Is Arabic Hard to Learn?
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- bit.ly/freeslk... Arabic can look and sound difficult, but is it really that hard to learn? In today’s video, I break down the Arabic language. You may be surprised to hear how easy it really is!
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0:00 Is Arabic hard to learn?
0:44 The Writing System
2:03 Word Order
2:34 Pronouns
3:31 Pronunciation
5:24 How You Build Words
7:02 Plurals
7:40 Case Endings
8:27 No Vowels
9:49 Helpful Things
10:30 The Verdict
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10 minutes a day will not help in any languages especially Arabic.. very few western people learn it.. I’m one of the few :)
Thousand and thousands of hours ..not minutes
ماشاء الله من وين انت يا صديقي؟@@11111mhmhmh
@@ismailsteitiya8785 هل تتكلم العربية؟
شكرا
أنا مصرية ولما كبرت وفهمت قد اى اللغة العربية لغة بتاخد وقت للتعلم من الأجانب وسمعت رأيهم بيقولوا صعبة
قولت الحمد لله إنى عربية 😂❤
وتعلمت ثلاث لغات أجنبية ❤❤
كيف تتعلم اللغات بشكل سريع ؟
Yes sure, قولت😂
أنا بتكلم روسي و نجليزي و كل الشعبين اللي بشوفهم بيعانوا في تعلم لغتنا جدا بس هي تعلمها مش مستحيل و ممتع جدا للكثير منهم لانها بتفتح ليهم طريقه تفكيرنا و ثقافتنا اللي هيا مختلفه عنهم تماما يعني أنا قبل لا أتعلم روسي و لما اتعلمت روسي مفيش فرق كبير لان الغرب بشكل عام طريقه تفكيرهم و ثقافتهم متشابهه لحد كبير على عكس لما هما يتعلموا العربي بيكون بوابه جديده ليهم تماما مهما كانوا متعلمين من لغات غربيه شبهم
@@mohamednour4635 Охо, вы знаете русский? Круто. Какой диалект арабского языка стоит выучить чтобы общаться с разными людьми из арабскиз стран, и чтобы они поняли меня?
@@nurbolbj Сначала вы должны выучить классический арабский язык. Это самое главное. Затем вы можете выучить, например, египетский диалект, потому что он легче других арабских диалектов, и на нем говорят многие арабы. Население Египта составляет 110 000 000 человек, и диалекты не важны в речи, но важны для понимания, и классический арабский язык является самым важным, особенно вначале,и в документах, книгах, новостях и т. д.
انا كرواتي و أدرس العربية و آدابها. العربية هي لغة صعبة و رائعة و جميلة في نفس الوقت. تحياتي!
لغتك العربية ممتازة
ممتاز، انا أتكلم اللغة الكرواتية أيضا.
تعبيرك في تعليقك باللغة العربية جميل .. 👍
مرحبا داريوس! أتمنى لك النجاح في تعلم العربية!!
@@a.r.4707 حقا؟ أين تعلمتها؟
It just takes a little longer because of the grammar differences and having fewer cognates, but it is rewarding and a lot of fun. I am watching Libyan TV dramas on TH-cam right now as a supplement and to understand dialects better, after studying MSA for a while.
@@AmyBalot How is your comprehension of the Libyan dialect with your MSA background?
There's no need to follow the strict grammar rules in Arabic. Many Arab speakers don't use grammar correctly, be it MSA or colloquial, yet they understand each other. The pronunciation you see in this video are exaggerated. No one pronounce them that heavy , except perhaps the people from the Gulf region and Iraq.
@@a.r.4707 I am watching the series "Rubik" right now (available on YT with English subs) with subs and consciously focusing heavily on the audio and making notes on things to look up.
In general, pretty good. I know there are minor changes like q->g, and everyone in this show, for example, says "dinar" whether it's singular or plural (MSA says it's "dananiir" for pl.) so I assume that's a simplified thing that happens. I am also watching each episode more than once. Many things seem a bit simplified, and I need to learn more vocabulary, mostly, I can understand some whole sentences easily, and then sometimes bits and pieces. But the subs tell me what I need to look up or listen to again. So I am watching with a notepad to take notes, and a dictionary near me.
Also I learned "كراج" for garage, a sign on the outside of a building in the show says "ورشة"
@@chaoslanguagelearning True, but I am coming from a background of German and Latin where everyone cares too much about the grammar sometimes (lol). I am using MSA as a jumping-off point!
I have looked into Palestinian Arabic (via Maha's channel) and some Egyptian, and Libyan TV shows and cartoons which have been great fun! I am just now getting used to differences in accents and dialects.
