Dear PurpleFungi,
My apologies for the late reply. Why are you taking German? It sounds difficult to me.
And I like your screen name!
Please let me know of any questions you may have for learning Arabic and I will advise you my best.
Sincerely,
Ayesha
Thanks, Ayesha! I think that you are awesome. I think that Arabic would be way harder to learn (different characters, regional dialects, and etc.)!
I'm taking/was taking (I had my final exam last Wednesday) for fun and to later teach my children. It was what was offered at my local community college, but I would have prefered to take something less commonly taught in American schools like Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic.
I think that I'm going to buy Pimsleur's Arabic (the short course) to help me get started since my library doesn't offer it. Maybe I can make a suggestion to my library to start up an Arabic collection!
Ironically, my town is very close to Dearborn, Michigan, which I believe, has the largest population of Middle Eastern people in the United States. It was definitely an eye opener when I was doing my nursing preceptorship at a hospital there and had no patients whatsoever who spoke English. Usually, I would see patients in my area with the primary foreign language of Spanish because of all the migrant workers. I can handle the Spanish, but the Arabic is new to me. The good thing is that Spanish has over 4,000 Arabic loan words, interestingly!
I think that the Arabic language is beautiful and worthwhile to learn. I'm glad that the there is so much help and support online to learn other languages!
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