You guys... this journey has changed MY LIFE. I was super sad, COVID blues, and decided to flip the energetic soil and start learning Arabic. It worked. Subscribe to see more updates bit.ly/2r8fRns! Resources: Get a free 7 day trial of Pimsleur: bit.ly/3cJVoe9 Find a teacher on iTalki and get $10 off your first hour 🤑: go.italki.com/jofranco
I am impressed. Sometimes just leaving on something on TV or radio in the language you're learning while you sleep works too. I'm not fluent in Arabic or anything like that but I do feel you have a special accent when you say "ma fi mushkillah" and other phrases. Don't let yourself down. You know you got this, Johanna.
So when Arabic speakers say "I'm doing well" they always say "el hamdulilah" , as in Thank God? I admire this so much, it is such a humble way to express gratitude
I’m egyptian so i’m a native speaker , i never thought someone would actually notice and appreciate that, even when we speak and say it everyday it’s out of habit and embedded in the language that we forget we’re actually expressing gratitude so thank you for reminding me ♥️
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choosing the Egyptian dialect is actually really smart, it's one of the easiest to understand for us other Arabic dialects speakers thanks to Egyptian cinema, and also because it's the closest to the MSA. The downside is that u may find other dialects hard to understand (especially maghrib dialects). Keep it up!
Maybe I'm wrong but if I remember correctly, Levantine Arabic is actually closest to MSA and not Egyptian. And if it's not Levantine, I still don't think it's Egyptian. Out of all the answers I've seen to which dialect is closest to MSA, Egyptian hasn't come up once.
Egyptian dialect isn't actually the closest to MSA nor is the Levantine, the closest I would say is the Najdi dialect (Riyadh) in Saudi Arabia, but for non Arabic speakers I think the easiest dialects are Egyptian and Levantine, first cuz they don't pronounce some of the difficult letters like 8 (ق) for example they use A (ا) instead and also cuz of the many resources, Songs, Drama, TV shows where compared to other Arabic countries they are the best, BTW I'm from Saudi Arabia
@@عزامالعتيبي-ح6ض Assalamualaikum. I am from India, came to Saudi Arabia on work visa. I have little idea about Arabic, can read a little. Unable to speak apart from 2-3 sentences. Which dialect should I choose to learn? I will be living in Saudi Arabia only most of the time. I have been told it would be impossible for me to perfect Arabic. Is it true? Could you please help me?
@@mohdghani7171 Wa Alaykom Alsalam, Since you're in Saudi Arabia I would say learn Saudi dialect definitely, and for the perfection of Arabic it's very difficult to be perfect at any language other than your own not just Arabic, but with determination you will be able to speak it fluently inshallah.
I'm a native Egyptian and I can confirm what Ahmed was saying: da ginan, masha2allah! Your accent is on point, and the method is sick. Thanks for sharing :)
@Errorist I am half Moroccan and I agree , Definitely Lebanese is a romantic "language" dialect for me , it's like the Italian and Greek and France to me , and Lebanese followed with Egyptian . They are honey to my ears , next to the Northern Moroccan dialects that are not ad famous as the tepical hard Moroccan dialets from the capital and big cities around it And besides the dialects , standard Arabic stills the most beautiful one
I hate making mistakes or looking silly in front of people, so it gives me anxiety to practice language learning with others, even a tutor. A large barrier to language learning for me is just getting out of my own head. This was a very inspiring video :)
Same, I’m learning Arabic and Spanish rn. And I feel embarrassed speaking Spanish but it’s still much better than my Arabic. I think speaking w ppl fast tracks the learning process. I will also say you gotta remember to be kind to yourself. Have you ever met someone learning your native language and laughed at their mistakes? Also most ppl will appreciate you trying to communicate to them in another language! Anyways, im sure you’ll succeed in your language learning goals, good luck !!
Good teachers get just as excited when students make mistakes as when they say something right because it gives us a chance to help you! Teachers love teaching so when a student knows everything it's like.....why do you need me? 😥
He said the Egyptians watching this are not gonna believe the speed of ur progress. He didn't lie, Jo! 🔥👍 I'm quite shocked even though I know that you're a language prodigy, it's still weird how you could seamlessly pull off one of the HARDEST languages in the world in such a short span of time! BRAVO 🥳 T'es magnifique! ❤️
As an Egyptian, I'm super impressed! Your arabic is amazing, the fact that you learned all this in such a short amount of time is mind-blowing! I was smiling through the whole video. Looking forward to your next trip to Egypt 🙌
Girl, I'm so proud of you, arabic is my native language and always imagined it must be incredibly difficult for anyone to learn but you are rocking it!! I absolutely love your energy and thirst for knowledge, not only limited to learning the language itself but by learning about for example memory and how it works and how to improve it.. just wow. Special word in arabic: Ma Ashtarek, means : how great you are. Keep it up!! xoxo
Wow. What you learned in 4 days took me a whole semester to understand. This video is so helpful with the resources. I definitely need a tutor. Arabic is no joke. The eyptian dialect/personality matches you. Eyptians are full of life and humor.