@@chaoslanguagelearning They actually follow very strict grammar rules in common arabic dialects, only difference that these grammar rules are not arabic.
If you take the Libyan - Tunisian example, it follows perfectly the Shilha (native amazigh dialect) grammar rules with a heavy use of arab words and vocabulary.
Same goes for East Algerian/West Tunisian dialect, where the grammar is Kabyle, or Moroccan where the grammar is Amazigh, with again a strong use of arab vocabulary, that's why people in the west think it's arabic, it sounds like arabic and it's understandable if you talk arabic, but it's not.
It as if Swahili, which is an African language with it's own grammar, but that relies heavily on arabic vocabulary, and that we, arab-talking populations understand perfectly (especially egyptians/yemeni and omani people) would be considered as arabic while it's not.
All fun and games untill 200BC arabic poetry shows up
😂😂😂
oh boy , this comment kinda made me remember the living hell i had to go through trying to read this stuff at school and it's no like i'm stranger to the language ,quite the opposite , i am egyptian so this is my native language
@@shenoudaesam1471 ١٢ بيت ١٠ قصائد 💀💀
Arabic was not in its current form during the time of 200 BCE. Classical Arabic started to develop in the 5th century, although different dialects and versions of Arabic have been present since much earlier. The early forms of Arabic were influenced by scripts like Nabatean and languages such as Sabaean, which played a key role in shaping the Arabic language and writing system.
Before the Revelation of the Quran, Arabic consisted of many different dialects rather than a single language. Modern Standard Arabic, which is based on the Quran, has borrowed many words from foreign languages. Additionally, Arabic has had a significant influence on languages worldwide, including Spanish and Indonesian.
@@inamurrahmansir9471 اي اعرف
السلام عليكم Im muslim from a young age my parents been taking to a quran institution i have been reading quran my whole life so i can read arabic write it i just dont undersand it good i know the basics and know how a word can change depending on the person i really just need to memorize words and there meaning.i
و عليكم السلام
عليكم السلام
Aleyküm selam
Memorizing new words and learning them is the easiest thing left to do... just be curious and translate any word that comes to your mind
And soon enough u will be great
I'm an arabic native speaker who study English, I like your content
As an Arab myself, I still struggle with it sometimes :)
As a Maltese native speaker, this is bringing so much primary school Maltese lesson flashbacks 😅
I can understand maybe 70% of Maltese when you speak to me slowly
Very close to Tunisian dialect (of Maghrebi family) and with many borrowed words from italian
Though, the pronunciation is unfamiliar to north africans due to the lack of exposure to it. And some sounds are missing like ع
I am Egyptian and was surprised to understand 80% of Maltese ❤😻
@@averestless about 60% of the vocabulary is Italian 😁
As an Arab I appreciate the ones who tries to learn Arabic but I was astonished by few Westerns not sure if they were Americans.. who not only learned Arabic to fluency.. they learned Arabic literature and poetry in the old classic form not the modern one .. they really learned Arabic better than today’s Arabs .. their video is still on TH-cam
There is no Arabic language if natives only speak dialects
من اين؟
@@Jhehantkt we all use the MSA in our daily work and daily life .. plus our dialects
@@Abdullah-mh7eg موجود لهم مقطع عاليوتيوب حتى مختارين لهم اسامي عربية قديمة
@@Jhehantkt every human on earth speaks a dialect regardless of their native language. shocking right?
I've asked this more than once already, but please make a dedicated video about Finnish. It doesn't get nearly as much love as it deserves.
Yeees, it's so hard to find stuff for Finnish, which is a shame because it's a unique and beautiful language 😭
@@Mag-fj1sz It's my favourite language that I've encountered. I wish I could speak it better.
I'll learn arabic but not now and its a great idea that i watch videos about every language and i only can speak english at b2 and native hungarian
إننا مجدأ وعزُ إننا .عائدون إمتي لاتيأسي
رثاء في الأندلس لعلها تعود 😢😢
Arabic is a beautiful but hard language to learn , but it's worth learning imo especially for Muslims since the Quran sounds much better and you understand it better when you learn to speak Arabic
صعبه في نطق الحروف وليست صعبة التعلم
I finshed your short stories in arabic book. I didn't even know that the author had a youtube channel. I have probably watched your videos before without realizing. I didn't know most of the words on each page but I studied arabic grammar before to understand the Quran. I used google translate for meanings of words and phrases. An hour a day per page, then 2 and half, sometimes 5 pages. This book was one of the most useful resources for learning arabic. I found many of the words and phrases reappearing in the Arabic cartoons I watched, or in my formal arabic class, or in conversation. Thank you.
we can arrange words in any order and you still have a perfect sentence thats why it so easy , but no professionals to teach people in other countries
Like learning any language, you must have a long-term motivating factor to push you through, and especially with the "hard" languages like Arabic, Mandarin, or Japanese. I find many English speakers just breeze through languages like Spanish or French, because they are so related, but totally different languages need heavy motivation.
