Comments on: Learn Arabic! Why?

By: MOawaheeed

MOawaheeed — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:51:50 +0000

thank you this is very nice site

By: farhadalishah

farhadalishah — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:05:23 +0000

Hello I am Sha!
Assalam-o-Alaikum!
I really like & love the arabic as a “Language”.
The impression I got immediately after I
completed MA English was that I should have
studied “Arabic”.
I have grown a strong passion and attachment
for Arabic and the Arabs. How much it can last?
This is what i don’t know nor am much sure about
but if your gals and guys out there help me, my
love might become fruitful for me.
Why do i like and love arabic and the Arabs?
This is sort of expansive questions.
I only know that Arabic is soft, smooth
and melodius.
The Arabs are loving, sincere and sobre.
Well, what I don’t know is if they are
lovers of their language too or not.
I aspire to someday talk fluently in arabic.
Talk to my friends. But can i attract Arabic
-speakers to my self by speaking their lang-
uage is yet another thing to be experienced
still.
Arabic is the language of the Muslims but i do
believe ALLAH will hear and help me even when
i speak my mother tongue to ask him. I am
sensitive to the degree that if i like something
just for the sake of some good and great point
in it and I am not answered positively…. I
really begin to hate that thing. Well i don’t
know why should i do it but still here i am to
do it. I like to chat, sing, speak, think, write
and argue in Arabic. I have no intention to
visit an Arabic speaking country as yet but
can it be helpful enough in learning a language to
personally visit the country where it is spoken?
Because we have been in this country of ours for
since our birth but still we haven’t got command
and control over the national language spoken
here. Does it go to say that it doesn’t matter
a lot to visit a country for the solitary purpose
of learning a language spoken there? I like the
h sound of Arabic and also I like it for not
having the clattering sounds of t,d etc. I
want to have good really good arabic language
friends. I can teach you English “only and only
if you think you need it”. I should thank you
in advance if you think my love for Arabic and
the Arab is something valuable.
With best regards it is farhad (underscore)
alishah (at) yahoo (dot) com
my cell number is zerozeroninetwothreeonetwo
fivezerotwozeroeighteighteight
Wassalam-o-Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah!
( I shall be really anxiously waiting for
the language friend of my dreams.
How can i say in Arabic
“The lover and Admirer of Arabic as a Language”
Bubye thanks

By: Bagheri10

Bagheri10 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:27:55 +0000

I can exchange arabic & english
if you would , add me in your messenger (Bagheri10@hotmail.com) or
Skype (Teacher106) or (Teacher).

good bye

By: jamil

jamil — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:39:26 +0000

i dont know where you found me !!!
but im learning arabic no intermediate.
im speaking and i i learnt it from my friends and a book from syria,
(www.syrian-colloquial.com) i want to have aarab friends for improving.
im iranian, (i dont know what do you think about iran)and i can help you for learning farsi or persian. bye bye

By: Hisham

Hisham — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:57:47 +0000

Thank you Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù‡Ø§Ø¬Ø± for yor comment, I find it very usefull for those who dont have Arbaic keyboard.

By: Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù‡Ø§Ø¬Ø±

Ø§Ù„Ù…Ù‡Ø§Ø¬Ø± — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:53:56 +0000

Hi all,

This post caught my attention because of my interest in Arabic language tools. I would like to tell you about a project that I have been recently involved with. It is a new way to write Arabic without having access to an Arabic keyboard. I find Arabic to be a beautiful language and I love Arabic poetry. But I find typing Arabic or searching for Arabic resources on the Internet very frustrating since I am not proficient with the Arabic keyboard. I know many friends who share my same experiences and frustrations.

