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[learnarabicin25years]

I looked up the Arabic for this to see which word was used for audacity -- it's وقاحة:

يسرقون رغيفك .. ثم يعطونك منه كِسرة .. ثم يأمرونك أن تشكرهم على كرمهم .. يا لوقاحتهم

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[mooncorelangblr]

LANGBLR INTRO!!!

A little about me:

Call me Azara c:

Middle Eastern - Persian origins (not ir*nian please ;-;)

26 - isfp - sagittarius

lesbian - she/her

Got my BA in English Language and Literature with a minor in French

Preparing for an MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and self-studying and researching theoretical+applied+interdisciplinary linguistics

Languages I speak:

Arabic (native - standard and a dialect of the gulf)

Farsi (native but I don't speak the standard)

English C1

French (standard) B1/B2

Korean B1/B2

Languages Goals - short and long term:

IELTS BAND 9 

Arabic (build my vocabulary for translation)

Advancing in Korean C1

Advancing in French C1

Learning Standard Farsi

Consistently learn Japanese for 60 days

Consistently learn Chinese for 60 days

Could post about other languages that interest me at one point!

How I learn languages

tv shows mostly as I rely a lot on pronunciation and sentence structures in speech

music - I mostly listen to English, Persian, Korean, Japanese and French songs but I am open to anything as long as it's good

used to take classes before covid and then I enrolled in online classes and hated them - they were bland.

textbooks that I spent a fortune on ;-;

Let's be friends !! ♡

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[study-diaries]

15th April 2024

I've been ignoring my language course for the past 7+ months and my final exam for it is coming closer day by day T-T

Overall a productive day...

Today I :

Completed 5 lessons with grammar in Arabic

Attended my Arabic class

Finished my homework

Read 100+ pages (still counting)

Completed a novel

Total study time: 1 hour 30 mins

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[h0neyfreak]

I’ve used probably every app to learn languages at least a bit and genuinely Mango has done more for me in a week than the rest of them ever did ily Mango

#langblr #italian langblr #arabic langblr #language #language learning #text post #mine #being able to record my voice and compare the waveforms is so nice #scratches an itch in my completionist brain #also the way it builds on itself just really works for me

[h0neytalk]

Favorite VERY BASIC Comprehensible Input Sources I’ve Found (all free)

These are all for Italian and Arabic (MSA + Levantine dialect) and suitable for A1! I’ve found the very early stages are the hardest to find stuff for but also when it’s the most boring to be confined to flashcards and memorizing so hopefully this helps. Also it keeps me from losing these links.

Italian:

Curioso come George (Italian Curious George, honestly a lot of kids shows can get tiring but Curious George doesn’t hit that “annoying” pitch while still being simple) (link is to one episode but you can find tons in the related vids) (also segments are themed so you can find ones that roughly correlate to a unit of vocab like weather or clothes)

Ardea Digitale Schoolbooks (schoolbooks for children that you can download as PDFs along with workbooks/worksheets)

Arabic (MSA)

Read Learn Play Arabic (cannot speak highly enough of this one it’s so good and there’s so much and idk how it isn’t talked about more)

Cartoon Network MENA (good just because the material is recognizable, obviously usefulness of vocab/level is gonna vary by show)

Arabic (Levantine Dialect)

Sesame Street! Aka Ahlan Simsim. (Some segments are more advanced than others obviously but it’s incredible for learning the sound of the dialect and is also not grating for adults imo) (free on YouTube)

Lingualism Diaries (not nearly as beginner friendly as Read Learn Play but definitely doable within a few weeks assuming you know the alphabet) (also has audio versions)

I highly recommend lingualism.com for a ton of Arabic materials in all sorts of dialects/levels but they’re mostly paid (not expensive! But not free) and this post is meant to compile free stuff.

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[rain-is-studying]

Progress, as of now.

I've made progress with Arabic! I've made progress with forming sentences with somewhat accurate grammar involving the pronoun 'i' but still struggle with forming sentences in the present continuous tense and 3rd person perspective. I also struggle with pronouncing the letter 'ض'. I can type now too :)

My GPA has reduced though, like by 10%. Previously my GPA was a 65% and now it's a whopping 56% and that's pretty disappointing coming from me. My teachers were so disappointed and the worse part is my self disappointment was greater! But hey, just because I'm struggling doesn't mean I'm failing, right? I have another exam this month so I'm sure I'll be able to do better!

I've also started going to many places like the cat cafe and the local library. I've never been to a local library back in india cuz they were always far from home, now that I moved to Dubai, by GOSH I LOVE HOW ACCESSIBLE IT IS!