Omg amei 🤩 I am currently learning Spanish, Farsi, French and Turkish. And I also speak German (native language), English and Portuguese. So in total 7 languages 😅 and I also want to learn Arabic, I cant wait starting when I see your progress. Love you 😘
@@sarcicarol hi Carolina. I was visiting a Turkish class in Uni but I did not really enjoy it and now I have once per week a class in Preply. I really enjoy it. Which languages do you speak or study?
@@HannahSophiePolyglot Ooh awesome, I'll definitely take a look at Preply, thanks for the tip! I currently speak Portuguese (native), English, French and Spanish. I tried to learn German a while ago but that was too hard for me (I didn't have enough time to practice at the time). Now I'm trying to learn Turkish because it's such a beautiful language, and I'd like to learn Xhosa in the future :) Which one of the languages you're learning has been your favorite so far?
Actually as an arab my self i would say that modern standard arabic AKA “fusha” is used in cartoons but it’s not it . It is the language we use for the news or tv , interviews , translation in the phone you can’t use any dialect you will have to use fusha . Also fusha will help you to talk to people from all arab countries if you don’t know they’re dialect . But ofc with those features unfortunately it is considered so hard for the English speaker but nothing is impossible I guess 😄🙏🏻
totally, the best thing is to not learn dialects but learn fluent arabic alone but that would require so much dedication and time and will,like just learning a popular dialect is probably easier for them cuz they're not searching to learn a language mostly it's communicating fast and easy ..
@@onegirlmusic true , it does take a lot of effort but it’s worth it. It is specially hard because they can’t practice it as much as they can practice local dialects.
i think for her way of learning and for the purpose of socialising with people picking a dialect is the right move and masri is a great choice since it's understood by the majority of arabic speakers, i'm not egyptian btw
Wow! I’m impressed how fast you learn. Your Arabic sounds really good for a foreign learner. Actually you made me jealous because I have been learning English my whole life and I have been living in the USA for a couple of years and still I am not happy with my English. I like that you’re the one who is asking questions. Enti f3ln shatra (good job!)
@I want it I got it that's because there are many countries that are better than Egypt in terms of standard of living such as Germany, Austria, UK, Australia among many other countries.
@@bigfan2452 what the heck are you even saying? U literally ruined the vibes! As an Egyptian I'm very proud to say I'm from Egypt. At least we have a 3000+ year old civilization, amazing history, beautiful culture & such hospitable people. Get your negativity and hate somewhere else. Also it's not an effing competition to compare between countries cause every country is beautiful in its own way fam ugh ur comment is very ignorant & disrespectful fr. Long live Egypt!
Your tone girl!!!!!!!!! If u stayed in Egypt for more two months u'll sound like an Egyptian Baladi girl!! God bless that brain and soul of yours ❤️❤️I'm madly in luv with u!! Luv from Tunisia!
Thank you Jo for inspiring me to get better at my arabic. I'm half Egyptian but my conversational arabic is very basic. After seeing your insta stories I downloaded the Pimsleur app. I'm getting married in Egypt in 3months I can't wait to conversate with confidence.
I'm so happy that you are learning Arabic! I'm Saudi and in general we LOVE Egyptian Arabic! even though we've been begging Disney to make Egyptian dubbing instead of the Modern Standard Arabic cause it's more natural and easy to understand for all the Arab speakers. Also I notice that you translated the video to Arabic and you did a wonderful work tho I'm proud of you! Dang it I daydreamed for a moment that you'd come to KSA (Riyadh) and hang out and I could teach you some of my language haha.
May allah never allow the day where dialectic arabic is used in place of fusha in formal settings subhanallah. That would be a huge slippery slope. The Arabs already have abandoned their language imagine if fusha was taken out from the few spaces left where it’s being used
Jo, Ahmed is right, your pronunciation and vocabulary are phenomenal for someone who has just started learning Egyptian Arabic so recently. As an Egyptian, I’m SO impressed 😊. Keep up the good work 👍👍
I am graduating in a week with an Arabic minor (MSA only) and I am so hyped to start learning Egyptian Arabic! Definitely gonna be checking out these resources :D
I think this is the sign I need to finally learn arabic... I've been going back and forth in either learning Egyptian, Palestinian, or Gulf Arabic. Bt now you're convincing me to learn the egyptian dialect.
Egypt is the Hollywood of the middle east. So if you learn egyptian arabic you will have access to 80% of the arab world's most famous movies and serials. ❤️❤️
Jo I’m so proud of you!! I speak Iraqi Arabic which is a bit different but because of Egyptian tv shows and movies I understand Egyptian Arabic and your fluency is really coming! Keep it up, love you 💕
Iraqi is very different than egyptian and i think that most egyptian can’t understand iraqi dialect or can’t differentiate between it and kuwaiti or other khaleeji dialects
As an Egyptian I wanna say أحسنتي اوي عااااااش Your Arabic is so so good 👏 I love how open minded you are . I love your curiosity and hardworking good job ♥️
this was the ass kicking I needed to get back to spanish. something traumatic happened at the beginning of this year which made me put it down - but it's been months and I can't keep making excuses!! thank you for this awesome video, I love seeing your journey and your tips are super helpful
Ohhhh my GOD As an egyptian that's making me so happy to hear! You can actually start writing in arabic using franko arab. We write the arabic using english letters and we also use numbers! Ex: Ezayek ya Jo wahashteeny gedaan
I have been wanting to learn Arabic since I was in middle school and I finally decided to start... I smiled throughout the entire video, you motivated me soo much!!!
