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I studied classic Arabic when I was much younger for religious purposes. I never found it particularly difficult, but whenever I try to read normal Arabic it b
by jbm 16y ago
I studied classic Arabic when I was much younger for religious purposes. I never found it particularly difficult, but whenever I try to read normal Arabic it becomes an exercise in futility. I wonder if there is a real difference between reading the two or if it was just what I was used to.
- kranner 16y agoDo you mean because normal Arabic lacks vowel markers? If so, I've got the same problem reading Urdu newspapers and fiction; one has to speak the word out loud and guess from the context what it 'completes' to.