Till then, see ya!

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[arabic-langblr]

Sneak peek about the surprise

Hello, lovely people!

I hope you're all doing well.

First of all, thank you so much for the warm welcome back ;-; I honestly didn't expect it! I would have returned much earlier if I knew that was the case :')

Anyways, I'm currently working on a few posts and there's also the surprise I mentioned earlier, which I wanted to share it with you to see who's interested in participating in it.

I've always said that I'm not so happy with the available free Arabic courses online, so I decided to do something about it and make an actual good free course that is fun and accessible for everyone. I have experience in teaching Arabic for non-native speakers of different ages so I think I'll be able to make an interesting course based on my humble experience and knowledge.

I'm currently working on the material, although I'm no editing expert but my point is not to have the "perfect" course in terms of technology/presentation. I am, however, confident that the content will be good, that I'll be able to give you guys something that is fun and practical إن شاء الله. I'm not sure if we can call it a course, or an event or a learning activity, as you wish it's the idea that counts ^^

I'm gonna start from the very beginning, and I'll be with you every step on the way. During the time the course/event will take place, I'll answer questions, give you homework and correct it, etc.

It won't be live. I'll make content in advance so that people can listen to it at their own pace. I'm thinking of posting 2 lessons a week depending on how long each lesson will be.

I hope you'll be interested in this idea, the first level will be beginner i.e. the letters / harakat / words.

Is anyone interested in this idea? let me know.

Also, if you have any other comments / questions feel free to share them! Like how long would the lessons be ideally? And how many lessons per week?

#arabic #arabic-langblr #arabic langblr #I don't know if this counts as a sneak peek omg I ended up ranting about the whole thing pfffft #anyways I'm really excited about this and I'm the type of person who can't contain her excitement #I'm not sure if we can call it an event or a course #the idea is that it will be for a limited time so that people will be motivated to study #personal

[anjedah]

allow yourself to indulge in romantics.  press flowers in old books.  play movies with subtitles and mouth the words.  dance in your room.  wear something that makes you feel good, even if you wouldn’t wear it in public.  write your chosen family letters, even if you hand deliver them.  write poetry, even awful poetry.  revel in its awfulness.  eat dark chocolate and when your chosen family want to go out, try to go out with them sometimes, even if its just to the market.  

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[bethlearnsarabic]

How to pronounce the Arabic alphabet

This is the single most useful resource I've found for learning to speak Arabic!

#arabic resources #learning arabic #iraqi arabic #alphabet #langblr #arabic langblr #linguistics #language learning #Youtube

[joy-is-what-it-means]

The semester is starting to get real serious, I need to get back to organising my tasks on Notion!

But the real question is, why is my handwriting the worst when I write in my native language?

#I love all kinds of literature in all languages #study #studyblr #study blog #langblr #motivation #notes #literatura #literature studyblr #arabic #arabic studyblr #arabic langblr #arabic literature

[vibinwiththefrogs]

Big recommendation for anyone starting Arabic. I've been using the playlist Arabic Level One from the YouTube channel Arabic Khatawaat. She's very clear about laying out basic grammar and sentence structure.

#I can't understand anything yet but i feel like I'm building a good foundation to go into immersion easier #langblr #arabic langblr #arabic language

[learnarabicin25years]

Gaza vocab

Notes on Arabic words I have had to (re)learn since October 7.

دبابة -- dababa -- tank

قنّاص -- qannaS -- sniper (root means to hunt/shoot, but made into a form of expertise via the same noun form as used for trades, such as barber, حلّاق, or butcher, جزّار)

قهر -- qahr -- overwhelming grief

مشمّر -- mushammir -- up to your elbows in, super-dedicated (from the root that means to roll up your sleeves)

ثكلى (n.) or ثكلان (adj.) -- thakla, thaklan -- mother who has lost a child, or, as an adjective, bereaved (specifically of a parent who has lost a child)

الكيان الصهيوني -- al-kiyan al-Sihyuni -- the Zionist entity -- very standard media-Arabic euphemism for Israel, used for decades, but which I've inexplicably seen shared as "Iranian propaganda"

أسير (s.) / أسراء (pl.) -- aseer / usara' -- prisoner(s). From the same root that gives the word أسرة, usra, family. Mentally file with other contradictory ("contradictory") roots like طلق / taluqa, to jump for joy and to get a divorce.