The software eiktub replaces Latin script by its Arabic phonetic equivalent in a smart manner such that the Arabic script is deducible from the English transliteration unambiguously and without necessarily understanding the meaning of the Arabic text. The software is free and can be downloaded from http://www.eiktub.com

This software is so simple to use yet has enough sophistication such that you can write Qureaanic verses using the Othmanic script as shown in the example here http://www.eiktub.com/screen_shot.html

For example, thus is how you write the following verse of Al-mutannabbi:

Ù…Ø§ ÙƒÙ„ Ù…Ø§ ÙŠØªÙ…Ù†Ù‰ Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø±Ø¡ ÙŠØ¯Ø±ÙƒÙ‡ ØªØ¬Ø±ÙŠ Ø§Ù„Ø±ÙŠØ§Ø Ø¨Ù…Ø§ Ù„Ø§ ØªØ´ØªÙ‡ÙŠ Ø§Ù„Ø³ÙÙ†

maa kullu maa yatamannaaa Al-mareu yudrikuhu
tajrii Al-riyaaH bimaa laa taxtahii Al-sufunu

There is also a Lite version of the software (does not support vowelization i.e. Tashkeel) that can be tested at http://www.eiktub.com/online.html with no need for any download or installation.

In addition the same concept can be used to search the Arabic web using the Google search engine as demonstrated at search.eiktub.com

I hope you find these three tools useful.

By: Zeynab

Zeynab — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:38:29 +0000

Salaam!
Including Iran on the list of “arab speaking countries” is inaccurate. The official language of Iran is Farsi (persian). Though Iran has an arab population, it’s a minority and most of these arabs speak Farsi.

By: kimmy

kimmy — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:21:53 +0000

I don’t understand one word in Arabic.
I enjoy in the sound of the spoken language.
I enjoy in listening of all languishes.
My home languish is weird an guttural.
This is why I love listening to all languishes.
My gibberish means something to my people. Your gibberish means something to your people.
I love the fact that sounds that some people can’t make is part of a conversation.
Their are all music to my ears.

By: jamil

jamil — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:47:05 +0000

i have interested to colloquial arabic

By: fatima

fatima — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:13:56 +0000

Kimmy

I agree with you , I love Arabic too , in fact when i hear it (especially the accent Of the shaam , i go very weak) i never cared about arabic before when i was young, i used to find French cool but now that i got older (late 40s ) Arabic oomes first .

I speak French better than i speak Arabic(unfortunately) but i do love Arabic even it is stagnating among other languages .

By: Haitham

Haitham — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:42:40 +0000

Nicholas,

Sabbah didn’t claim, but Encarta Encyclopedia!
http://encarta.msn.com/media_701500404/Languages_Spoken_by_More_Than_10_Million_People.html

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:38:46 +0000

Your claim of those who speak english, or all of the languages you listed for that matter, are wrong and do not reflect the substantial number of people who speak English, Arabic, Chinese, etc… as a first, second, or third language. Actually, according to Encarta “English is spoken in more parts of the world than any other language and by more people than any other language except Chinese.”
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761564210/English_Language.html
Of course, this is notwithstanding the reasons why English is such a commonly spoken language: U.S. imperialism, global trade and commerce, which has led to the sharp rise of an increasingly global capitalist system, in which America is a major participant… just to name a few. Anyway, as I normally find your blog to be quite accurate and very informative, I felt it necessary to correct this error.
-Thanks

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:51:42 +0000

“Arabic leads shift in college language studies” (US)

The study of Arabic, in particular, has skyrocketed by more than 300 percent in the past decade – more than four times the pace of its closest competitor, Chinese. more: http://www.mercurynews.com/education/ci_7457626?nclick_check=1

Immerse yourself in the Arabic language in an Arab country and you will find something beautiful, not only a language, but a way of thinking which is the key to understanding a culture. Stay long enough, and it will become a part of you——-for no matter what “language” we speak, we are all one on this planet, and by learning Arabic, living in an Arab country, you WILL come to know this.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:11:44 +0000

Did they just add up the populations of any country where it’s spoken at all? There’s a bunch of these rankings; Arabic usually ranks 4th or 5th:
http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm

By: Felipe

Felipe — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:50:56 +0000

Well, I’m from Brazil and I am studying Arabic for more than a year now.
My great grandparents, from my mother’s family, were Lebanese. But, along the time, they lost their Arabic culture. Today, the Lebanese/Arabic culture in my house is basically limited to some traditional recipes, like mijadra and taboule.

Then I have two reason to learn Arabic, a personal and an intellectual reason: I want to bring back some arabic culture to my family and I want to learn a new language to read books and magazines unavailable in Portuguese or English.

I think this problem is related to economic power. For example, some decades ago, French was the most used language in international affairs, because France was a powerful and influent nation. Today, English is the most used language in this case, because USA is the “major player” now.