A little tip, there are two words for "try", which are "bagarab" and "bahawel". The first one, which you used at the beginning of the video is mostly used to express that you're trying something for the first time/ or for a short period of time. For example: I want to try out that new coffee place around the corner. In this instance, you'll use "agarab" While "bahawel" is used to express that you're trying to do smth or trying your best. i.e.: I'm trying to finish my work on time. So, the word you were looking for at the beginning is "bahawel". Hope this helped!
Jo, I speak Portuguese, English and Spanish (in this order haha), but I still want to learn so many languages... looking at your effort with Arabic inspired me so much to start Italian lessons! Thanks!!!
Hey Jo! Best of luck to you!❤, I'd like to add that we egyptians usually formulate wh questions putting the wh words at the end of the sentence. ex: "where are you ?" = "Enti (female you) fein (where)"? That is a syntactic feature inherited from coptic, it might be bugging at first but you'll get used to it.
Mate, I'm learning the MSA with Pimsleur, and it's so so different from Egyptian Arabic. I wish they were all the same, but it is what it is. You encouraged me to start again, it's been a week since I stopped.
Reminds me when I speak Egyptian with my Egyptian colleagues as an Iraqi. Note: Modern Standard Arabic is used everywhere in books, news, poems, and many things so it’s not spoken but mostly written.
Jo , I'm an Egyptian and you made it ! You sound great and pronounce great ! I really hope you can make a Video that would generally help learn a language and I'll take it word for word !! Enti Shatoora we kwayesa gedan gedan ❤️👍🏽
I learner tigrinya during lockdown and hands down it is the thing I learner so far that had the best long term effects of anything I learner so far. I think I will also go towards arabic now as I feel that this language is even richer and may be even more rewarding. Keep the curiosity burning ❤
Ahhh she's back at it again!! You're passion for learning is so inspiring & reminds me of how much I love learning languages! Best of luck with the Arabic studies
Incredible pronunciation after just two months. Having a personal connection with someone--a tutor, a friend, etc.--definitely makes an enormous difference. Thanks for sharing!
You're gorgeous, ur energy and enthusiasm really incredible,also ur progress is amazing. I'm Egyptian by the way so I would teach and practice with anyone here as a native Egyptian speaker❤
" This shirt is a little haram" 😂😂 You definitely did a great job learning the language so far! I’m really impressed, keep it up girl 😆! I can speak Egyptian too along side my dialect which is Kuwaiti. I’m currently learning Greek and watching your video made me motivated again to learn! Finally I’d like to say : بالتوفيق يا حببتي و ان شاءالله تتكلمي مصري زي الفل 😂💙
this is really motivating me to learn arabic as well, been in such a slump bc of quarantine and this is the first thing i've been excited about in such a long time
As an Egyptian, I want to praise you for all the effort you’ve put into learning our dialect because you do such a good job pronouncing the words and combining them with facial expressions and tones. This isn’t something everybody would do, but you are successfully embodying the language. I can just imagine how much media content you must have consumed to reach such a level. Keep it up! You’re an inspiration.
I'm so excited for this series! I've never seen anyone actually document the language learning process from start to finish. This'll definitely help a lot :D
currently learning Egyptian Arabic for the last two months (not as hard or constantly as you) but i gotta say that you inspired me to keep on going (i’m making videos of my progress, even tho it’s in portuguese). I’m also a brazilian polyglot who loves and lives languages. bora! yalla!
wow 😲 ماشاء الله I am a native Egyptian arabic speaker and really you are great 👍 keep going أنا حبيت الفيديو أوووووي ❤❤ your vedio make my day you inspired me to learn English faster
Wow!! Your video is very inspiring! I am learning Jordanian Arabic, and I'm enjoying it! I also started studying it seriously every day during the pandemic, and I'm taking weekly lessons on iTalki. I really enjoy the logic of Arabic, and, like you, I ask lots of questions and enjoy discovering the patterns.
I'm so jealous you have a friend who speaks the language which motivates you! I love learning French but not knowing anybody besides my tutor who speaks it sucks cause I feel like I don't get to practice as much as I can 😭
Hi Jo!! This is awesome, great job honestly!!! I am from Lebanon, but I moved to Canada around 3 years ago. You were right about how we have to learn 3 languages, so we grow up knowing French, Arabic and English, I'm really thankful for that of course! I love your channel, I've been around since the other channel lol🤣 I also love languages, so I learned a bit of Italian and now Spanish. 😍 If you ever want to speak some Arabic in a different dialect with a Lebanese, I'm here for you girl! 🤣 Keep it up, this video made me so happy, you're awesome!!!!!❤❤
Because of this vid I've already decided to commit to re-learning hebrew for all of June! I wanted to learn arabic but when I originally took those classes, that wasn't an option - maybe soon!