إبادة -- ibada -- annihilation, genocide

انقاض -- anqaD -- rubble (pl of نقض, nuqD)

#arabic #langblr #arabic langblr #studyblr #media arabic

[thefakepolyglot]

Postgrad Life and Back to Langblr

Hello everyone! I have been gone from langblr for a hot minute now, but after graduating from university in May and being left to my own devices in terms of language learning, I am focusing once more on this blog.

Thanks to all who have stuck out this account! I love seeing some of my posts still get notes years from when I posted them, always gives me a little bit of a nudge to come back and be more active. This time, I hope I'm here to stay.

Don't know if langblr is even that active anymore, but I hope that even if there's just a few of us left, we can use this platform to hold ourselves accountable and stay connected with other language learners.

I hope I'll see some familiar faces online, and I hope you'll keep an eye out for mine :)

#langblr #learning languages #language learning #polyglot #studyblr #motivation #study motivation #studying #study blog #university #postgrad #frenchblr #french #italian #norwegian langblr #norwegian #arabic langblr #arabic #personal #original

[study-diaries]

Language learning is so damn attractive. Like, who wouldn't look good when they spend hours understanding a language's illogical grammar and twisted vocabulary and have mental break downs because of it?

#Don't mind me #Just suffering with vocabs and conjugations here #arabic langblr #dutch #rant post #Personal #shitpost #arabic language #langblr #language blog #langblog #language #language stuff #language learning #language study #Studyblr

[shrews-studies]

Hiii I've recently started being active here again but my dash is painfully empty of language learning posts so please interact if you post about:

Any of the following languages: Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, Arabic, Serbian and Korean

Just generally language learning resources, study tips, advice, about your progress, anything

Literature, best if Slavic <3

Other kinds of humanities related studies

Art!! While this isn't my art blog, I'm always looking to find cool fellow artists 🌸

#langblr #studyblr #russian langblr #hungarian langblr #romanian langblr #korean langblr #arabic langblr #serbian langblr #a lot of the people I follow who were active when I last was #don't post anymore #so I'm trying to freshen things up #shrews post

[h0neytalk]

Practicing the Arabic Alphabet

I honestly lucked out so much taking Arabic in college and learning basic MSA reading/writing/grammar from an excellent professor but I’m gonna compile the most useful things we did in class here to help people learning on their own (this isn’t focused on resources, just strategies, might do a separate post with worksheets and videos but they’re pretty easy to find):

Get the alphabet in front of you. We had a packet with a page for every letter with the letter written in the three positions, pronunciations, names, and lines to trace and write like 100 times. And then a page with all the diacritics. These sheets abound for free online. Make yourself an alphabet packet. Watch copious videos/listen to recordings going over the letters and how they sound. Repeat it back. Work in chunks and don’t move to the next set until you can recognize and write the current set.

Tracing! Learn to write the letters right to left and with the proper order from day one. This sounds obvious but people in my class were still drawing letters left to right as isolated shapes next to each other so idk maybe it’s not. Having nice handwriting in Arabic is both satisfying and absurdly helpful. Learn how the letters connect. Spend more time than you think is necessary on this.

Write English words and sentences phonetically using diacritics and Arabic letters. Do not worry about translation and spelling. Just make the connection between shape -> sound. Use anything you have. Lists of names, entire pages from books and magazines, texts from friends, menus. Literally anything. Work through how to make those words with the new alphabet. You will learn a surprising amount about the language and pronunciation by doing this. How do you translate sounds that don’t exist? What about multiple sounds where English only has one? Read it back with the accent.

Transcribe English phonetically. Same as above but do it without the English in front of you and just listening. Make that voice to visual connection.

Hand write word lists once you get to vocab. Then type them on your laptop and phone (if you want to be able to type in Arabic, also highly recommend a keyboard cover with the letters next to the Latin alphabet). Copy all the diacritics even though that’s not necessarily how native speakers do it. I have a notebook that looks like it belongs to lunatic toddler because it just has the same words and snippets written over and over again lmao.

Finally, transcribe Arabic. If you can use something with a transcript or captions to check your work even better! But don’t check for perfect spelling, check you used mostly the right letters and marks. You will definitely smash some words together and miss a silent or elided letter or something but try and hear the difference between ع and ا or ق and ك etc. The more sources you use the better.

We did this for one full semester of 50 minute classes 3 times a week while sprinkling in some basic vocab towards the second half. It felt like forever at the time but I never lost my ability to phonetically read and write in Arabic despite 4 years of complete non-use while living in America in an area without any significant Arabic-speaking population or language presence. It is absolutely CHISELED into my brain.

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