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  1. Hi mate, I am an Egyptian native and have a channel on YouTube and a FB page (Learn Arabic with Hamid)  to teach both MSA and Egyptian Arabic

    Infact, most Arabic-teaching books focus on MSA. This makes sense because learning the dialect is more toward hearing people rather than learning the rule or grammar

    anyway I am available through my channel and page if you have any question :)

     

     

  2. Very interesting article Chemist, and reflect great on a video I made in my channel about reasons to learn Arabic - Thanks a lot for sharing. Actually Arabic is a very powerful and widespread language. As a native, I can understand why many learners are intimidated by this language. However, I am totally sure that once you get the hang of it, you will love it and dig more and more in its secrets.

  3. As a native, I find modern MSA and CA very interrelated. The difference is that CA is far complex as many words are not used today. I really like your enthusiasm regarding CA, which is really difficult for most learners, and throughout my teaching experience of MSA on YouTube, I find that MSA is of ultimate interest for most of the Arabic-language seekers. Many learn MSA to understand the Quraan despite being in CA, which is possible because learning MSA, gives you almost 70% of the understanding of the Quraan text. 

    If you want to dig into CA, it is far more difficult I guess, but not impossible. I remember some good books about this but need to make sure. I will come back if found any - sheers

  4. Where would you like to study Arabic?

    Within Europe, there are many institutions from where you can study Arabic and get a certificate - but not sure about a specific exam type to be honest :)

    I know ESL in Switzerland for example to be particularly wonderful
    https://www.esl-languages.com/en/study-abroad/online-tests/arabic-test/index.htm

    also in the Oriental institute in Dresden

    http://www.test-arabic.com/en/examination-regulations

    For the best middle east country, if you mean more economically development and high standard of living? I suggest UAE

    regards

  5. There is no such thing. Each language has its own flavour. Being easy or difficult is completely relative.

    Arabic for example is perceived by many people as a very tough language. Knowing this, I explain Arabic words and sentences slowly and stress on how the word is pronounced and written. For me as a native, it is different.

    If you think a particular language is difficult, this may also depend on how close this language to your own language. For instance, an Italian speaker may consider learning French way much easier than learning Chinese or Arabic. Again it is all relative. 

    I would say

    'Practice makes perfect' - the most difficult language in the world - again, relative to you - will become easy with practice :)

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