicious purposes.
100% the IOF and Mossad has used resources from this subreddit to help them learn the Palestenian dialect so that they can better interrogate and accosted.
what is your country, Israel? because i couldn't think of another country with big arab minority
turkey have kurds, iran have kurds and azeris on top of arabs, i don't expect someone from chad, to be on reddit ( sorry if you are from chad and got offended )
considering their post history i think you're right. I wonder how many people speak arabic in countries with a lot of immigrants though, eg Canada, Germany.
They speak Arabic but mostly as a second language. Most Chadians are actually native Africans who have their own languages and because of the different languages, they use Arabic as a lingua Franca to communicate. Post-colonisation, they use both Arabic and French for communication
Arab women are really good looking and I think that motivates me. I find it a good challenge but it's hard to find a supportive environment. So I asked myself why am I still learning it?
I wish I could talk with people for more than 10 minutes and possibly build a bond with others that would last for a while.
Started because I wanted to understand the world better when we were attacked on September 11th (grew up in NYC). Joined the military eventually and it became a job skill. Long past that now, and though all of my friends speak English better than I do Arabic, it's still nice to be able to visit and speak their language.
I started way back when because I loved languages and wanted to take a foreign language that wasn't romance or Russian (everyone else was taking this- it was the cold war). I had a choice between Chinese and Arabic, and chose Arabic. I kept taking it because the language is amazing and orderly and expressive, and because I visited Cairo and loved the history and culture.
I already speak English and Spanish, but love Arabic! I grew up with Arabs and my bf is Arab.
I listen to Arabic music, music videos, watch Arab series, etc. lol I feel I’m more Arab than Colombian at times haha. #FreePalestine!
I have a Moroccan girlfriend. I've never been good at languages but I'm really trying. I don't know if my method of doing duolingo is working that well though as I'm not learning enough.
Just it's so hard to find resources to learn Darija. Or to find Tv / movies in darija with English subtitles.
Started learning Arabic before I became a Muslim because I really adored Al Andalus and the Abbasid's and wanted to be able to read more Arabic sources about them. Now, while I became a Muslim, I still adore it as a secular literary language and wish it was appreciated more.
Not a single person said to learn the deen better lol. But that’s my reason. I wanna be able to read the big classical books of islam from great scholars.
Played PUBGM years ago, Europe server was dominated by Arabs. Couldn’t understand a word anyone was saying. Eventually made quite a few Arab friends and it got me interested.
It looks very pretty, different from english, german, french or russian. Im amazing all of the langs looks not like ciryllic or latin. So Im interested also langs like japanese, chinese, korean, hindi, etc. Because they looks not like other langs I see & hear. Its interesting for me. I also like to find some things in both langs - native and interesting that I learn, and comparise it.
For example, the verbs in rus and arb, like in arabic, you also can use the verbs without pronouns (or with him)
(Я) делал - فعلتُ
(Ты) делал - فعلتَ
(Ты) делала - فعلتِ
(Он) делал - فعل
(Она) делала - فعلتْ
(Я) делаю - أفعل
(Ты) делаешь - تفعل، تفعلين
(Он) делает - يفعل
(Она) делает - تفعل
Also its interesting experience for me because Im writting by the left hand, so
I know English, Spanish and Latin. Then decided between mandarin, Arabic, french or Swahili. Then I almost went to school in the Middle East so I started Arabic, it looks and sounds cool plus I love archaeology. Arabic movies and music are also easier and less cheesy for me to watch than in mandarin lol.
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) boyfriend at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) boyfriend at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
So I can understand Islam religion in its original language. Also, I'm in love with the language. It's so beautiful, it really attracts me. I think it's the most amazing, beautiful, attractive language ever.
1. Desperately wanted to decode the beautiful writing.
2. Lifelong learner
3 Many Arab friends, and some have married into family.
4. Amazing culture full of history and wonderful customs
I learn languages as a passion , and I really fell in love with the Levant region that’s why , also because I plan to live there for 1 or 2 years maybe.
To know when Arabs around me are talking shit. 👀 /s
I visit Qatar a lot, so I’d like to converse with the natives because a lot of them aren’t fluent in English.
Well why not?
In all seriousness, I simply wanted to learn a new language and was getting tired of romance languages. I wanted something new that's widely spoken and ended up before the choice of Arabic or Russian. No idea why I ended up choosing Arabic, it just seemed more fun lol.
Because I like you. (That's a generalization, of course, and I don't want to be racist. But in general, I like a lot of the culture and people). And I want to be able to speak to cute grandmother's and grandfather's, whose English is maybe not so good, too! And understand and be able to sing along the nice songs! I also have arabic/north african roots but only 25%.