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You guys... this journey has changed MY LIFE. I was super sad, COVID blues, and decided to flip the energetic soil and start learning Arabic. It worked. Subscribe to see more updates bit.ly/2r8fRns!
Resources:
Get a free 7 day trial of Pimsleur: bit.ly/3cJVoe9
Find a teacher on iTalki and get $10 off your first hour 🤑: go.italki.com/jofranco
Italki is the best 😃 but I also like Preply.
That's such a funny coincidence. I just started learning Swedish for the exact same reason. It has really helped.
How are you getting Egyptian Arabic? I see Eastern and Modern Standard?
I am impressed.
Sometimes just leaving on something on TV or radio in the language you're learning while you sleep works too.
I'm not fluent in Arabic or anything like that but I do feel you have a special accent when you say "ma fi mushkillah" and other phrases. Don't let yourself down. You know you got this, Johanna.
Same! Preply and Italki, now I binge on the arabic shows on Netflix and you start catching on
So when Arabic speakers say "I'm doing well" they always say "el hamdulilah" , as in Thank God? I admire this so much, it is such a humble way to express gratitude
yes it is just embedded in our language cuz we are all very spiritual lol haha
Yes it’s a very spiritual language.
Yes Jenny 🙂
I’m egyptian so i’m a native speaker , i never thought someone would actually notice and appreciate that, even when we speak and say it everyday it’s out of habit and embedded in the language that we forget we’re actually expressing gratitude so thank you for reminding me ♥️
We also say al hamdulilah when things are not going well. We still express gratitude to God.
Fun fact i learned in college: sleep is SO good for memorization, my prof recommended taking a nap immediately after stuying
Jo, you are AMAZING!! such a fast learner! Arabic is a hard language but you made it look so easy!! Great job :)
Omg i love you so much😍
😍u r here alhamduleAllah
Hi, Jay!!
Good luck with your Arabic learning as well!! 🇪🇬😊💙👋🏼
Mention Douglas Bernard here 😂
I am so happy for you that you have found the truth. I am learning arabic too. I'm sure you'll learn as soon as..
Woooowwww this is perfect for someone who has been learning for a very short period. Keep the great work 💖💖
ايه ده؟ نضال هنا
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Nedal is here
It is such a surprise
I like you so much
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@@islamahkh9606 و أنا أيضا❤
Nedal
I think u are polyglot like me
I love your channel
This video was so inspiring. Now I want to learn egiptian arabic to visit my friend Hana in Cairo!
gud luck
Hello, this is Dina, I teach Egyptian dialect and here’s my channel. Moreover I make quizes on every video on instagram so make sure you follow me there as well. Ciao
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"once you learn how to learn,you can learn everything" Jo Franco, best life quote ever
I’m not Egyptian but I am Arab and I’m so happy you’re enjoying Arabic so much
choosing the Egyptian dialect is actually really smart, it's one of the easiest to understand for us other Arabic dialects speakers thanks to Egyptian cinema, and also because it's the closest to the MSA.
The downside is that u may find other dialects hard to understand (especially maghrib dialects).
Keep it up!
Maybe I'm wrong but if I remember correctly, Levantine Arabic is actually closest to MSA and not Egyptian. And if it's not Levantine, I still don't think it's Egyptian. Out of all the answers I've seen to which dialect is closest to MSA, Egyptian hasn't come up once.
Egyptian dialect isn't actually the closest to MSA nor is the Levantine, the closest I would say is the Najdi dialect (Riyadh) in Saudi Arabia, but for non Arabic speakers I think the easiest dialects are Egyptian and Levantine, first cuz they don't pronounce some of the difficult letters like 8 (ق) for example they use A (ا) instead and also cuz of the many resources, Songs, Drama, TV shows where compared to other Arabic countries they are the best, BTW I'm from Saudi Arabia
@@عزامالعتيبي-ح6ض Assalamualaikum. I am from India, came to Saudi Arabia on work visa. I have little idea about Arabic, can read a little. Unable to speak apart from 2-3 sentences. Which dialect should I choose to learn? I will be living in Saudi Arabia only most of the time. I have been told it would be impossible for me to perfect Arabic. Is it true?
Could you please help me?
@@mohdghani7171 Wa Alaykom Alsalam, Since you're in Saudi Arabia I would say learn Saudi dialect definitely, and for the perfection of Arabic it's very difficult to be perfect at any language other than your own not just Arabic, but with determination you will be able to speak it fluently inshallah.
agree but Egyptian Arabic is not the closest to MSA tho 😅
I'm a native Egyptian and I can confirm what Ahmed was saying: da ginan, masha2allah! Your accent is on point, and the method is sick. Thanks for sharing :)
hello, I want to learn egyptian arabic. Please can you recommend any online courses
"definitely not a Romance language"
I felt that in my soul 😂
She meant it as it isn’t Latin. As easy as Portuguese-Spanish-Italian cross understanding
@Errorist I am half Moroccan and I agree , Definitely Lebanese is a romantic "language" dialect for me , it's like the Italian and Greek and France to me , and Lebanese followed with Egyptian . They are honey to my ears , next to the Northern Moroccan dialects that are not ad famous as the tepical hard Moroccan dialets from the capital and big cities around it
And besides the dialects , standard Arabic stills the most beautiful one
True 😂😂😂 but actually arabic is sooooo poetic
Exactly ! It's n°1 romantic langue and i hope she guets it when she can undrestand the standard arabic
@Errorist its crazy to me how syrian and lebanese arabic are so similar, yet lebanese is romantic while syrian is aggressive as shit
I won't tell my grandma that you've learned Arabic before me or she'll kill me for still not knowing it yet. Amazing work okhti!!!!
