I’m an Arab and I’m just amazed mashallah! Your accent is very good considering you learnt arabic for ONE YEAR!! keep going you’re a real shooting star :)
Man! This is an answer to my prayers! In my early 20s I worked for a man from Lebanon and we became like family to one another. Over time, I learned enough Levantine Arabic to handle conversation at the restaurant and to have casual conversation outside the store. Fast forward, my vocab hasn’t increased exponentially since then and I’ve been seriously praying for an opportunity to retain and expand my Arabic, but had difficulty finding strictly Levantine resources. Here you are speaking Levantine Arabic! Praise God! Excited for what’s ahead and encouraged by your own experiences!
I've been learning Arabic for a bit over a month now and just discovered your channel today. Your videos are very funny Mashallah! I love the feeling of progress, being able to pick out more words from conversation as I go on, and the GPA method sounds very interesting! It sounds similar to description of the classes that LearnArabicwithMaha teaches in Palestine and Jordan. Anyway keep up the great videos, I've loved getting to see you interact with Arabic speakers in so many locales. :)
I used this to learn french and some turkish. Watching everything in the language you want to learn helps so much. Your phones language, memes, youtube, netflix and if you regularly study you just absorb it much faster
I find this gpa method to be very good since through out my language learning the vocab I remembered and loved !! Were those that had a meaning in my life and because i later on figured it is not exactly about how much vocab you have or how long you search vague dictionary definitions but instead how much you can communicate in one field whatever it is even if you started with “casual talks” and then you can be much more confident in going on to other fields, that would be a native approach to learning their mother tongue since no one knows the word planetarium when they’re 10 but are very confident and are immersive with the language.
@@abuasherhow many hours per week would you consider optimal for learning? I'm thinking about a beginner learner based abroad, attending an online course
@@riccardocalcagno9998 hey, this is hard to answer, but ultimately as many as you can handle without hating the process! I did 5 hours in class with 3 hours of study 5 days a week, but this may look different for you!
Congrats on learning a new language. That’s a milestone. I find that you have a bit of a non-native accent (or twang) when you speak English, interestingly enough. I wonder if you grew up around non-English-speaking immigrants! Perhaps Italians? I notice this accent surface a lot more in your interactive videos in which you speak English with non-English speakers. Perhaps that’s just you dumbing down (or Arabizing) your English for their understanding, though?
@@abuasher Thanks for your reply, mate. I enjoy your content thoroughly. Given that you speak Arabic fluently, do you prefer to live in Arabic-speaking countries (and thereby take advantage of the substantially lower cost of living), in Singapore, where I understand your wife to be from, or in other countries?
Hey, there isn’t one to my knowledge as Fusha is not as much of a spoken variety. But the beauty of GPA is that the teacher doesn’t need to be highly qualified but rather willing to talk to you, so if you find someone willing to talk to you in Fusha and learn the approach then go for it 😁
I love learning all languages. I'm wondering if it's because we like to talk and compete 🤔 I know people who speak the way you do dialect-wise. I find this beautiful. The script is the hardest part so far. But with Arabic having so many words 😂it's not going to be easy.
Tell me where this school is. I want to start this same style. Am really enthusiastic about learning without having to spend 4yrs in Georgetown or the univ of Arizona
First of all Thank you for your content 🙂 I’m still learning English because I wanna master it to use it for my future career and it’s a real pleasure. After English I’m craving learning Portuguese and Korean . -I’m really curious about how so you stick your new sentences,expressions and words . I actually have this problem, I immerse myself a lot with different kinda contents that I love but sentences /words don’t really want to keep in my mind or to be used when I’m talking. Do you think is important to go over everything that you learned during de day? And how do you go over or test your to stick them in your mind. I really appreciate your video so keep it up 👍 you choose a difficult language but really beautiful one too 😊
Hey, it seems like you’re at a very advanced level of English! So great job! I don’t know if I have a lot of great advice because I should be asking you for advice. But I’ve had the same problem with Arabic that there are some words they I know only when I hear them, but I don’t know them when I want to say them. I think the only solution for this is practicing speaking. Find places where you can talk to others and try to talk about new topics each time. I don’t often review the words over and over I just continue to use them and eventually they move to a deeper level of memory. Hope this is helpful. Keep up the great work!
@@abuasher haha 😆 that’s the problem when you learn a language for sure you don’t have the same level in your 4 skills (read,write,speak,learn),even though i have still big imperfections when i write and read but they are genuinely better than my speaking and listening, that can be frustating time to time. i don’t think i have precious advice that can help you more than you already know. regularity-immersion-no fears of speaking-motivation-passion-no fears of making mistakes-give yourself a break-reward yourself after successes-track your progresses,enjoy your journey of learning-never give up-learn with contents you love,your interests-be confident you can do it. i try 😂. yes obviously you’re right, speaking as much as you can , same for listening and reading. I think to find a language partner and to help each other in this challenge would be gratefull. have you ever tried to memorize Arabic language with associations? that might help you much better. have a great day and thanks for your answer.