صحيح الجميع يقول اللغه الماندرين الصينيه صعبه وانا اريد تعلمها لاكن كان هناك الخوف والرهبه للبدايه ولاكن وجدت وانا مازلت في البدايه انها اسهل في الواقع انها مثل شرب الماء كما نقول في اللهجه العاميه
at 06:00, the correct translation from left to right is: Lesson, school, teacher, teacher (again), teaching
The fourth one is not teacher, it actually refers to the subject that was taught and it is pronounced like that: Mudarrus
@@ibrahimismail7746
I see. In that case, the correct English translation for Mudarras is 'taught' or 'has been taught. The fifth term, Tadrees (تدريس), actually means 'teaching,' not 'student.' The word for 'student' or 'learner' is Daris (دارس).
But thank you for the valuable information in the video.
As a Non Arab Muslim, i can read Arabic with correct pronunciation because our holy book "Quran" is originally written in Arabic so we are always thought Arabic letters and some other basics so as to be able to recite it. I don't know the meaning though, i can just read Arabic.
Salam alaykoum. I'm like you but about German language. I can read German fairly well but I don't understand the words actually. I was fascinated by German language from early, tried to learn it but I only learned the basics so to be able to read it. But didn't train my brain for the meanings.
Your brother from Morocco
@konoko9261 Am from Nigeria bro
@@konoko9261 salam!! Im Moroccan as well!
I can also read Arabic and pronounce many words too easily because of reading Quran. Also, I understand Urdu. In that language there's lot of Arabic words. That helped me a lot for me to know more Arabic words like Ahmaq, Yateem, Falsafa, Fasad etc. I am a Bengali Muslim who can't speak Arabic but interested to learn the language.
@abrarbinnoman6112 may Allah make it easy for you brother
Learning other languages taught me how much we take English for granted and how we have some difficult grammar ourselves. Like I actually find the dots that tell you the pronunciation easier than some English words where silent consonants change the sound of the vowels. Language is cool ❤
@anarchist_parable And I feel the same about my native language which is Finnish😄
The dots were actually added for the non Arabs, even the movement isn't commonly used except for the Quran.
I see Arabic fun, easy and the poetry makes it more interesting and enjoyable
Very useful information. I suggest you talk more about Arabic dialects. I always advise those who are interested in learning conversational Arabic to choose the Egyptian dialect. It is one of the easiest dialects, it sounds beautiful and it's widely understood by almost all Arabic speaking countries.
the egyptian arabic video is already made
Am from yemen , and though it's popular but I find the Syrian dialect the most beautiful and the saudi the most powerful.
@@bestryfulhd2102 Hey akh,how would you feel if there were to be a mixutre dailect?shami and gulf, would it be wierd.
@@Azothoth827 yes akhi 😁
As long as the arab speaking knows u are a person who is learning arabic that would be normal to him since he will understand where u are coming from .
But I suggest to read the standard arabic which the language of Quran it's the most important to understand Qur'an and hadith . If u are a person who just want to speak then go for those dialects.
@@bestryfulhd2102 i m learning 3,sham and gulf and Al fuSHa!it is not really that hard but my pacing is slow i just do it when i feel like it but started it more,
just to add some icing, probably the hard part of "dialects" is the overflowing usage of idioms and slang (many of which sometimes cannot be traced back clearly, but people still use them). Believe it or not, some expressions or slang were derived from TV shows and plays and somewhat became like a mainstream thing (talk about pre-internet memes)
1:37 I'm right handed but midway through learning to write arabic i switched to the left hand and it made it alot easier over time, especially to write fast
I really loved your setup (background) it’s really cozy and beautiful
سلام عليكم . أنا سارا و أنا إيرانية و حصلت على الدكتوراه في فرع اللغة العربية. و العربية ليست صعبة.
it's easy language.
I just checked your channel, it doesn't sound like you have a PhD in Arabic, still sounds like a beginner to me 🤷
@imqsqs یبدو البیج هکذا لأننا بدأنا التعليم من الصفر
معلومة لمن لا يعرفها :
✅ ..لا يوجد حرف الضّاد ( ض ) نطقا في أي لغة على ظهر الأرض إلًا في اللغة العربية ..جميلة هي !