Hahaha, when I learn for real I’ll teach you
I am happy Jo franco you speak this languages am also an upcoming pollyglot
I also speak Arabic
Jo franco your my role model
I hate making mistakes or looking silly in front of people, so it gives me anxiety to practice language learning with others, even a tutor. A large barrier to language learning for me is just getting out of my own head. This was a very inspiring video :)
Me too. But you can totally learn without talking to anyone. I recommend lindie’s video on learning languages as an introvert
Same, I’m learning Arabic and Spanish rn. And I feel embarrassed speaking Spanish but it’s still much better than my Arabic. I think speaking w ppl fast tracks the learning process. I will also say you gotta remember to be kind to yourself.
Have you ever met someone learning your native language and laughed at their mistakes?
Also most ppl will appreciate you trying to communicate to them in another language!
Anyways, im sure you’ll succeed in your language learning goals, good luck !!
Good teachers get just as excited when students make mistakes as when they say something right because it gives us a chance to help you! Teachers love teaching so when a student knows everything it's like.....why do you need me? 😥
Ayy Jo speaking arabic, I'm lebanese ur arabic is even better than mine 😂
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I am learning too, if you wanna do an exchange in Spanish or French I am in!
@@chaaabibti hey I'm interested in spanish I can teach you Arabic pls if ure down let me know
@@EDEN-fu8fm of course!
@@chaaabibti me too l wanna learn Spanish and I am a native Arabic speaker
He said the Egyptians watching this are not gonna believe the speed of ur progress. He didn't lie, Jo! 🔥👍 I'm quite shocked even though I know that you're a language prodigy, it's still weird how you could seamlessly pull off one of the HARDEST languages in the world in such a short span of time! BRAVO 🥳 T'es magnifique! ❤️
As an Egyptian, I'm super impressed! Your arabic is amazing, the fact that you learned all this in such a short amount of time is mind-blowing! I was smiling through the whole video. Looking forward to your next trip to Egypt 🙌
Lmao we got the same last name. I’m Egyptian as well and have never seen someone else with the same last name spelled exactly the same.
Girl, I'm so proud of you, arabic is my native language and always imagined it must be incredibly difficult for anyone to learn but you are rocking it!! I absolutely love your energy and thirst for knowledge, not only limited to learning the language itself but by learning about for example memory and how it works and how to improve it.. just wow. Special word in arabic: Ma Ashtarek, means : how great you are. Keep it up!! xoxo
😍😍😍😍 let’s be friends
Yeah I agree with you 👍💜
Current marital status: in love with Jo's hair.
Congrats💍. I am so happy for you They grow up soo fast... 😭
Wow. What you learned in 4 days took me a whole semester to understand. This video is so helpful with the resources. I definitely need a tutor. Arabic is no joke. The eyptian dialect/personality matches you. Eyptians are full of life and humor.
Omg this makes me really wanna pickup my French and Spanish but unfortunately right now the only language I need to be learning is thermodynamics 😤😤😤
loll same but in anatomy
same with algebraaaa, apparently we're all suffering
Me too , I’m studying for my GRE and missing my intense language learning... French German Tagalog
I feel you girl, I am learning the law right now, so it's felt like I have no time to do things I want xD
wow! you know 7 languages i'm also Egyptian and I gotta say I'm super impressed with your Arabic and knowing 7 LANGUAGES!
Omg amei 🤩 I am currently learning Spanish, Farsi, French and Turkish. And I also speak German (native language), English and Portuguese.
So in total 7 languages 😅 and I also want to learn Arabic, I cant wait starting when I see your progress.
Love you 😘
Omg, life goals right here!!
Where are you learning Turkish? One of my favorite languages, I'd loooove to learn it
@@sarcicarol hi Carolina. I was visiting a Turkish class in Uni but I did not really enjoy it and now I have once per week a class in Preply. I really enjoy it.
Which languages do you speak or study?
@@HannahSophiePolyglot Ooh awesome, I'll definitely take a look at Preply, thanks for the tip!
I currently speak Portuguese (native), English, French and Spanish. I tried to learn German a while ago but that was too hard for me (I didn't have enough time to practice at the time). Now I'm trying to learn Turkish because it's such a beautiful language, and I'd like to learn Xhosa in the future :)
Which one of the languages you're learning has been your favorite so far?