@@enory5983 This is all great advice! And yes learning all four skills is definitely a challenge! I have tried learning some words with associations, but I could definitely do more!
That when you know many words but can't use them in your speech is called passive vocabulary. Passive vocabulary is always higher than the active one and it makes it easier to understand people when they are talking to you, or when you are reading etc. but no probs mate you can just try to activate them by output, like try to write more or a speaking session now and then. Good luck to your studies. Just carry on😊
Dude, where are you from originally? Why did you want to learn Arabic? How impressive! I'm from the US originally from Syria so I speak English n Arabic fluently 😊
ما شاء الله عليك و أيضا انا اتكلم اللغة العربية الفصحى بالنسبة اللهجة صبعة ولكن خير إن شاء الله و أيضا انا أسلمت في الإسلام الحق بفضل الله سبحانه وتعالى و أيضا انا اتعلم اللغة العربية بنفسي بفضل الله ورحمته ولكن استمر فيها حتى ارجع إلى الله سبحانه وتعالى و أيضا اني من جزيرتي جامايكا قريب الولايات المتحدة ولكن انا مقيم في بريطانيا..
its basically the same for me..but the problem is that as a foreign non-Arabic speaker..the conversation basically remains the same and does not go very deep..People are amazed that i can speak arabic..they ask me where i am from. Why I study Arabic..How i study Arabic and for how long. It is the same thing being repeated when speaking with arabic speakers.
I can understand what you say very clearly..very clear voice. Can you understand really local TV and formal news in Arabic? After reaching certain level, i feel kind of stuck..as Arabic learner, my Arabic is not colloquial enough to understand full-on dialect and not formal enough to understand news fully@@abuasher
No, I can’t understand the news. I haven’t studied the formal language much. And honestly I am still a far way from fluency in colloquial. But that stuck feeling always happens with language learning you reach a plateau if you’re in either the intermediate or the advanced level. It’s very normal and improvement is much slower, but you’re still learning, so don’t get discouraged 😁
I would like to learn Levantine Arabic too. What’s the best way to learn this ? Would it be to learn standard Arabic first then to learn Levantine Arabic ?
I started with Levantine and am still in the process of learning Standard Arabic. So whichever you prefer to start with. If you have the option, I’d spend some time in the Levant even if it’s just for a few months to jumpstart your learning!
Tell me... What languages are YOU learning?
I live in lebanon so i already know arabic english and french .im learning Russian
That’s awesome! What made you choose Russian? I’ve also thought of learning some Russian someday 😁
Well nothing in particular i just liked it and i procceded onto leaning it
That’s cool!
🤔 well I like Italian language which is close to my mother tongue but I’d love to learn Arabic and Turkish language…. Yeah difficult 😂
I’m an Arab and I’m just amazed mashallah! Your accent is very good considering you learnt arabic for ONE YEAR!! keep going you’re a real shooting star :)
Thank you very much! That's encouraging!
Man! This is an answer to my prayers! In my early 20s I worked for a man from Lebanon and we became like family to one another. Over time, I learned enough Levantine Arabic to handle conversation at the restaurant and to have casual conversation outside the store. Fast forward, my vocab hasn’t increased exponentially since then and I’ve been seriously praying for an opportunity to retain and expand my Arabic, but had difficulty finding strictly Levantine resources. Here you are speaking Levantine Arabic! Praise God! Excited for what’s ahead and encouraged by your own experiences!
Awesome man! Glad to hear you’re looking into Levantine Arabic! Hopefully you get the chance to continue!
5 hours 5 days a week pretty much sums it all up. Allahummabarik.
Yep 😅 Sadly, studying a language will always be lots of work.
As someone learning MSA, thank you for this.
I can’t wait to see more of your content. It will definitely help me!!
New subscriber here 🙌🏼
Thanks for the sub!
I've been learning Arabic for a bit over a month now and just discovered your channel today. Your videos are very funny Mashallah! I love the feeling of progress, being able to pick out more words from conversation as I go on, and the GPA method sounds very interesting! It sounds similar to description of the classes that LearnArabicwithMaha teaches in Palestine and Jordan.
Anyway keep up the great videos, I've loved getting to see you interact with Arabic speakers in so many locales. :)
Exciting to hear that you’ve been learning Arabic! Thanks for the encouragement!
very underrated channel, keep up the grind and I know the algorithm will blow up your channel.