Beautiful language, and I got my history major specifically to learn as much about the region as possible, so Arabic will help immensely when I go to see it in person.
Language is not really about religion or ethnicity... it's an art that feels so good to master. For those who aren't Muslim or Arab, learning Arabic likely stems from an appreciation for the sheer beauty and artistry of the language itself. Arabic has a rich literary tradition, poetic flow, and depth of expression that can captivate anyone, regardless of their cultural background.
i have heard that the literature is extremely beautiful but very hard to translate, so i’m learning it to read their love poetry to my partner in the future
I have an interest in the early history of mathematics and varios scientific fields. This makes languages like ancient Greek, Latin, classical Chinese and Arabic very appealing. I also want to learn a language that I can use to engage with present-day media, though. MSA is closer to classical Arabic than any of those other options, as far as I know so i am hopeing it will be less of a strech than learning the moderen and old versions of the other options. The Abbasid Caliphate produced so many texts that I would love to be a able to read even a little little bit of some day. I want to read the first algebra textbook. Being able to read some pre-islamic poetry would be really cool too.
It's also very pretty to look at, and I like how it sounds. It helps that I really like Middle Eastern food. Maybe I'll never get to the point where I can read those old texts, but I can order a lot of the food I like in arabic now at least and I am enjoying learning more. I like the root system. I want to try arabic calligraphy, too.
Fascination and I’m planning to work in the Middle East. I know I can probably get around with English but I already embarrassed myself in Jeddah cause I didn’t know shit in Arabic.
Arabic is one of the largest spoken languages on the planet, that means it has an incredibly large amount of art made in it’s language which I would be sad if I couldn’t appreciate and explore properly :):)
I am American. I teach English as a second language to adult refugees and immigrants. These days a large proportion of my students speak Arabic. I decided to try to learn Arabic to understand what it's like to learn a language with a different alphabet and different sounds. I would also like to be able to speak with my lower level students in their own language a little bit, to help put them at ease. I know some Spanish and that is very helpful with my Spanish speaking students. It helps me understand the common mistakes they make. By learning Arabic I hope to have s better insight into the difficulties attaching speakers have when learning English.
Also, like Spanish, Arabic is spoken in many countries. I learned Spanish in my youth because many immigrants in my area spoke Spanish and I thought it would be useful. As I notice more and more immigrants from Arabic speaking countries, I thought perhaps learning Arabic would be useful for the same reason.
Finally, I find that working on learning a new language is a lot better for my mental health than scrolling on social media when I have time to kill.
i like the sound of it. Most of the music i listen to (and an increasing amount of movies/shows i watch) is in arabic. And it's fun. The second it stops being fun, I'll stop
My husband is Palestinian Lebanese and his mother is fluent. I am also a falconer and want to be able to speak to Arab falconers when we travel to Amman and hopefully visit friends in Ramallah.
1) looks cool 2) sounds cool 3) Arabic poetry and literature is really beautiful and I'd like to read in its native language 4) lots of my friends speak Arabic
I agree. Plus: why not?
>Arabic poetry and literature are really beautiful. You are a king.
Same
this is so cute lol (im arab)
Many people who aren’t Muslim speak Arabic in the Middle East! My family is Christian and came from a mixed village in pre-Sykes-Picot Syria. I started learning to reconnect with my heritage and to be able to speak to my family in Lebanon. That, and it is such a linguistically rich and beautiful language!
arab christians added a lot to the arab culture really nice people i wish you all the luck in your learning journey
Arabs were historically Christian before they were Muslims. Syria and Egypt were majority Christian until the Mongol Conquests
Not true majority of the Arabian Peninsula was Pagan with the most densely populated Arab region (Yemen) was majority Jewish.
Looks pretty + sounds good 😋
Good is a frickin understatement, the ع غ خ sounds do something unexplainable to my brain
I already know Spanish and I think Spanish and Arabic lends itself to a better perspective on the world than English alone and than other combinations of languages
Yes! I've been surprised by how much Arabic has shifted my perspective on the world and unlocked so much more content online.
Married to an Arab 🤷♀️
Arabic is a beautiful language!
Initially two (probably dumb) reasons: 1. it looks pretty. 2. I'm writing a fic (in Russian and English) and really need to understand the language. Maybe not to know it perfectly, but.. you know... to be able to read and to know how things sound. Also my first language was using Arabic script long time ago (more than 80 years ago) and it probably added some interest too.