Damn you're keeping yourself busy 😅
Omgg my life goal to know more languages ( i do speak french, english & arabic ( plus algerian dialecte), if you need any help ill be glad to help
I'm egyptian, & your arabic is amazing, it's very impressive how fast you're learning arabic
Actually as an arab my self i would say that modern standard arabic AKA “fusha” is used in cartoons but it’s not it .
It is the language we use for the news or tv , interviews , translation in the phone you can’t use any dialect you will have to use fusha .
Also fusha will help you to talk to people from all arab countries if you don’t know they’re dialect .
But ofc with those features unfortunately it is considered so hard for the English speaker but nothing is impossible I guess 😄🙏🏻
totally, the best thing is to not learn dialects but learn fluent arabic alone but that would require so much dedication and time and will,like just learning a popular dialect is probably easier for them cuz they're not searching to learn a language mostly it's communicating fast and easy ..
@@onegirlmusic true , it does take a lot of effort but it’s worth it. It is specially hard because they can’t practice it as much as they can practice local dialects.
i think for her way of learning and for the purpose of socialising with people picking a dialect is the right move and masri is a great choice since it's understood by the majority of arabic speakers, i'm not egyptian btw
ahhhhhhhhh I frickin love u
stealing all these ideas for Spanish and Tagalog right now
I was thinking about learning those too, in that order
Seeing someone who wants to learn Tagalog made my heart happy
Proud of you Jo! You're doing great. Arabic will most likely be my next language too after Portuguese! Brava!
If you need help I'm here. I am learning Italian using your videos ♥️
Wow! I’m impressed how fast you learn. Your Arabic sounds really good for a foreign learner. Actually you made me jealous because I have been learning English my whole life and I have been living in the USA for a couple of years and still I am not happy with my English. I like that you’re the one who is asking questions. Enti f3ln shatra (good job!)
Thank you! 😃 I love my languages!
I speak Arabic fluently the Egyptian Arabic slang and the Fus'ha . I'm American and lived in Egypt 13 yrs. It's easy. You are doing great
13 years is such a long time to learn a new language. Well, I am glad that you left Egypt.
@I want it I got it that's because there are many countries that are better than Egypt in terms of standard of living such as Germany, Austria, UK, Australia among many other countries.
😂💛💛💛💛Ohhhh man
@@bigfan2452 what the heck are you even saying? U literally ruined the vibes! As an Egyptian I'm very proud to say I'm from Egypt. At least we have a 3000+ year old civilization, amazing history, beautiful culture & such hospitable people. Get your negativity and hate somewhere else. Also it's not an effing competition to compare between countries cause every country is beautiful in its own way fam ugh ur comment is very ignorant & disrespectful fr. Long live Egypt!
@@raneemsoliman3462 PREACH SIS PREACH
Your tone girl!!!!!!!!! If u stayed in Egypt for more two months u'll sound like an Egyptian Baladi girl!!
God bless that brain and soul of yours ❤️❤️I'm madly in luv with u!!
Luv from Tunisia!
Definitely insightful video as im currently picking up Egyptian Arabic as my 3rd language. Thanks Jo !
I've been learning Egyptian Arabic for about a year, so I love this!!!
Thank you Jo for inspiring me to get better at my arabic. I'm half Egyptian but my conversational arabic is very basic. After seeing your insta stories I downloaded the Pimsleur app. I'm getting married in Egypt in 3months I can't wait to conversate with confidence.
CONGRATULATIONS!! and best of luck
Congratulations
Girllll, I'm from Egypt and I've been on your channel for agesss. You're doing great!!!!
It's so inspiring seeing other people learn languages because I want to learn my native language yoruba
Hello, if you want to learn Egyptian Arabic subscribe me😄😍
"this shirt is a lil haram" GURL U KILLED ME
i'm so happy tho that u r learning arabic
that killed me lololol!!
🤣🤣🤣
Girllllll omg ur amazing
I'm so happy that you are learning Arabic! I'm Saudi and in general we LOVE Egyptian Arabic! even though we've been begging Disney to make Egyptian dubbing instead of the Modern Standard Arabic cause it's more natural and easy to understand for all the Arab speakers. Also I notice that you translated the video to Arabic and you did a wonderful work tho I'm proud of you! Dang it I daydreamed for a moment that you'd come to KSA (Riyadh) and hang out and I could teach you some of my language haha.
Can you please tell me what Arabic is spoken in Saudi Arab, I'm Moving there and I need to learn Arabic :)
May allah never allow the day where dialectic arabic is used in place of fusha in formal settings subhanallah. That would be a huge slippery slope. The Arabs already have abandoned their language imagine if fusha was taken out from the few spaces left where it’s being used
Jo, Ahmed is right, your pronunciation and vocabulary are phenomenal for someone who has just started learning Egyptian Arabic so recently. As an Egyptian, I’m SO impressed 😊. Keep up the good work 👍👍
I am graduating in a week with an Arabic minor (MSA only) and I am so hyped to start learning Egyptian Arabic! Definitely gonna be checking out these resources :D
مبروك!
@@Raghdaedesogi شكرا
May i ask, from your bachground in just MSA , how much egyptian were you able to understand?
I think this is the sign I need to finally learn arabic... I've been going back and forth in either learning Egyptian, Palestinian, or Gulf Arabic. Bt now you're convincing me to learn the egyptian dialect.