Thank you! 😁
I absolutely love your setup and your bird chirping every now and again. :3
Haha, I could do without the bird 😅
@@abuasher I can imagine. Hahaha ~
1:37 that is an absolutely wonderful and vital tip, and not just for languages. Cheers 👍
😁
I used this to learn french and some turkish. Watching everything in the language you want to learn helps so much. Your phones language, memes, youtube, netflix and if you regularly study you just absorb it much faster
Yep, this is a great idea! 😁
I find this gpa method to be very good since through out my language learning the vocab I remembered and loved !! Were those that had a meaning in my life and because i later on figured it is not exactly about how much vocab you have or how long you search vague dictionary definitions but instead how much you can communicate in one field whatever it is even if you started with “casual talks” and then you can be much more confident in going on to other fields, that would be a native approach to learning their mother tongue since no one knows the word planetarium when they’re 10 but are very confident and are immersive with the language.
Yeah, it can be a great method depending on your use case and learning style 😁
A special lady i knew many years ago was from Morocco,she was my inspiration to learn arabic, great people, sadly missed
Yes, very great people!
your a truly talented content creator and and even better editor seriously Mash'Allah
Thanks man! 🥲
Amazing it will help I begin learning arabic
I’m glad 😁
I'm brazilian and I can speak Portuguese, Spanish and English, I want to be like you! I need really to do that, thanks!
Well you already know more than I do! 😁
I appreciate with your suggestion pls make more videos about learn Arabic
I’m sure I will in the future!
Amazing channel... I am really curious to look into this method!
You should do it 😁
@@abuasherhow many hours per week would you consider optimal for learning? I'm thinking about a beginner learner based abroad, attending an online course
@@riccardocalcagno9998 hey, this is hard to answer, but ultimately as many as you can handle without hating the process! I did 5 hours in class with 3 hours of study 5 days a week, but this may look different for you!
Respect bro, I'm struggling to learn Arabic
I did as well! You’ll get there 😁
@@abuasher thanks
Im 100% lebanese and you speak better arabic than me ! Very impressive
I’m sure that isn’t fully true, but thank you for this!
Congrats on learning a new language. That’s a milestone.
I find that you have a bit of a non-native accent (or twang) when you speak English, interestingly enough. I wonder if you grew up around non-English-speaking immigrants! Perhaps Italians?
I notice this accent surface a lot more in your interactive videos in which you speak English with non-English speakers. Perhaps that’s just you dumbing down (or Arabizing) your English for their understanding, though?
I’m not sure about my accent 😁 I grew up fully in the US, but I’ve lived abroad for quite some time now and I’m sure that’s had an impact 😬
@@abuasher Thanks for your reply, mate. I enjoy your content thoroughly. Given that you speak Arabic fluently, do you prefer to live in Arabic-speaking countries (and thereby take advantage of the substantially lower cost of living), in Singapore, where I understand your wife to be from, or in other countries?
I don’t know if I have a preference 😁 I just go wherever God takes me.
Is there a GPA course/method for Fusha that you know of? You are super inspiring.
Hey, there isn’t one to my knowledge as Fusha is not as much of a spoken variety. But the beauty of GPA is that the teacher doesn’t need to be highly qualified but rather willing to talk to you, so if you find someone willing to talk to you in Fusha and learn the approach then go for it 😁
I love learning all languages. I'm wondering if it's because we like to talk and compete 🤔
I know people who speak the way you do dialect-wise. I find this beautiful. The script is the hardest part so far. But with Arabic having so many words 😂it's not going to be easy.
Yeah, it isn’t easy, but it’s worth it!
Tell me where this school is. I want to start this same style. Am really enthusiastic about learning without having to spend 4yrs in Georgetown or the univ of Arizona
You can find the links in the description for both schools mentioned in this video 👍🏻
I have also been learning Jordanian Arabic casually for over a decade. I've never studied, but the trade off is I am semi-illiterate in Arabic.
That awesome! Keep it up!
First of all Thank you for your content 🙂
I’m still learning English because I wanna master it to use it for my future career and it’s a real pleasure.
After English I’m craving learning Portuguese and Korean .
-I’m really curious about how so you stick your new sentences,expressions and words . I actually have this problem, I immerse myself a lot with different kinda contents that I love but sentences /words don’t really want to keep in my mind or to be used when I’m talking.
Do you think is important to go over everything that you learned during de day? And how do you go over or test your to stick them in your mind.
I really appreciate your video so keep it up 👍 you choose a difficult language but really beautiful one too 😊
Hey, it seems like you’re at a very advanced level of English! So great job! I don’t know if I have a lot of great advice because I should be asking you for advice. But I’ve had the same problem with Arabic that there are some words they I know only when I hear them, but I don’t know them when I want to say them.
I think the only solution for this is practicing speaking. Find places where you can talk to others and try to talk about new topics each time.