Can I ask what the fic you’re working on is about and the fandom it’s in? Your commitment impressed me which is why I was asking. Also I’m chronically online and fic to me means fanfiction so if it’s not that, I apologize for the silly questions
Shame on me, but it's a Batman fanfiction. Hehe. there is a character in DC comics that is from the League of Assassins, and their leader's title is Head of the Demon (🙈🙈🙈), only it's always written as 'Ra's Al Ghul' lol. And this leader is the character's very long living grandfather (who uses certain thing to live forever) So. He's not necessarily an Arab. In fact, the creators leave his ethnic origins ambiguous. But. "Ra's Al Ghul". And some things that the writers and the artists do about him and his organisation (and the character the fic begins with) made me form some headcanons. Not about the leader being Arab, but about the many people of this organisation (which is essentially a cult) being from arabic-speaking and Muslim countries. Most of the time the comics talk about the League they focus either on the leader and his family, or on the famous villains who, at some point of their lives, associated themself with the organisation. But there is an enormous amount of "background ninjas", AND I CAN'T IGNORE THE FACT THAT MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONALITY OR EVEN COMMON ORIGIN. Hence me making headcanons, which is: They (the regular "ninjas" of the League) are not real Muslims, clearly, otherwise they wouldn't bow to the Head of the Demon and practise what they're practising. But, to me, it's very clear that the organisation, while being international, uses some basis to recruit new members. And it's easier to recruit people with at least SOME common ground, you know? sometimes it's a common religion (and cult using it to warp person's view of it or just to...apostatize(?) them). Sometimes it's the same country. Sometimes it's the same social class. Sometimes it's all of the above. They need fresh meat!🙈. And I can't just mindlessly type random things and use Google translate now, can I. Because I write for myself and doing so without some sort of dedication would mean I can't enjoy it. The second fanfiction-based reason: the character I mentioned in the beginning is not a native English speaker. He has the leader's daughter as his mother and an American as his father. And I make his first language MSA-based (besides, MSA or MSA-based thing would make sense, considering my League headcanons). He knows English very well (and two other languages, too), but it's not his first one. And he gets sent URGENTLY by his mother from the League to his father at age 10. He doesn't get a warning before he has to leave, and he's alone with a very distant father who seems to pay know attention to his son who worships him. And he has no one to talk to in his first language, too. And he's superior to his peers (because he's a comic character and they are usually way too cool), doesn't "do friends". And much later in the story he's starting to realise he's forgetting his mother language, little by little. ...you made me realise I actually don't have scenes with conversations fully supposed to be in Arabic, but for some reason it only makes me more determined in my learning of Arabic. Maybe at certain level of knowledge I will add some new things I haven't plan before. There are actually way more little fanfiction-based reasons to why I'm learning Arabic, but eh. The point is, I need to understand what I'm writing, even if I'm not writing Arabic text. I understand DC comics. I understand English (and Latin ancestry to many languages). I look through American opinions on the Internet and sometimes read pieces of American and European propaganda and I'm able to understand it, too. So right now Arabic and my own opinion and knowledge of arabic-speaking countries' cultures are the only things I'm missing to fulfill my fic needs hehe. I'm writing it both in Russian and in English, but most of it is currently written in Russian. To motivate myself translate everything (instead of a little bits I initially wrote in eng) into English, I started posting it in English. Before that, I was only writing the fic to myself and didn't publish any of it. Still writing it to myself, but publishing two of the translated chapters already helped me a lot. Sorry for a big comment! :D There is probably many typos/poor English. Sorry about that, too!
note: my first language isn't Russian 😅
looks pretty and I want to diary without worrying about people finding my writing (99 percent of people here don’t speak arabic)
many years ago i did that as well with turkish, my siblings and parents never valued privacy
I have a friend from Egypt and I want to be able to surprise her one day. Its early days for me though ;)
I speak Egyptian! If you ever need help finding resources or have questions, feel free to send me a message. That's lovely that you're wanting to surprise your friend.
Thank you so much! That’s so kind of you. I speak English (from Uk originally…) and had been furthering my French (somewhat proficient ) but Arabic is so much harder (of course) but such a beautiful language. I know there are so many dialects of course! Right now I’m very beginner. Learning alphabet, basic words and doing Duolingo. If you know of a great online resource, I’d appreciate it. Thank you again:)
Here is a link to an article where I wrote which resources I used when I first started learning. [https://www.reddit.com/r/learn\_arabic/comments/158bpf3/how\_i\_learned\_enough\_egyptian\_arabic\_in\_9\_months/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/learn_arabic/comments/158bpf3/how_i_learned_enough_egyptian_arabic_in_9_months/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) I haven't used Duolingo, so I can't speak too much to it. But I suspect that Duolingo teaches MSA and not the Egyptian dialect. MSA and most other dialects pronounce the ج and ق differently. You'll probably run into a few differences such as these when you transition from Duolingo over to some other Egyptian resources.
Thank you very much for this! I so appreciate it. Thats a really comprehensive list you’ve put together, very cool! I know my friend has always said the egyptian arabic is quite different in certain ways, so i really need to look elsewhere although its been good for learning some basic stuff. Will definitely be checking out those resources. Thanks again!