وحرف الضاد نسخة مخففة، مثل حرف الد. الحروف متشابهة نسبيا
@@CristianoRonaldo-ke7vg
ليس متشابهة
@@shwanmirza9306 👍
@@shwanmirza9306 لكنه مشابه. حرف الضاد لا ينطق بشكل مختلف عن الد
@@CristianoRonaldo-ke7vg
بل مختلف
The hardest part in learning Arabic is not the grammar. The grammar is fairly simple and regular. The hardest part is vocabulary and dialect continuum. These things are just brutal and sadly they're not mentioned in this video.
For a westerner the hardest part of learning any language that isn’t rooted in Latin or Greek is vocabulary. Just because the simple fact that to memorize thousands of works takes a lot of time and patience. It is not hard in itself but it’s a long process.
I agree that the dialect continuum is the hardest of all.
I have been learning MSA for the past year
as someone who is usually quite competent with grammar, MSA grammar has continually proved to be a challenge. The sentence structure, the correct use of pronouns and prepositions, verbal nouns, tanween... I could go on
Love your videos, Olly. Thank you for your contributions to the language learners "community".
Jazz piano is hard. What you are doing is several levels of degree more difficult. Kudos!
It's wonderful how non native arabic speakers are describing our beautiful language.. everyone, I'd like to motivate those are studying our amazing language .. it may be hard at the beginning but after you get used to the language it will be your best decision you ever took! لا تستسلموا أبداً! ❤I'm learning german and have found cases interesting to me that Akk Dativ genitiv e.tc Is a piece of cake 😁
So german is easy compared to arabic dialects?
@@jonathanlange1339 not at all, german what makes it unique to other languages is that they don't have many tenses such in french or english and this is a benefit for us learners, arabic dialects isn't as pure as the Standard arabic so like you're learning the street language if you know the standard arabic that's awesome but in order to communicate with people you need a dialect even we can understand arabic fusha however having the standard arabic with a dialect much spoken such egyptian. or whatever and one from the northern african countries is pretty good in short dialects are easy to learn while german take a while to master the basics!
@@Rayene-k8s
I think there are 7 tenses in german (if you count future tenses to it)? But used in speech only 4 or so. But still in french or english it's way more for sure.
Anyways. Maybe I want to learn lebanese. Do you know how much easier it is to learn compared to MSA? And wil I be able to understand other dialects without a problem? And how big of a deal is it if I don't use dual forms to adress two people but instead use the normal plural form? Will it sound weird or unpolite? I'm just curious.
@@jonathanlange1339 you've got it right! while german has several tenses, not all are used in daily speech while french and english have more.. as for learning lebanese arabic compared to (MSA) Modern standard arabic I guess is easier for conversational purposes.. Msa is more formal and used in writing and formal settings across the Arab world ... regarding understanding other dialects by learning lebanese itself.. you'll likely be able to understand other levantine countries such «syria, palestine, jordan etc.. however it might be trickier with distinct dialects such egyptian or gulf dialects or even north african countries such Algerian dialect which you need to be exposed to these dialects but repeating that it's not that hard for dialects since you have a good basis in MSA and one dialect such lebanese.. as for the dual form it's completely normal if not using it since many native arabic use them less and it is not rude or impolite for not addressing two people.. in general Arabic MSA is the base once you master it then it's a good idea to move to a dialect and then go deeper in other dialects which are almost the same and you can understand us just for catching some new word which you'll learn with additional exposure as we love who learn our language and appreciate that so much.. I hope one day to master german deutsch
Deutsch liegt mir am Herzen."♥
انا عربي من الغرب، لا عرف بزف العربية
Finding a dialect and remaining with it for a time, that really helped in learning. I had always used stories Which I'm familiar with along with unabridged CD versions To learn a language. Head your approach Existed back when I was learning French, Spanish and German I probably would have saved myself a lot of time and maybe some heartache.
When you learn one verb, you will later be able to learn many words. Example (play, cook, draw, design)
( لعب ، طبخ ، رسم ، تصميم) =
لعب = لاعب ، يلعب ، لعبة ، ملعب .
طبخ = طباخ ، يطبخ ، طبخة ، مطبخ.
رسم = رسام ، يرسم ، رسمة ، مرسم.
تصميم = مصمم ، يصمم ، تصميم . ( عادة لا يوجد مكان يخص المصممين ، يمكن أن نقول مكتب بشكل عادي) .
As for the verbs (present, past, imperative), they are all derived as well, so you won't need to memorize much. Memorize the main verb and remember only the verb forms and everything will be fine.
لَعِبَ ، يلعب ، إلعب
رسَم ، يرسم ، ارسم
طَبَخَ ، يطبخ ، اُطبخ
صمَم ، يصمم ، صمِم! 😅( Tone)
8:05 you mentioned them well, but you forgot about one which is the case of جزم
حالة الجزم
Which is only for verbs.
