http://www.linglot.com/2008/01/choosing-a-language Foreign Language Stuff Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:52:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.linglot.com/2008/01/choosing-a-language#comment-53 Zach Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:24:24 +0000 http://www.linglot.com/2008/01/choosing-a-language#comment-53 Yup, Arabic is very tough. I'm doing alright with the speaking part, but the writing system just throws me off. It's so complex, plus there's the reading/writing right-to-left thing. I haven't been spending a lot of time on it lately, and have been focusing more on Romance languages--Brazilian Portuguese mostly. Yup, Arabic is very tough. I’m doing alright with the speaking part, but the writing system just throws me off. It’s so complex, plus there’s the reading/writing right-to-left thing. I haven’t been spending a lot of time on it lately, and have been focusing more on Romance languages–Brazilian Portuguese mostly.

]]> http://www.linglot.com/2008/01/choosing-a-language#comment-46 Bilingual Blogger Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:34:25 +0000 http://www.linglot.com/2008/01/choosing-a-language#comment-46 Zach, How are you finding Arabic? An ex-boyfriend of mine was from Lebanon and he tried to teach me a few words and phrases in Arabic but I had difficulty wrapping my tongue around it. Arabic (along with Japanese and Chinese) strike me as incredibly difficult languages for English-speakers to learn because they are languages so dramatically different from English and Romance languages. Zach,
How are you finding Arabic? An ex-boyfriend of mine was from Lebanon and he tried to teach me a few words and phrases in Arabic but I had difficulty wrapping my tongue around it. Arabic (along with Japanese and Chinese) strike me as incredibly difficult languages for English-speakers to learn because they are languages so dramatically different from English and Romance languages.

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