Egypt is the Hollywood of the middle east. So if you learn egyptian arabic you will have access to 80% of the arab world's most famous movies and serials. ❤️❤️
Jo I’m so proud of you!! I speak Iraqi Arabic which is a bit different but because of Egyptian tv shows and movies I understand Egyptian Arabic and your fluency is really coming! Keep it up, love you 💕
Im egyptian and I love iraqi arabic...كلش طيب 😊😊
Iraqi is very different than egyptian and i think that most egyptian can’t understand iraqi dialect or can’t differentiate between it and kuwaiti or other khaleeji dialects
As an Egyptian I wanna say
أحسنتي اوي
عااااااش
Your Arabic is so so good 👏
I love how open minded you are . I love your curiosity and hardworking good job ♥️
YESSSS!!!! I am going to Egypt this year and I was just telling myself I need to learn Arabic, then I turn on TH-cam and see this video !!!
Your Egyptian acsent is very good for a beginner .. keep the good work
Omg you speak Egyptian Arabic so well. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
this was the ass kicking I needed to get back to spanish. something traumatic happened at the beginning of this year which made me put it down - but it's been months and I can't keep making excuses!! thank you for this awesome video, I love seeing your journey and your tips are super helpful
Ohhhh my GOD
As an egyptian that's making me so happy to hear! You can actually start writing in arabic using franko arab. We write the arabic using english letters and we also use numbers!
Ex: Ezayek ya Jo wahashteeny gedaan
the translating your personality thing is such a smart way to look at it
🔥🔥🔥 Great vid Jo!
I love your videos and I see you on loads of other language videos haha
I’m Egyptian - very happy that you’ve chosen to learn our dialect!! Best of luck :)
ok, you convinced me to go back to mandarim thanks for that
right! same
If you are looking for motivation for learning chinese, I would suggest a podcast called "you can learn chinese". Really inspiring 😁🙌
@@sasharama5485 oh thank you so much ☺️
@@mateuscamposs good luck😁✌️
I have been wanting to learn Arabic since I was in middle school and I finally decided to start... I smiled throughout the entire video, you motivated me soo much!!!
I realized how much I’d missed listening to you speaking and giving us many nuggets of wisdom. Bisous depuis Lausanne
I’ve never felt so alive and intellectually stimulated by a youtube video🤩 this was amazing and now I want to go learn Arabic
you never cease to impress me
As an Egyptian: YOU ARE SPEAKING IT SO GOOD WOW
A little tip, there are two words for "try", which are "bagarab" and "bahawel". The first one, which you used at the beginning of the video is mostly used to express that you're trying something for the first time/ or for a short period of time.
For example: I want to try out that new coffee place around the corner. In this instance, you'll use "agarab"
While "bahawel" is used to express that you're trying to do smth or trying your best.
i.e.: I'm trying to finish my work on time.
So, the word you were looking for at the beginning is "bahawel". Hope this helped!
As an Egyptian this makes me so happy and proud❤️❤️❤️ good luck and go on
Jo, I speak Portuguese, English and Spanish (in this order haha), but I still want to learn so many languages... looking at your effort with Arabic inspired me so much to start Italian lessons! Thanks!!!
Buona fortuna, signorina!
Hey Jo! Best of luck to you!❤, I'd like to add that we egyptians usually formulate wh questions putting the wh words at the end of the sentence. ex: "where are you ?" = "Enti (female you) fein (where)"?
That is a syntactic feature inherited from coptic, it might be bugging at first but you'll get used to it.
I love seeing the influence of Coptic on masri
Mate, I'm learning the MSA with Pimsleur, and it's so so different from Egyptian Arabic. I wish they were all the same, but it is what it is. You encouraged me to start again, it's been a week since I stopped.
YOU ARE INSANELY GIFTED AT LEARNING LANGUAGES WOW!!
Thanks boo ❤️
So proud of you habibti! Love this video! Yalla, get that knowledge 💃🏽🇪🇬
Reminds me when I speak Egyptian with my Egyptian colleagues as an Iraqi.
Note: Modern Standard Arabic is used everywhere in books, news, poems, and many things so it’s not spoken but mostly written.
Arabic is so amazing, I am an Egyptian Author by the way. I am writing novels and books in various fields .. you look amazing Joanna .. keep going
This is crazyyyy congrats habibtyyy you encourage me to start learning Egyptian Arabic since I have a friend from Cairo. This is so great!! thank you
Jo , I'm an Egyptian and you made it ! You sound great and pronounce great ! I really hope you can make a Video that would generally help learn a language and I'll take it word for word !!
Enti Shatoora we kwayesa gedan gedan ❤️👍🏽
Just keep going and we waiting for you to come to Egypt 🇪🇬 ❤️❤️
🙂 i couldn't remove the smile during the whole video 😂😂😂
I learner tigrinya during lockdown and hands down it is the thing I learner so far that had the best long term effects of anything I learner so far. I think I will also go towards arabic now as I feel that this language is even richer and may be even more rewarding. Keep the curiosity burning ❤
You are absolutely amazing ! I swear ! ❤️ أنا بحبك يا حبيبي
I am truly impressed! 👏🏼 I cannot believe you are at this level after only two months!!
