What is the fastest way to learn conversational Arabic?
Arabic is usually ranked among the top six of the world’s major languages. As the language of the Qurʾān and Hadith, it is also widely used throughout the Muslim world. Arabic, in its standard form, is the official language of 26 states. The liturgical language of 1.8 billion Muslims, and Arabic is one of six official languages of the United Nations. All varieties of Arabic combined are spoken by perhaps as many as 422 million speakers (native and non-native) in the Arab world, making it the fifth most spoken language in the world. A Semitic language(includes Hebrew and Amharic, the main language of Ethiopia), Arabic first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE. It rose to become the lingua franca of the Arab world. Named after the Arabs, a term initially used to describe peoples living in the Arabian Peninsula bounded by eastern Egypt in the west, Mesopotamia in the east, and the Anti-Lebanon mountains and Northern Syria in the north, as perceived by ancient Greek geographers, Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, government and the media.
There are several Arabic dialects some of which are mutually unintelligible – Classical Arabic or the language of the Qur’an, the Modern Standard Arabic (used in books, newspapers, on television and radio, in the mosques, and in a conversation between educated Arabs from different countries for example at international conferences), and local dialects that vary considerably! And the ISO has assigned language codes to thirty varieties of Arabic!
Arabic is a highly inflectional tongue. Subject, tense, and mood are communicated by how you inflect your tone. There are ten usual verb patterns, and students must memorize the conjugation and vocalization for the active and passive voices. Plurals and their agreements with numbers are more difficult and complex than what we are used to in English.
Arabic is foreign to English speakers in every sense of the word. Therefore, the fastest way to learn Arabic is the Immersion Approach; An often-mentioned alternative to the travel immersion approach is the personal immersion approach when you learn the language by dating or becoming close friends with someone who speaks Arabic. You can also use the two below mentioned tips:
MADINA BOOKS:
Start watching Madina book videos that are available online on YouTube by Br. Asif Mehrali. Finish all three books. Instead of Madina books, you can follow the book Al Arabiyyatu Bayn ya dayk, the YouTube videos by green lane masjid. Madina books is good for grammar and building a strong foundation whereas al arabiyyatu is good for learning language and conversations quickly without stressing much upon the grammar.
LIVE CLASSES:
After you have at least finished book 1 of your chosen series and have your concepts clear then join an institute where they provide live Arabic classes, onsite (in your city) or online like or, whatever suits you. [I am studying at Arabic language online classes (ACI)]. It’s highly recommended that you go for group study instead of studying individually.
It is important to keep in mind that the sound system of Arabic is very different from that of English and the other languages of Europe. Arabic words always start with a single consonant followed by a vowel, and long vowels are rarely followed by more than a single consonant. Clusters containing more than two consonants do not occur in the language. Arabic uses a completely new alphabet. There is almost no shared vocabulary between Arabic and Latin-based languages. Every single word you learn is a new word.
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Classical Arabic, with roots in ancient Semitic languages, is a literary form of Arabic (as opposed to dialectical Arabic) dating back at least 1500 years. The first evidence of Arabic script, the inscription of Zabad from the year 512, was found in Syria. Over the centuries, the Arab-Muslim civilization has made lasting inroads into Europe, Africa, Asia, and to a lesser extent America, sharing the richness of its arts, science, and knowledge.
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