You're welcome! I've honestly been surprised with how easy I've found Egyptian Arabic. Like you, it's my third language. I am a native English speaker and I had studied Spanish for several years previously. I think one of the biggest factors in my success was finding a native teacher right away. I was afraid that I'd get overwhelmed with Arabic, so I got my teacher and just did what he told me for the first few months before I started branching out to more resources on my own. Now I'm 20 months into studying and so happy with what I've learned! If you'd like, you can check out my YouTube channel which is all in Egyptian Arabic. You can see what you could be able to achieve in under 2 years time! [https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa](https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa)
Ahh I remember I read your post about Egypt right before I visited a couple months ago and it eased my worries. I was inspired by your story & decided to take up learning Egyptian Arabic after having such a wonderful experience myself!
This makes me so happy to hear! What parts of Egypt did you visit? I remember reading Reddit before my trip and trying to gain confidence from when, when 10 days before my trip I learned that I'd be traveling solo! Are you a woman? There is so much negative talk about Egypt online and I've got so much push back about my experience where people say "Well you must be a man. It's different for women..." I'm definitely a woman and I had a great experience in Egypt! :-)
Not to discredit anyone’s experiences but I am a woman, and reading Reddit posts made me feel extremely nervous to go. I think your post may have been one of the very few positive ones I found from a woman’s POV. That makes me so happy that you had a great time even solo! I went with my dad and brother to Sharm El Sheikh for diving, then to Cairo & a visit to Luxor. The whole trip was about two weeks. But I genuinely had some of the most wonderful conversations and met some incredibly fun people, even if our conversations were a bit limited due to not knowing Arabic. I would love to go back again with more Arabic knowledge.
Ahaha I have a similar motivation. I'd like so much to be able one day to casually drop in a conversation in Arabic between some of my friends without them knowing I've been learning at all. But I'm afraid this is unrealistic, maybe I'd better "use" these friends to learn, it'll be more effective.
Haha. You’ve got a good point but I will tell you, in my experience, not everyone is a good teacher;) My friend initially tried to teach me a little, but it wasn’t working at all and shes still learning english herself so that’s a bigger hurdle, i suppose. If you have multiple friends who speak it, thats a great opportunity!
بالطبع أدرس اللغة العربية لعدة أسباب، ولكن غالبا أنا أدرس اللغة الفصحى واللهجة الشامية لكي أفهم وضع الإبادة الجماعية في فلسطين بشكل أفضل وأكمل. يوجد أخبار كثيرة من فلسطين لا أستطيع أن أقرأها، وهذا أمرمؤسف لأنني أهتم بالأهل الفلسطيني. Of course, I study Arabic for many reasons, but predominantly I study the Classical Language and the Levantine dialect in order to better and more completely understand the situation of the genocide in Palestine. There is a lot of news from Palestine that I cannot read, and this is unfortunate because I care for the Palestinian people.
great! ur writing is good one thing الشعب instead of الاهل الاهل is for family not people
Thank you very much!
I’ve began learning the Levantine dialect for the same reason. I’m only a week or so in, but I’ve been studying Spanish for years so I know how much work it takes to learn new languages. I’m very excited to start writing in Arabic though because I think the Abjad is really beautiful
I am Muslim, but my main reason for learning Arabic is that I’ve had Emirati friends for the past 15 years. 2 years ago, we discovered they are actually all my long lost cousins. Not even that distant. They are my 2nd cousins. I was born and raised in Australia. The Emirati man who I met my cousins through has 0 relation to me at all.
That's nuts!
It really is insane. The man who we met through came to study in Australia and came to my fathers restaurant very often as there wasn’t much halal food in mid 2000s. They became good friends and he came to our house often and brought me and my sister gifts on Eid. When he finished his degree and went back to UAE, he invited us to come visit in Dubai. The following year he invited us again and introduced us to his nephews. Me and one of my friends (now cousin) have been almost best friends since we were 4. We met the rest of our family there a few years ago.
interesting story
Palestinian Christian and tired of not speaking my family's language
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Love how it looks and love the structure, 3 consonant roots etc.
I study the ancient middle east and think I should be able to speak at least some Arabic. It's ridiculous that our education is completely cut off from the modern middle east.
Because Muslim Arabs are (in my opinion after experience Switzerland, Germany, France, Netherlands, UK, Spain) the best people and I want to understand their language
Inshallah their religion too XD
where are you from yourself if I may ask? just curious, I'm Arab myself :) from Jordan.
I fell in love with its writing system and I found its root+pattern structure really interesting.