Props from a Cairene Egyptian ♥️
Ahhh she's back at it again!! You're passion for learning is so inspiring & reminds me of how much I love learning languages! Best of luck with the Arabic studies
Incredible pronunciation after just two months. Having a personal connection with someone--a tutor, a friend, etc.--definitely makes an enormous difference. Thanks for sharing!
ahhh this encourages me to take my Spanish studies more seriously - porque yo quiero aprender Espanol y Frances y Arabe!!
Tu es très intelligente et énergétique. Bon courage.
Coucou, merci! Ça m’a touché!
Aiaiai eu entendi tudinho!! 🇧🇷
You're gorgeous, ur energy and enthusiasm really incredible,also ur progress is amazing.
I'm Egyptian by the way so I would teach and practice with anyone here as a native Egyptian speaker❤
" This shirt is a little haram" 😂😂
You definitely did a great job learning the language so far! I’m really impressed, keep it up girl 😆! I can speak Egyptian too along side my dialect which is Kuwaiti. I’m currently learning Greek and watching your video made me motivated again to learn! Finally I’d like to say : بالتوفيق يا حببتي و ان شاءالله تتكلمي مصري زي الفل 😂💙
2 minutes in and I am absolutely IN AWE!! You're so inspiring
❤️❤️
this is really motivating me to learn arabic as well, been in such a slump bc of quarantine and this is the first thing i've been excited about in such a long time
As an Egyptian, I want to praise you for all the effort you’ve put into learning our dialect because you do such a good job pronouncing the words and combining them with facial expressions and tones. This isn’t something everybody would do, but you are successfully embodying the language. I can just imagine how much media content you must have consumed to reach such a level. Keep it up! You’re an inspiration.
I'm so excited for this series! I've never seen anyone actually document the language learning process from start to finish. This'll definitely help a lot :D
currently learning Egyptian Arabic for the last two months (not as hard or constantly as you) but i gotta say that you inspired me to keep on going (i’m making videos of my progress, even tho it’s in portuguese). I’m also a brazilian polyglot who loves and lives languages. bora! yalla!
The real story is why your basic level of masri was * I love you so much let’s get married * 😂😂
😂😂dundunduuuun......sis is sus isn't she ?
Riiighhttt there's a story behind that and I'm already invested!
I speak Algerian dialect and really want to learn the Egyptian dialect and also read so i can read the Quran in Arabic inshaAllah
i've studied Arabic for four years and have kind of fallen off the wagon with it, your video is motivating me to pick it back up, !واحب المصري كمان
wow 😲 ماشاء الله I am a native Egyptian arabic speaker and really you are great 👍 keep going أنا حبيت الفيديو أوووووي ❤❤ your vedio make my day you inspired me to learn English faster
This is getting me the inspiration to start my French again!
Samee, lowkey scary when you realise you've started forgetting some words!
Wow!! Your video is very inspiring! I am learning Jordanian Arabic, and I'm enjoying it! I also started studying it seriously every day during the pandemic, and I'm taking weekly lessons on iTalki. I really enjoy the logic of Arabic, and, like you, I ask lots of questions and enjoy discovering the patterns.
Jo as I really big fan of your videos, I think that you could share with us the technic that you used in the process of learning a new language.
i'm going to break it down and work on it for the part 2!
I am so happy that I saw this video ❤️❤️❤️
You’re Amazing Jo, I needed this motivation to master Spanish.
Lo puedes
@@meriez2892 Gracias lo hare
omg her arabic is sooo good! coming from a Jordanian myself, I am really happy someone is studying my mother language arabic
I'm so jealous you have a friend who speaks the language which motivates you! I love learning French but not knowing anybody besides my tutor who speaks it sucks cause I feel like I don't get to practice as much as I can 😭
Go to Meetup, free conversations in different conversation groups.
there are apps for that
Hi Jo!! This is awesome, great job honestly!!!
I am from Lebanon, but I moved to Canada around 3 years ago.
You were right about how we have to learn 3 languages, so we grow up knowing French, Arabic and English, I'm really thankful for that of course!
I love your channel, I've been around since the other channel lol🤣
I also love languages, so I learned a bit of Italian and now Spanish. 😍
If you ever want to speak some Arabic in a different dialect with a Lebanese, I'm here for you girl! 🤣
Keep it up, this video made me so happy, you're awesome!!!!!❤❤
I'm tryna learn egyptian rn too! Your accent is Mia bilmiat
It's easy to learn
I love how excited you get about languages! It’s great!
now i wanna learn Arabic too :((
Me too 😅
@@HannahSophiePolyglot did you start learning it?
I’m Egyptian and I’m soooo happy and proud of you you sound so awesome !! Keep going sister💗
Because of this vid I've already decided to commit to re-learning hebrew for all of June! I wanted to learn arabic but when I originally took those classes, that wasn't an option - maybe soon!
The vocabulary 💯
The accent 💯
The character 💯
impressive and definitely motivating