Thank you for the video ❤
عند الحديث عن قواعد اللغة العربية باللغة الإنجليزية تسمى الحالات الإعرابية للأسماء
Cases
وللأفعال
Moods
ولذا فإن الاسم المرفوع يكون بالانجليزية في
Nominative case
بينما الفعل المرفوع في
Indicative mood
Very interesting, as a native Arabic speaker, I agree that Arabic is both hard and easy. It is easier to learn spoken Arabic, this way you can communincate easily, especially if you learn the Egyptian dialect or any of the Levant dialects. Gets increasingly harder with GCC, Sudanese, Iraqi and the hardest of them all the North African dialects. Learning classical Arabic is much harder, especially if you want to master reading and writing. So to learn spoken Arabic, a dedicated person can do it in probably 6 months or so. On the other hand for classical Arabic, I'd say at least 12-18 months if you start with the spoken, maybe 2 years if you start from scratch with classical, and then you have to adapt to the spoken one, so surely it is more practical to start with spoken dialect.
I'm arab from Egypt 🇪🇬❤ and I watch the video ❤
There is a well-known language method in France (called Assimil) that promises a B2 level in Modern Standard Arabic in 77 lessons, with one lesson per day of 45 minutes. So, it takes 3 months at 45 minutes a day to achieve a fluent conversational level (B2). After that, there is an advanced course to reach a C1 level in an additional three months. So, going from a complete beginner to C1 in 6 months...
For now, I am at lesson 10, and I currently take minimum 1 hour per lesson to do it seriously. It's tough, but so far I'm sticking with it. I'll let you know in 2 months if I've reached the famous B2 level! :)
This channel is such a refreshing difference compared to the other goofball, even insulting, language channels.
just to clarify, egyptian arab is very different in some things compared to normal arabic. we like to simplify/shortin things sometimes
With regards to the languages of the Arab countries and of Persia, it's good to know the Al-Quran, as that uses the best Arabic and Farsi. Understanding the language of many in the region also helps to understand the culture and politics, thus helping to advance peace and dialogue betwen peoples.
القران عربی ولیس له علاقه بالفرس او لغتهم
I am currently considering learning the language and I already speak Russian as my mother tongue, also English, German and just a tiny bit of Hindi. Seems pretty intimidating but at least cases don't scare me, Russian has 6 of those lol
شکرا 😊
Now, we`re waiting for "Is Hebrew hard? And "Is Hungarian 🇭🇺 hard?"
Hebrew is like Arabic but easier 😉 the main struggle is figuring how to read without vowels. Otherwise a bit less complex grammar than Arabic. So take what he says and remember Hebrew has some of these stuff but less complex. Hope I helped 🙏🏻
@@ritarock60 Thanks a lot :)
But Hebrew verbs` roots lit. fed us up 🥺
Although, they`re around 7 and Arabic has 12+6+4+8=😭
Nice and positive view but it is indeed a very difficult language...practice and dedication are what lead to mastery of any language.
There are 4 cases in total not 3. The fourth one is called حالة الجزم which I don’t know its translation in English.
All the 3 cases you mentioned are associated with nouns only. But in verbs there are also 3 cases , two of which are the same as in nouns which are nominative and accusative while the 3rd one is حالة الجزم.
So nouns have رفع،نصب،جر while verbs have رفع،نصب،جزم
In standard (and maybe dialects too), word order is flexible but it could be used to express emphasis/focus. Starting with the verb can be employed intentionally to the put the emphasis on the action, while starting with the subject is usually to put the emphasis on the subject/person that does the action (like for example when answering "who did something?").
Also, in standard Arabic, starting with the verb is the default form while for dialects, the default is to start with the subject.
Native speakers might not think of this difference because it comes as second nature.
7:13
since the first time I learned about this , this is my first time knowing the meaning of " taksir and salem" . Arabic is my native language but I never really thought about the meanings
Am a native Arabic speaker, and honestly I have no idea how non-Arabs manage to learn the language. It's incredibly difficult!
It's basic. You just make a load of throat sounds
It is pretty difficult but you'll get used to it eventually.
@@marioluigi9599Those throat sounds are the easiest part😂, there is a lot more to come.
@@a.r.4707 you just remember which throat sound means what. And that's it
You don't speakers Arabic you speak dialects Arabic is msa .there is no Arabic language
Arabic isn't difficult. Arab music sounds beautiful, and the alphabet, especially stylized, is artistic. The same is true of Aramaic and Persian (Farsi).
Thank you.
Very good video!
