Who has learned Arabic while not living in a predominantly Arabic speaking region, and how did you do it? I'm considering learning another language for funsies, and this would probably be the most useful.
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Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 22:54:16 JST Håkan Geijer
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Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 23:01:20 JST Håkan Geijer
@apodoxus My brain does not work with Duolingo (and similar apps that just show words and sentences to be translated, possibly with pictures). I've tried with a few languages for laughs, and none of it stuck. :/
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Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻 (apodoxus@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 23:01:21 JST Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻
@hakan_geijer Well, I failed to, using Duolingo. I speak a lot of languages, including being able to read Cyrillic and Greek but I found Arabic difficult on a whole 'nother level. Duolingo has otherwise been a very useful bootstrapping process for me otherwise.
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cedar@kolektiva.social's status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 00:41:13 JST cedar
@hakan_geijer
Me! I did it daily for six years to be able to do translation during the Syrian rev and also to welcome Syrian migrants in our community. I kinda lost the thread on it a few years back, but I'd be glad to share tips and resources. -
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cedar@kolektiva.social's status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 06:45:19 JST cedar
@hakan_geijer
I got to the point where I could fumble through novels, do political translation, and chat about life. It's a hard language, but totally do-able. -
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Håkan Geijer (hakan_geijer@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 24-Oct-2023 06:45:19 JST Håkan Geijer
@cedar Hit me with all your goodies please
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