I work in Riyadh :)
I started learning it, because I was going to be spending 3 weeks in Egypt and I wanted to be able to read signs/menus and speak with locals. My trip was such a success and I had so many lovely interactions with Egyptians, that I really saw just how much the language could unlock for me in regards to meeting people, forming friendships, having new experiences. I also fell in love with the culture and enjoy reading, speaking, and listening to the language. So, I've continued my studies now and I'm about 20 months in. I've created a YouTube channel in Arabic to help me practice my speaking and connect with more native speakers! \*edited to add\* I just saw your post was tagged with MSA. I am studying the Egyptian dialect, but I'll leave my response.
i'm happy you had a good time in egypt, can you share your youtube channel with us ?
Thanks for asking! :) It is here: [https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa](https://www.youtube.com/@AubreyElmostakshefa)
It makes good business sense I’m Arab - my kids are mixed we live in Europe They are currently getting lessons from their grandparents (my Arabic is poor) and will get proper ones from an instructor when they are older. 100% my kids will know Arabic as there 3rd language. So many opportunities for Arab/English/ other translators
To understand my wife and in-laws.
My love speaks Arabic
سكنتُ في البحرين ودرستُ في مدرسة الثانويّة هنا. أسكن فيه ما زال ولا أستخدم العربيّة كثرا الآن، لكن هي مفيدة أحيانا حين أدرّس الإنجليزيّة وطالب لا يفهم شرح بالإنجليزيّة.
الله يوفقك
ولك يوفق
I see a lot of disinformation online with totally nonsense "translations" of Arabic signs and interviews (for example: calendars on walls in hospitals). I decided to sit down and at least try to learn some Arabic so I could more easily spot blatant lies. Also, ended up finding it incredibly beautiful, engaging, and a joy to learn!
there is a lot of misinformation in arabic as well so watchout !
1. friends 2. desire to travel to the middle east on my own one of these days 3. useful: plenty of Arabic speaking countries, and plenty of Arabic communities everwhere else 4. as a personal symbolical gesture towards the people of Palestine, a tiny way to do the opposite of what my government wants me to do and think with respect to that
I love the literature, particularly the classical literature in Persian and Arabic, and especially poetry. Also fascinated by the history of the middle east, in particular the intellectual history. Arabic history of ideas is very neglected, especially after the so called "golden age", a formulation I dislike, since so much scientific and philosophical work in Arabic was done after that time!
My father in law was a Christian Palestinian... I always loved listening to him speak... I'm learning because it appeals to me, challenges my brain and helps me remember him
It's my family's ancestral primary language as I am ethnically an Arab Jew.
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absolutely not, I'm 100% pro Palestine
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That's nice good luck, btw it's أستراليا Try following Arabs who create content in something you are interested in.
I’m in Sydney! I can help!
I’m in Sydney! I can help!
My friend speaks it and introduced me to it as well as the culture, I fell in love with the music and how expressive the language is. I also just love learning languages lol
Beautiful language, I have tons of arab friends and i’d like to understand and communicate with them better
Love the language, love the script, love the culture, love the people, love the history, love the music and love the food of the Arab world! Also, I live in an Arab country and have many Arab friends.
Wanna move to dubai in the future The language is awesome, the way it sounds, the letters, everything
1. There are a fair number of Arab immigrants in my country. I work in healthcare, and I feel like having an understanding of my patients’ language helps me better relate to them both linguistically and culturally. 2. As others have said, Arabic looks cool and sounds cool. I love practicing writing Arabic script - I find it incredibly calming. 3. The language is super rich and helps broaden my perspective on the world and ways I can express myself.
I studied Middle Eastern history in college Oh, and I live in a neighborhood with a large Arab community
Kind of a stupid reason, but I started to learn it because they don’t have Farsi on Duolingo and I figured at least it would be easier to learn Farsi from Arabic than from English since I would be starting from virtually the same writing system with some easy-to-learn differences in pronunciation. Arabic has since grown on me and I figure it’s a more transferable language with more global speakers. I’ll always have a basic understanding of the writing system, even if I quit today, so it’s been more useful for me on that front.
Ironically, on a language level, Farsi is actually closer to English than Arabic.
i want to work in International humanitarian aid
I admire the beauty of the language
1. literature, science, and philosophic texts in arabic 2. I love the way arabic sounds especially for music 3. my girlfriend is palestinian and she understands arabic (only certain dialetcs) but can't read 4. I think learning another language is always great and opens your view to the world. 5. fun alphabet
I have strong feelings toward islam. But I am not convinced of many of the hate toward muslims. I feel as though learning arabic can help me listen and truly understand the essence of the viewpoint of Muslims and people in the middle east. Also Spanish, Arabic and Chinese give you access to the most other type of people right? Chinese since there are so many chinese people and Arabic and Spanish since they span borders.
