Help! O.O So, I have missed my Arabic class for two days now because I did not feel well on Monday and Today I had to take my computer to get fixed. So i emailed a classmate to get the homework and see what I missed. She tells me: We talked about the different groupings of letters based on the letter (like the second, third, fourth letters are all in the same group, only the dots are different), and practiced those. If there is no fatha, kasra, damma over alif (first letter), waw, or yah (last two letters) that means that it is playing theh role of a vowel, not a consonant. We all wrote our names in Arabic, and our homework was to practice that along with two handouts she gave us. We talked about new accents based on some handouts, (hamzah, shadda, madda, briefly talked about tanwiin's) and practicing some basic speaking. Homework is to do the exercises on pages 39, 40 and to copy, learn and memorize all the phrases listed in the tables in chapters 1 and 2. Then she adds... So you definitely missed a good chunk of work, and it's definitely the kind of stuff you should have someone explain to you rather than try to do it yourself. So good luck, and hope you feel better! The Teaching Assistant/Tutor is only available on Mondays from 6-8 and the professor is only available 11:30-2 on Mondays and Wednesdays. But my next class is Friday (here it is wednesday).... I am calling out for help! I haven't even been able to memorize the alphabet yet, but that's not going to happen in a day. I don't want to be completely lost, though, or look really stupid in class. So help!

Native Arabic-speaking Females Arabic-speaking ladies, Ladies, where are you? I know you are out there. I would like more women language partners. It is nice to talk to women because women understand women a lot better, plus it's easier for me to talk to women than guys, because I am one! Currently, I only have one female Arabic language partner, and the rest are guys... many guys. I don't know why I am so popular with guys... or are there just more native Arabic-speaking guys on this site? But really, I would like some female friends to talk with. Is anybody out there who wants to talk with me? There must be someone....

Foods in other countries

Hi everyone-
I love learning languages, and also traveling. However, I have a food allergy to tree nuts. This includes: walnuts, cashews, pecans, chestnuts (maybe?), almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, Brazil nuts and macademia nuts. So when I go to a new country that is not English speaking, i have a hard time knowing what i can have.
So i was wondering- what are some foods in your culture or country that have (or might have nuts in them)? We can talk about these foods, and if you like them or not and then maybe it will lead to a general discussion about food. :)

Food with Tree Nuts

Hi everyone-

I love learning languages, and also traveling. However, I have a food allergy to tree nuts. This includes: walnuts, cashews, pecans, chestnuts (maybe?), almonds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, Brazil nuts and macademia nuts. So when I go to a new country that is not English speaking, i have a hard time knowing what i can have.

So i was wondering- what are some foods in your culture or country that have (or might have nuts in them)? We can talk about these foods, and if you like them or not and then maybe it will lead to a general discussion about food. :)

 

 

Arabic Alphabet So since I just completed learning the alphabet in my course at school, I'm just going to say random.... (letters? characters? What are they called?) and stuff that I know. Keep in mind it is 1:20am and I didn't sleep last night and I still am not familiar with the alphabet. So here goes nothing. Hmmm... so apparently, it appears I cannot even do that. I have a long way to go. I am soooo behind. O.O How am I going to catch up? @.@ Then again, I suppose it takes more skill to type it than to write it but once you know what you're doing I'm sure it's really easy. Thats the way it was in chinese. Also, I just realized (for the millionth time) that arabic is written from left to write. Oh, that's going to take some serious getting used to. شمريه سعشم Hopefully that's Alndi sual - I have a question. Thought somehow I doubt it.

First notebook entry: Introducing myself I am learning Mandarin because I have several friends who speak Mandarin, and I want to learn. I am taking a class next semester at my college.