Pharyngeal sounds in Arabic are amazing especially the Voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ, and the Voiceless uvular plosive q.
I realized that I've never used the deepest parts of my throat to make a sound, not even as a baby ... are there videos that teach how to make my throat resonate and make these sounds? ( from "the alternative K sound in Arabic" to the certain Dutch sounds I guess.... )
@@TheLidl100 for the voice pharyngeal fricative ʕ, the English word Blech as in something disgusting, the ch has that sound or at least the way I pronounced it, but many audio recordings of that sound pronounced it as a Voiceless velar fricative X as the J and Ge and Gi in Spanish or ch in Scottish Loch. I think that the Arabic voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ is more like the voiced postalveolar approximant ɹ (the american r), just push the back of the tongue deeper, and one can get it, it seems easier to pronounced this in-between vowels and at the ends of words, harder to do when words start with the voiced pharyngeal fricative ʕ, ayn is very hard to pronounced as a starting point. It would be better to start with Tar then add ʕ, so it would be Tarʕ, I think that is where one gets to this sound. It is very hard because pharyngeal sounds are very rare in languages worldwide, it is very hard to hear it. Some linguists believe that the American r is pharyngealized or a pharyngeal gesture to it.
As for the Voiceless Uvular Plosive q, I used that sound when mimicking a crow which is onomatopoeia , when Crows go caw, caw, I interpret it is a very deep k, one can hear the difference between k which is a voiceless velar plosive, and q a voiceless uvular plosive.
This is great! I love your videos!
I would maybe add that the difference between spoken and standard Arabic is very striking. Sometimes they feel like two different languages to me.
I’d recommend focusing on spoken Arabic if you choose to learn it, maybe a Levantine accent variant (and yes, there are multiple, even within this small area). Unfortunately, there are fewer materials available for it, but it’s much more practical to learn.
at time span 6:02 you got the student and teaching in arabic wrong (switch the position of the arabic word at the student to the teaching and the word for student is totally different from the others)
My main issue is picking which dialect to study. I lived in Kuwait and Morocco and both places were quite different in terms of language. Finally I had revised to only learn the written form in books and newspapers but then no one really speaks like that.
The Saudis speak the most relevant dialect to the archaic Arabic.
9:49 Didn't expect Nouman Ali Khan to show up 😄
Just FYI he is pakistani teaching arabic in Texas
In Singapore there is a food court valled Habibie.
4:27 Only with the harakat. Without the harakat, guessing the pronunciation from the spelling is difficult.
Yeah unfortunately except for the Islamic religious holy book,the Qur'an has the HARAKAT while the others like newspapers,tv news shows and magazines etc,they DON'T. 🤬
اختار الله الوحي الاخير بللغة العربية لايصال جمال القران و الكلمات الربانية المعبرة والمعجزة اللغة العربية غنية وجميلة و مبهرة
Arabic is governed by rules. It is not difficult to learn. It’s a very rich language.
In the Arabic language, there is an important existential question for atheists and Christians that they ignore when talking about the Arabic language. It is a test of the credibility that the Qur’an is the word of the Creator by testing its challenges, eloquence, and miracles.
There are scholars such as the British scholar Arthur Allison and the French scholar Maurice Bucaille and And the American Dr. Raymond Farren who learned Arabic to test whether the Qur’an is truly the word of the Creator.
The best curricula for learning Arabic for non-native speakers is the book Medina and the book Arabic at Your Hands.
Arabic is the most beautiful language in the world in terms of poetry, literature, beauty, description, imagination and depth of meaning. It is the language of 22 countries and a quarter of the world’s population speaks it in their prayers.
I mean it's alright, overrated in my opinion, I can enjoy it without existential questions and still be an atheist
People can can secular reasons to learn arabic, not everyone is interested in the Quran.
Loved the vid as always Olly but how about some love for Farsi? I want to hear about its connections to both Europe and India!
Nope
Me too!
Good day. You made a minor mistake in the segment regarding verb roots. you showed the root د - ر - س . The word for the verbal noun (teaching) is تدريس. Regarding the word student, i haven't encountered the word for student taken from this root, though i suppose it is possible. I would say that that word would be متدرّس
could you make video about IPA and phonetics
Olly, I have decided to learn Arabic. I have to agree that the writing system, pretty much turned me off from reading it. I was like I just can’t understand Arabic’s writing system. Then I thought to myself what are the other things I thought I couldn’t do but did. Being able to play Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson on guitar. I had tried and failed beginning in High School to learn Eric Johnson Cliffs of Dover. I actually gave up on that song for a time because it was so freaking hard. Then one day I decided you know what I just got to learn this song Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson. Then I did it, and performed that song at a talent show and won. Now Cliffs of Dover is relatively easy. So Arabic I thought, I’m just gonna learn it no matter how much I may fail in the beginning. There will come a day when I get Arabic.