I don’t often review the words over and over I just continue to use them and eventually they move to a deeper level of memory. Hope this is helpful. Keep up the great work!
@@abuasher haha 😆 that’s the problem when you learn a language for sure you don’t have the same level in your 4 skills (read,write,speak,learn),even though i have still big imperfections when i write and read but they are genuinely better than my speaking and listening, that can be frustating time to time.
i don’t think i have precious advice that can help you more than you already know. regularity-immersion-no fears of speaking-motivation-passion-no fears of making mistakes-give yourself a break-reward yourself after successes-track your progresses,enjoy your journey of learning-never give up-learn with contents you love,your interests-be confident you can do it.
i try 😂.
yes obviously you’re right, speaking as much as you can , same for listening and reading. I think to find a language partner and to help each other in this challenge would be gratefull.
have you ever tried to memorize Arabic language with associations? that might help you much better.
have a great day and thanks for your answer.
@@enory5983 This is all great advice! And yes learning all four skills is definitely a challenge!
I have tried learning some words with associations, but I could definitely do more!
That when you know many words but can't use them in your speech is called passive vocabulary. Passive vocabulary is always higher than the active one and it makes it easier to understand people when they are talking to you, or when you are reading etc. but no probs mate you can just try to activate them by output, like try to write more or a speaking session now and then. Good luck to your studies. Just carry on😊
Portuguese and korean 2 languages i'd love to learn
Seriously, why Arabic among the others ? I'm so curious !
I'm Tunisian and i speak Arabic , French, English and Russian 😊
You are welcome 😊
The real question is, “why not?” 😁
What’s the name of the online school in Jordan
It is called LACC it’s primarily for Jordanians to study Spanish, but they also teach foreigners Arabic.
My motivation, rather than speaking arabic, is understanding the native speakers 😭
Yep, good motivation!
Dude, where are you from originally? Why did you want to learn Arabic? How impressive!
I'm from the US originally from Syria so I speak English n Arabic fluently 😊
I'm American. My ancestors are Irish and Swedish though.
ما شاء الله عليك و أيضا انا اتكلم اللغة العربية الفصحى بالنسبة اللهجة صبعة ولكن خير إن شاء الله و أيضا انا أسلمت في الإسلام الحق بفضل الله سبحانه وتعالى و أيضا انا اتعلم اللغة العربية بنفسي بفضل الله ورحمته ولكن استمر فيها حتى ارجع إلى الله سبحانه وتعالى و أيضا اني من جزيرتي جامايكا قريب الولايات المتحدة ولكن انا مقيم في بريطانيا..
Nice that you’re learning Arabic and it’s nice to meet you 😁
@@abuasher الحمدلله اللغة العربية مفيدا جدا بفضل الله سبحانه وتعالى و أيضا انا تشرفت بمعرفتك يا سيدي و أيضا اين تسكن الان ؟
I’m currently in Singapore 😁
its basically the same for me..but the problem is that as a foreign non-Arabic speaker..the conversation basically remains the same and does not go very deep..People are amazed that i can speak arabic..they ask me where i am from. Why I study Arabic..How i study Arabic and for how long. It is the same thing being repeated when speaking with arabic speakers.
Yeah, haha it can go that way. I think people just don’t know what to say, so they sometimes just need a bit of a push to talk about something else 😅
I can understand what you say very clearly..very clear voice. Can you understand really local TV and formal news in Arabic? After reaching certain level, i feel kind of stuck..as Arabic learner, my Arabic is not colloquial enough to understand full-on dialect and not formal enough to understand news fully@@abuasher
No, I can’t understand the news. I haven’t studied the formal language much. And honestly I am still a far way from fluency in colloquial. But that stuck feeling always happens with language learning you reach a plateau if you’re in either the intermediate or the advanced level. It’s very normal and improvement is much slower, but you’re still learning, so don’t get discouraged 😁
i need this
😁
Is there any difference between Palestinian and Jordanian dialects?
Not many differences, but some pronunciation and a few words. But I would say 99% the same.
I would like to learn Levantine Arabic too. What’s the best way to learn this ? Would it be to learn standard Arabic first then to learn Levantine Arabic ?
I started with Levantine and am still in the process of learning Standard Arabic. So whichever you prefer to start with. If you have the option, I’d spend some time in the Levant even if it’s just for a few months to jumpstart your learning!
@@abuasher100% I agree I’m learning MSA now at university but I hope to learn Levantine dialect after
Oh my god...... living in Saudi for 21 years still i don't know how to speak arabic .....I am ashamed of my self
No need to be ashamed! It’s never to late to start 😁
لماذا بدأت تعليم اللغة؟
That’s a good question! Maybe I’ll talk about it in the future!
что то мне подсказывает что ты славянин, либо в родне славяне
Haha, nope. I wish 😁 A lot of people think that though.