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Month: July 2019

My first video in Modern Standard Arabic!

July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 ~ ShraddhaJoshi ~ Leave a comment

[VIDEO BELOW] A few weeks ago, when I filmed my last Shaami video for a while, I committed to a project of recording monthly Arabic videos to gauge my progress. And so this weekend, I took the plunge and filmed a video to practice speaking in Modern Standard Arabic, or "fus7a," as it's called in … Continue reading My first video in Modern Standard Arabic!

Arabic: the Thrill and the Struggle

July 14, 2019July 28, 2019 ~ ShraddhaJoshi ~ Leave a comment

Arabic is one of the hardest languages in the world. It doesn’t hit me every time I sit down to study. Rather, it comes at random times. The times when I realize how great the discrepancy between 3ammiye and fus7a is. The times when I listen to a Moroccan song and notice that I can … Continue reading Arabic: the Thrill and the Struggle

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