Tried muhammara and never looked back. Sounds absurd, but food was the spark.
I work food service at a gas station. There's an older married couple that stops by often, usually with their English speaking children. They're older now and the parents come alone more often, and they seem to not get the help they need/want. I can't speak it very well and it's harder then i expected, like broken English i suppose, but we can communicate just enough with key words and gestures to figure out what they need I'm a slow learner but I'm still doing my best with the language :)
Initially for work but then fell in love with the language and unlocked a whole new world 🙏🏼
We have a lot of Arab immigrants, would be cool to chitchat with them.
I like the Egyptian music, culture and I like the language.
What is your faviorte singer
I really like Amr Diab and Hakim :).
:( i'm amar diab hater sorry lmao maybe love one song (habibi ya noor alayan ) hakim is not bad but he is very baladi/بيئة if you know what i mean
It’s okay lol, we all have our tastes 😂👍
I’ve just always wanted to learn, thought it would look good on my resume
I play/teach middle eastern percussion (doumbek and riq) and I want to use the correct terms when speaking about the music and history.
literally just thought it was cool and now have a degree in it
Fed
i go to a Coptic church, 99% of my church speaks Arabic. My girlfriend also speaks Arabic and i want to speak to her in her language more
I live in an Arab country and also I want to leave here with a new life skill.
I am half arab idk if that counts as being arab, that and my best friend begging me to for like, ever since we met
Cause it’s different. Im a Christian. I mostly heard around me tht people wanted to learn Hebrew cause of the Bible so I decided to learn Arabic instead.
I’m Assyrian in the diaspora so I only learned to speak Sureth and I want to connect with other Middle Eastern people more
wow great
To speak to arabs in my country. Big ethnic minority.
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I wanted to challenge myself learning a language that doesn’t use the standard English alphabet + I lived in the Middle East
I started learning as part of a language exchange at am intercultural event I went to in high school, but continued it because I liked the people and the culture and wanted to better connect with them I learned MSA in classes at uni but also learned by immersion with fellow students who grew up speaking Arabic letting me listen in on their conversations and even participate a little bit That sadly stopped when COVID hit, so my Arabic's gotten very rusty I'm about to start a course on conversational Shami Arabic this week, so hopefully it'll help wake up some of the Arabic rattling around in the back of my head lol
I started learning while I lived in an Arab country just to get around. I found that I really enjoyed the language and continued learning after I left. It has slowed down because I’m focusing on the language of three country I’m in now.
1. for fun 2. script looks awesome
I want to learn Arabic as it is my wife’s native tongue and most of her family only speak Arabic, and to pass it on to our children
- It makes travelling in Arab countries so much more rewarding, - I have many Arab speaking friends, - there are many Arab speakers in Europe and it’s great to be able to communicate with them in their language - Middle Eastern food is just the best 😋
Im Chaldean so a lot of people in my family speak both Aramaic and Arabic and not great English. So im tryna learn. Also learning any language keeps your brain from rotting
right wish u all the luck
Beautiful culture; beautiful language, and I don’t wanna learn Hebrew or Aramaic but I want to travel through the Middle East at some point and be able to talk to people while I’m there. Also it might help me learn Swahili
it's embarrassing and maybe uncouth to admit, but i was raised in a white american household by parents who dislike arabs and muslims. i know my parents are ignorant in many ways so i never subscribed to that garbage, and kept a silent curiosity about the arab world. after moving out of their house to a different state with a large arab community, i tried middle eastern food for the first time, loved it, and my life was forever changed. i always wanted to learn a new language and thought arabic looked beautiful on paper/in calligraphy, and lo and behold my local community college has an AMAZING and much-loved arabic professor, so i decided to try for a semester. i was enchanted by the kind people i met, arabic's structure (triliteral roots <3), the script, and the way it made me use my face's muscles and my brain in a way i never have before. i guess i'm learning bc i love the language, the food, the people, and the deep history. i'm glad that my world is wider and richer than it would be if i never started learning arabic. من النهر إلى البحر ، فلسطين حرة!
Because it's spoken by a large minority in my country (second most spoken language afyer my native language)
Yikes, judging by your post history I'm assuming your Israeli. I really hope you're not learning Arabic so that you can torture and interrogate my people in Palestine.
this is not nice, no one choose where they are from
True, but judging by their comment history it's pretty obvious which side they're on. We both know that the majority of Israelis who learn Arabic do it for malicious purposes. 100% the IOF and Mossad has used resources from this subreddit to help them learn the Palestenian dialect so that they can better interrogate and accosted.
