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Mar. 8th, 2006
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Mar. 8th, 2006 03:13 pmCrikey.
I'm making flashcards for my Arabic. When you have to make a flashcard for the masculine, feminine AND plural for everything.... that's a lotta flashcards. And it goes beyond- way beyond- the masculine, feminine, and plural you'd get in your average Romance language, too. Its incredible.
A friend once told me that her Arabic professor claims that it takes about thirteen times as long to learn Arabic as it does r to learn most Western languages. So if I spent six years taking French and didn't get fluent (semi-fluent, I guess I am), that means I will be speaking fluent Arabic... *does math* *fails* *reaches for calculator*... about the time I die. If I live that long.
My brain is full. Ack.
I'm making flashcards for my Arabic. When you have to make a flashcard for the masculine, feminine AND plural for everything.... that's a lotta flashcards. And it goes beyond- way beyond- the masculine, feminine, and plural you'd get in your average Romance language, too. Its incredible.
A friend once told me that her Arabic professor claims that it takes about thirteen times as long to learn Arabic as it does r to learn most Western languages. So if I spent six years taking French and didn't get fluent (semi-fluent, I guess I am), that means I will be speaking fluent Arabic... *does math* *fails* *reaches for calculator*... about the time I die. If I live that long.
My brain is full. Ack.
