Arabic - Is it really that difficult?

• Want to learn arabic but lots of people discouraged me from learning this language. Is it really that difficult?
  
  Franz

  28 May 2007, 06:38 Franz

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• Yes it is!

  The Arabic language is difficult - ask anyone who has tried to learn it. The United States government categorizes languages on the degree of difficulty for a native speaker of English to gain practical fluency. Category four is the most difficult; there are four of them. They are Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Russian.

  Paul 28 May 2007, 06:39 - Report

• Yes it's hard, but not impossible

  Hello--
  
  I've been studying Arabic off and on for 5 years on evenings/weekends. It IS harder than, say, Spanish or French. For me, the worst part was the script. If you spend a month or so learning the alphabet and really get it in your head, and don't rely on transliteration, that will be a big help. Then it's on to grammar...which is quite a bit different than English. But I think it may be more consistent. Arabic is actually pretty logical and doesn't have as many exceptions to the rules as English does.
  
  The main thing is to suspend your English paradigm and accept Arabic as it is!

  Joz 05 Jun 2007, 05:01 - Report

• regarding learning arabic

  Aslam alikum .believe me Arabic is very ,very easy language. I can teach u in an easy way .do not worry.
  but please, help me be proficient in eglish
  [email removed]

  ayman 18 Jun 2007, 10:04 - Report

• Russian is not on that list

  He said the most difficult are Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Russian. Actually Russian is a hard langauge but it did not make the hardest group. The actual list is Chinese, Korean, Arabic and Japanese...with Japanese getting a special note, its the hardest language to learn for speakers of English. Thank goodness they are an ally!
  
  They list the last category as requiring 88 weeks of study and one year in-country. (btw, each week is a full 25 hours of classroom time, so the total is 2200 hours of class room study.
  
  Most people self studying do about 5 hours a week. So at the rate of 5 hours per week, you'll need 440 weeks (assuming no attrition)...which is why 99% of people who self study never succeed...they get frustrated at the lack of success after a few years, they don't realize they didn't have a realistic plan, and were studying at a rate that would bring them to fluency in over 8 years....
  
  anyway so then you get the advice not to bother.
  
  It's true, if you don't have plans to study like a madman...you might want to consider a category 1 language, which is much, much less time to learn. (Spanish being the best bet)

  Robert 10 May 2008, 05:09 - Report

• If you have the ability & willing, it is not hard :)

  Hello,
  
  I would like you invite you to our group:
  
  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learn_arabic_language/
  
  It is one of the good and well moderated groups.
  
  Best regards,
  Dr. Hemaidy

  Hemaidy 12 Jun 2008, 08:16 - Report

• I have idea

  There is a phrase "Structure determines behavior... Unless you don`t know yourself" so yeah arabic language is hard but if u are in need - go for, if you discover yourself i guess you don`t need any language just you and your dreams which will becoming true in UAE like stars in Tibet.

  ILYA 07 Aug 2008, 12:41 - Report

• would like to learn arabic from ayman_ayman_nn@yahoo.com

  Assalamualaikum Ayman,
  
  I would like to learn arabic from you. Please email me at [email removed]
  
  Thanks and Regards
  Faizan

  Faizan 08 Sep 2008, 06:40 - Report

• Arabic learning!

  AoA! I have recently started learning arabic and take classes 3hrs a week. Would this be sufficient for learning fluent arabic in say 2-3 years? Please give me some advice on which books or any tips at learning faster. My email is [email removed]
  
  Thanks.
  Suleman

  Suleman Khan 18 Oct 2008, 06:41 - Report

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  jesica 26 Nov 2008, 06:45 - Report

• learning Arabic

  I'm ready to teach you arabic if you can improve my English.
  if you can just e-mail me on [email removed]

  mohammed 29 Nov 2008, 07:08 - Report

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  Thanks,
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  Hafiz abduRahmon abduRasheed 30 Nov 2008, 02:44 - Report

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  kha 23 Jul 2009, 08:36 - Report