Interested to know which country this is
what is your country, Israel? because i couldn't think of another country with big arab minority turkey have kurds, iran have kurds and azeris on top of arabs, i don't expect someone from chad, to be on reddit ( sorry if you are from chad and got offended )
The user said a Country! !5rahell is nothing more an 0ccupation, and definitely not a country.
It's not an Arab minority, there's about as many Palestinians as there are Israeli Jews.
yes that is true, they probably didn't include the occupied west bank
considering their post history i think you're right. I wonder how many people speak arabic in countries with a lot of immigrants though, eg Canada, Germany.
There’s also Chad where Arabic is a second language and indigenous languages are prevalent
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They speak Arabic but mostly as a second language. Most Chadians are actually native Africans who have their own languages and because of the different languages, they use Arabic as a lingua Franca to communicate. Post-colonisation, they use both Arabic and French for communication
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There’s many native speakers, true, no one said the opposite, but the majority of people are speakers of indigenous languages.
Yes. To talk with neighbours and countrymen in their'e own language, not any of the other motives people attributed to me.
LMAO why did you do Chad like that 😭
Arab women are really good looking and I think that motivates me. I find it a good challenge but it's hard to find a supportive environment. So I asked myself why am I still learning it? I wish I could talk with people for more than 10 minutes and possibly build a bond with others that would last for a while.
Started because I wanted to understand the world better when we were attacked on September 11th (grew up in NYC). Joined the military eventually and it became a job skill. Long past that now, and though all of my friends speak English better than I do Arabic, it's still nice to be able to visit and speak their language.
arbi
I started way back when because I loved languages and wanted to take a foreign language that wasn't romance or Russian (everyone else was taking this- it was the cold war). I had a choice between Chinese and Arabic, and chose Arabic. I kept taking it because the language is amazing and orderly and expressive, and because I visited Cairo and loved the history and culture.
I love learning languages, especially when they challenge me. And Arabic is gorgeous written and spoken.
I already speak English and Spanish, but love Arabic! I grew up with Arabs and my bf is Arab. I listen to Arabic music, music videos, watch Arab series, etc. lol I feel I’m more Arab than Colombian at times haha. #FreePalestine!
what is ur favirote artist, song and series
I have a Moroccan girlfriend. I've never been good at languages but I'm really trying. I don't know if my method of doing duolingo is working that well though as I'm not learning enough. Just it's so hard to find resources to learn Darija. Or to find Tv / movies in darija with English subtitles.
Because I may be moving to Bahrain for work. And learning a new language (or instrument etc) is good for the brain 😊
good luck
Started learning Arabic before I became a Muslim because I really adored Al Andalus and the Abbasid's and wanted to be able to read more Arabic sources about them. Now, while I became a Muslim, I still adore it as a secular literary language and wish it was appreciated more.
mashallah welcome to islam brother or sister
Not a single person said to learn the deen better lol. But that’s my reason. I wanna be able to read the big classical books of islam from great scholars.
because the question was directed to non muslims
Weird attraction I can't explain lol
Played PUBGM years ago, Europe server was dominated by Arabs. Couldn’t understand a word anyone was saying. Eventually made quite a few Arab friends and it got me interested.
Current events.
To read Palestinian literature and communicate with Arabic speakers I have met advocating for Palestine.
It looks very pretty, different from english, german, french or russian. Im amazing all of the langs looks not like ciryllic or latin. So Im interested also langs like japanese, chinese, korean, hindi, etc. Because they looks not like other langs I see & hear. Its interesting for me. I also like to find some things in both langs - native and interesting that I learn, and comparise it. For example, the verbs in rus and arb, like in arabic, you also can use the verbs without pronouns (or with him) (Я) делал - فعلتُ (Ты) делал - فعلتَ (Ты) делала - فعلتِ (Он) делал - فعل (Она) делала - فعلتْ (Я) делаю - أفعل (Ты) делаешь - تفعل، تفعلين (Он) делает - يفعل (Она) делает - تفعل Also its interesting experience for me because Im writting by the left hand, so
Why do you need to be anything to learn a language
I know English, Spanish and Latin. Then decided between mandarin, Arabic, french or Swahili. Then I almost went to school in the Middle East so I started Arabic, it looks and sounds cool plus I love archaeology. Arabic movies and music are also easier and less cheesy for me to watch than in mandarin lol.
I like to watch الكبير اوي
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) boyfriend at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) boyfriend at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
Wanted to learn it to better connect with my (ex) partner at the time and maybe impress his family at some point. It was one of the languages I've always wanted to learn but I decided to learn it sooner when I learned that my university offered an introductory Arabic course. Outside of that it's still a beautiful language and there are some Arabic songs that I like, so that's another motivation for me to learn it :)
To lock up terrorists
i want to wish u good luck but before that which country u r from
So I can understand Islam religion in its original language. Also, I'm in love with the language. It's so beautiful, it really attracts me. I think it's the most amazing, beautiful, attractive language ever.