As an Arabic speaker, I feel the difficulty of our language for non-Arabs. Sometimes I tell myself that I am ready to challenge any language and learn it, except for Arabic and Chinese (Arabic, in case I was not born an Arab, is difficult to learn).😂
Languages are not a hard topic you just need to give it the time ether 1000hours or 2000 hours depending on the language, what's really had is language like chinese or japanese not because of the way they speak but because of the over 1000 letters you have memories and have ingrined in your brain all with their own complix shapes and sizes
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Each language has its own level of difficulty, which varies depending on its nature and structure. For example, Chinese and Korean are not considered easy languages, as they require extra effort to understand their characters, unique pronunciation systems, and complex grammatical structures. Meanwhile, English is relatively easier because it uses a simple alphabet and less complicated rules, making it easier for learners to progress more quickly.
Hello Olly! I'm a native Arabic speaker. It was quite fun watching this video! However, there were two mistakes: one was the example of D-R-S the verb to learn and the words you can make of that root. Teaching is actually تدريس (Tadris) not مدرس (Mudarres) which is teacher, and student is either طالب or تلميذ. There's a similar word that can be formed which is مُدَرَّس (Mudarras) which is an adjective that can mean the "taught" as in the taught lesson was so and so. The same goes for the root "to love". حبَّذ means more like "rather" and is not related to the world love.
I recognized the first word for student from Taliban (-an is a plural ending in some Iranian language) and the second from Hebrew תלמיד, which it turns out it was borrowed from.
@@pierreabbat6157 طالبان is the dual form of student or two students. And yes exactly, the word in Hebrew "Talmid" is similar to the other in Arabic for student
I recommend u to read some arabic poetry
YES!
Formal Arabic, Al-Fusha, is the classical Arabic. It is one throughout the Arabic speaking countries. It is considered pure, beautiful, rich and strictly ruled. There are many Arabic informal dialects and accents. I am Algerian and our Algerian Arabic dialect can hardly be understood by many speakers in the Middle East. In Algeria, the Berber language, the historical language, is also semitic and has affected the language that was brought by the religion of Islam, namely historic Arabic. Not to mention the use some European languages words mainly French by "colloquilizing" them.
thank you a lot for that video , you spooked well about my language ( the Arabic Language )
, thanks again
First , to master pronunciation you have to master the short harakat: fatha, damma, and kasra. The long harakat are mostly similar to English and they are few. The emphatic consonants that have no English equivalents need training.
Been learning since 2015, and the furthest I've gotten is being able to greet and order food in a restaurant 🤣
The Arabic on your website story learning is it in MSA?
سهله جدا على فكره 😎😎💯
انا مصري، اللغة العربية بالنسبالنا مش مجرد لغة مجردة لا يمكن التغيير فيها. احنا كل فترة بنخترع كلمات جديدة لنفس المعنى.
You may consider it just like slang, to be more clear.
Do you know that there is a big lesson about reading the "number" "العدد".
the arabic is a rich and vast language and it requares long time to learn it perfectly.
@Olly: I'd love to learn spoken Saudi Arabic, as the Al-Quran is written in Arabic, and that is where Saudi Arabic derives from. My understanding of Persian is better than my Arabic, because when I learnt the Quran, I studied Shia Islam, thus in Farsi. Although I'm not Muslim, it's important to understand language and culture, faiths, so as to promote peace and understanding.
Quran is written in fusha Arabic not Saudi dialect
As a urdu speaker learning it, it is not that hard only when having to say bunch of heavy letters at the same time but i got used to it.
Being an Arabic native speaker, I wonder how many words are there in the Arabic language? It is not that difficult after all.
Loved the video bro, hilariously funny. Keep'em coming.
"Arabic can look and sound difficult, but is it really that hard to learn?"
Maghrebi Arabic: Hold My beer !
Arabic I the most beautiful language in the world (whether you realize it or not) ❤
easiest way and the coolest way to lern arabic is egyptian arabic evryone in middle east will understand you +respect
You know I have Arabic class in school and if you focus a bit it’s pretty easy I mean if you get the same opportunity 😅there is nothing you can’t speak
Are they teaching you a specific dialect or only the modern standard version? That’s what made me not want to take it in school since I still wouldn’t really be able to understand a native
It really depends on your mother tongue, if it's Hebrew or Aramaic then it will probably be easier.
