Language Tutorial

Is Rosetta Stone the best program to learn a language with particularly FRENCH?

I want to learn french in a relatively short period of time.

Rosetta Stone … Best program can help with almost any language.

Hey..Im moving to Dubai in 6 months time to work.

In those 6months I would like to be able to speak basic arabic what would be the best way to achieve this?

Is there a specific dialect which they speak in the gulf states?

Thanks

I speak Arabic. I am from the middle east
it's really hard to learn arabic, arabic language is difficult
u might need about 3 years to learn arabic and 10 years 4 perfect arabic

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I have been studying Arabic for about 3 months now and I feel like the progress is really slow. How long does it usually take to be at a basic writing and conversational level? It's difficult!

its depend of you ..

if you learn the basic .. you should practice with arabic friends and ask about anything .. [practice,practice,practice....]

I'm ready to help you ..
I'm from UAE..

I want to embark on learning another language and have chosen Arabic. But unfortunately I cannot find anywhere that teaches the language. I live in Brisbane QLD Australia…any information would be much appreciated.
Welcome friend / up till now I do not know what you know to make any recommendation to you , I will give you some web sites just to look around they may help : you may visit 1- Ahram . org ( sites to visit , kamhawe 's book for learning Arabic ) , 2-Alazhar university site , 3-Islam on line , 4- Islam way ,5-Nassej web , 6- Alwarq . net , 7- Wordrefernce forum.com .In one of these sites you may find a way ,or sent another massage for me to give some additional details.

I would like to study the arabic language at home but without following regular classes, just through songs, their translations and transcriptions. Is there anyone with such an experience?
Any suggestions would be welcome

I learnt English through songs ..lol… but I used dictionary and other sources to help. with arabic though, and just like evrybody else said music is not your best source, you can learn few words but not the language… I would suggest, and this is just my opinion if you dont want to learn the traditional way.. to use children books with pictures.. yeah I'm serious… this is how I got my 5 year old interested in the language and find it very easy to teach him the language since no one in my houshold speack the language but me.. he can look at the pictures and learn words that are writtin in arabic and english pronounciations. then when you have a large range of words stored somewhere in your brain you can move on to the next step which is learning the source of the words and grammer from (what else) but other than books intended to teach children the language (you can find these on ebay) it's simplified and not as complicated. You will only need to find a native speaker to help some…
I'll be more than happy to help.. you can email me.. good luck

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I have some experience making 2d games in GML (Game Maker 7) and some experience modeling in Google Sketchup (Free version).
I'm runing Windows Vista.
Also, where could I find tutorials for that language.

Ummm….
Actionscript 3.0.
Very good language for game making.
You need Adobe Flash though.

Which is more difficullt?
How easy is it to learn for each of them?
What are some languages that are similiar to them but a little easier?
What are some other major languages that are spoken in the middle east?

If you're not a native speaker, Persian is easier than Arabic. Persian belongs to the same language family as English while Arabic does not. In terms of difficulty, for example, Arabic has 12 types of verbs which all conjugate differently. Its nouns change forms based on gender, or their relation to other nouns. On the other hand, Persian has no gender, a standard type of verb, and generally unchanging nouns. They're both written in the same script, so neither has an easier script; the script is fairly easy. However, the truth is, Arabic is more useful because its the big language to know, and as a result there a lot of resources for learning it.

Similar languages:

Hebrew: similar to Arabic, major Mid-East language, generally redudant to learn

Kurdish: Related to Persian but most Kurds can speak Arabic, Persian, or Turkish

Turkish: Not related to either but a major Mid-East language, fairly good to know because it is closely related to Uzbek, Kazakh, etc. so it gives you a wide range

Pashto: Related to Persian, spoken in Afghanistan…don't recomend it unless you want to work there

Urdu/Hindi: Related to Persian, fairly easy to learn, fair amount of people to speak to…Pakistan and India are both big nowdays too…

I'm learning Arabic for fun. Maybe to watch movies. I know the movie business is big in Egypt, but I like the sound of Levantine Arabic more and also know more of it.

Which would be more useful to know in the long run?

mmm well both are very close:D mmm i think they are the most widely understood arabic delicates but egypt population is most of the arab world i guess 80 million and growing while i think all the lavantine is about mmm 9 million… however the difference is not big. i am egyptian and i can tell u no one ever found any problems understanding what i say,,,

I'm a senior in high school trying to decide which language I should take next year in college. I can speak Spanish fairly well since I've taken 6 years of it in school, and I'm looking to try something new. I'd really like to hear from anyone who speaks or has tried to learn Arabic or Mandarin.

Which do you think is harder?
Which would be more beneficial?

Additionally, any other advice you could give me would be great. Thanks!

Ethan , there isn't any language that is hard to be learned if you have th will to learn it but the most useful one would be the Arabic language because Arabic language is highly demanded in most of the western or European countries especially for the high level positions such as in governmental and federal departments or in organizations like United nations organizations where you would have the priority if you already learned Arabic and you know how to speak read and write Arabic since in the last few year there were a high concern in Arabic language and Arabian countries.

If you wann go ahead with Arabic I suggest this site : http://www.arabicollege.com