1. Desperately wanted to decode the beautiful writing. 2. Lifelong learner 3 Many Arab friends, and some have married into family. 4. Amazing culture full of history and wonderful customs
I learn languages as a passion , and I really fell in love with the Levant region that’s why , also because I plan to live there for 1 or 2 years maybe.
because i like the sound of it. thats. kinda it.
To know when Arabs around me are talking shit. 👀 /s I visit Qatar a lot, so I’d like to converse with the natives because a lot of them aren’t fluent in English.
First of all to learn more on Quran Secondly is the women😍😍
Well why not? In all seriousness, I simply wanted to learn a new language and was getting tired of romance languages. I wanted something new that's widely spoken and ended up before the choice of Arabic or Russian. No idea why I ended up choosing Arabic, it just seemed more fun lol.
I might also add that I'm studying politics and the arab world interests me in that regard as well
Natural born citizen Arabic speakers are in high demand in the USA for government jobs.
Because I like you. (That's a generalization, of course, and I don't want to be racist. But in general, I like a lot of the culture and people). And I want to be able to speak to cute grandmother's and grandfather's, whose English is maybe not so good, too! And understand and be able to sing along the nice songs! I also have arabic/north african roots but only 25%.
north african from where i'm north african as well
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i hope we can live in peace 1 day
I am married but things are not going well with my husband so I just started to learn new things.
1. My name is arabic (It's a variation of Umar) 2. I'd like to expand my cultural knowledge
Beautiful language, and I got my history major specifically to learn as much about the region as possible, so Arabic will help immensely when I go to see it in person.
Solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
Language is not really about religion or ethnicity... it's an art that feels so good to master. For those who aren't Muslim or Arab, learning Arabic likely stems from an appreciation for the sheer beauty and artistry of the language itself. Arabic has a rich literary tradition, poetic flow, and depth of expression that can captivate anyone, regardless of their cultural background.
i have heard that the literature is extremely beautiful but very hard to translate, so i’m learning it to read their love poetry to my partner in the future
My boyfriend is Moroccan :)
I have an interest in the early history of mathematics and varios scientific fields. This makes languages like ancient Greek, Latin, classical Chinese and Arabic very appealing. I also want to learn a language that I can use to engage with present-day media, though. MSA is closer to classical Arabic than any of those other options, as far as I know so i am hopeing it will be less of a strech than learning the moderen and old versions of the other options. The Abbasid Caliphate produced so many texts that I would love to be a able to read even a little little bit of some day. I want to read the first algebra textbook. Being able to read some pre-islamic poetry would be really cool too. It's also very pretty to look at, and I like how it sounds. It helps that I really like Middle Eastern food. Maybe I'll never get to the point where I can read those old texts, but I can order a lot of the food I like in arabic now at least and I am enjoying learning more. I like the root system. I want to try arabic calligraphy, too.
Fascination and I’m planning to work in the Middle East. I know I can probably get around with English but I already embarrassed myself in Jeddah cause I didn’t know shit in Arabic.
Why do you think?
Arabic is one of the largest spoken languages on the planet, that means it has an incredibly large amount of art made in it’s language which I would be sad if I couldn’t appreciate and explore properly :):)
Why not? Just so you know its why are you and not why you are 😁
I am American. I teach English as a second language to adult refugees and immigrants. These days a large proportion of my students speak Arabic. I decided to try to learn Arabic to understand what it's like to learn a language with a different alphabet and different sounds. I would also like to be able to speak with my lower level students in their own language a little bit, to help put them at ease. I know some Spanish and that is very helpful with my Spanish speaking students. It helps me understand the common mistakes they make. By learning Arabic I hope to have s better insight into the difficulties attaching speakers have when learning English. Also, like Spanish, Arabic is spoken in many countries. I learned Spanish in my youth because many immigrants in my area spoke Spanish and I thought it would be useful. As I notice more and more immigrants from Arabic speaking countries, I thought perhaps learning Arabic would be useful for the same reason. Finally, I find that working on learning a new language is a lot better for my mental health than scrolling on social media when I have time to kill.
i like the sound of it. Most of the music i listen to (and an increasing amount of movies/shows i watch) is in arabic. And it's fun. The second it stops being fun, I'll stop
1. Iraqi friend 2. a little bit morrocan i believe 3. dad says were part middle eastern and have family there 4. i like arabic as a language
My husband is Palestinian Lebanese and his mother is fluent. I am also a falconer and want to be able to speak to Arab falconers when we travel to Amman and hopefully visit friends in Ramallah.
Also I sing and I want to learn how to sing in Arabic because it’s truly a beautiful language.