Where do you live, my school onlu offers spanish and ASL
@@L3ourBeloved maybe turkey idk
@@user-xq3sf8tw7g i live in a tiny town in the USA
العربية ليس صعب جداً، فقظ انه قليلة صعب الأبجد لكن اذا تعلمك الحروف و كيف ضم عليهم لست سأيكون صعب. تحياة لكم من المغرب 🇲🇦
انت اللي تحتاج تتعلم عربي
Can you do a video about the hebrew language
As a native arabic speaker i didn´t understand most of the exemples you put. Arabic is much simpler than that.
Same here, these foreigners pronounce it in more dificult way
Is Arabic hard to learn?
Does the sunrise from the east? I’m literally an Arab, and our grammar, although beautiful, perplexes me every time and causes me to tragically lose grades.
Is it hard to learn the Irish language?
Do you have a book on it.
Moshi
I am an Arab and I speak Arabic easily. My dream in life is to speak English easily as well, but beware, the Arabic language has rules and things that will paralyze your tongue, even Arabs do not know it.
3:01 the translation is completely wrong, it seems like you took it from another example sentence
English Alphabet; A B C D. Must be Aihbec. While Arabic Alphabet; أ Alph, ب Ba, ت Ta, then you can see the origin of Alphabet. ABJD is one dialects of Arabic which is Hebrew.
The most difficult thing in Arabic is grammar and syntax. I mean, it is an ocean of syntax. People who study Arabic as a school education really turn their hair gray.
The route for love in arabic is حب not حبب. Its only two letters. Not all the time the route is consistent of three letters
Trees = الأشجار not الأشجر 3:08
I'm an Arabic native speaker, I think ease and difficult depends on the technique of teaching, and the curriculum.
great video, but I have to say Arabic is an easy language, easier than English actually because it is consistent, and the grammar make sense unlike English where half the time you go against the rule as an exception.
فيديو جميل لكن اظن انك اهملت جانب النحو ف هو به 5 بحور نحوية اساسية و اخرى فرعية، بالاضافة الى جانب الصرف و علم المعانى، ولا تنسى ان العربية فى الاصل غير منقوطة و غير مشكلة. ❤
Arabic IS hard (even if you speak Hebrew). Firstly you will need to learn how to pronounce and distinguish lots of totally alien sounds. The writing system is complex and the handwriting mostly used (that is, Ruq'ah script) has tons of connections and divergencies from your Arial based on a very flattened Naskh, that will takes ages just to learn how to decypher it (let alone write on it). Vocabulary is endless, even natives could relate to you: "There are around 3 words for a concept we know and other 18 that you will need a dictionary". Grammar is logical, geometrical, regular and straightforward, mostly, but mind you, you'll have to get it all inside your head and be ready for many details that are totally unmatchable to most languages. Diglossia: classical arabic and any dialect group at the same time will feel like learning 2 separate languages for ages until you will see the connections and how they relate, and you kind of must learn both thoroughly to fully immerse into Arabic. But in the end, after you get used to all of that, Arabic is a very colorful and expressive language rich in culture and literature. You will also be surprised how Arabs in general will appreciate your effort and receive you really kindly for that. Well I guess you will even become a bit Arab by the end of the process.
أخيرًا، أود أن أحيي جميع إخواني العرب وأعبر عن شكري لكل من كان معي في هذه الرحلة السعيدة لتعلم لغتكم الجميلة والرائعة.
لكل من يرغب في تعلمها، ها هي نصيحتي لكم: لا شيء مستحيل لمن كانت إرادته قوية ونيته ثابتة. الله يعطيكم العافية طوال عمركم وينعم عليكم بتحقيق كل أحلامكم.
مع السلامة. 😊😊😊
Trust me, you should see the kids in the middle east suffering who are forced to study arabic for 10 years
I studied arabic from kindergarten to high school in dubai. Trust me I am still Level 0 at speaking.
Interestingly enough, Cyrillic has 33 letters. *More* than Arabic.
Also, most of the letters in the Cyrillic writing system is based on the Greek and the Latin alphabet. With one *very* interesting exception: The letters ш and щ ("sh" and "shch," respectively) are both based on the letter س ("sh").
Also, in Persian, which is a different language but which uses the Arabic script, the word for the number "six" is ۷ ("shesh"). While in Russian, it is шесть ("shest"). And in Ukrainian, it is шість ("shist").
It's all so fascinating! 😃😃😃😃
Do you speak Russian?
@@panzerdegree9984Да, хотя это не мой родной язык.
Yes, although it is not my native language.
you said sh wrongly, its "س", "ش" is sin wich makes s sound
@@Abdullah-mh7eg Okay, thank you for letting me know.
@@Cyclonus2377 np 👍