Blog news.
Apologies for the extended pause in posts. I have been inundated with work since I was in my final year of university. But this week I finally finished the degree which absorbed 4 years of my life.
I am unhealthily obsessed with languages. It is almost all I think about. So I think it would be good to continue this blog. I plan to post every Saturday.
I have continued with my Egyptian Arabic. The Anki flashcards in my phone now number in the hundreds. I have very almost finished the Colloquial Book, so I will give it a review when I have finished it. That book has pretty much been the backbone of my learning, especially the grammar.
The only thing keeping me in the UK is a TEFL course I have to complete. Taking a TEFL course is something of a right of passage in our family. So I should get that finished quite soon, and then the official plan is to go to Cairo and spend about 2 months learning Egyptian Arabic intensively. The hope is that I will be very good by the time I finish.
Arabic Update.
My Arabic is getting much better, although having been neglected for the last few weeks during my exams.
I can now form much more complicated sentences, and speak faster (which I like, because it makes me feel more fluent).
(Apologies in advance for the poor Arabic script. I am writing it off the top of my head. It's a dialect anyway, so sue me).
I can say sentences like -
Can you show me where the Pyramids are?
Mumkin tiwarini il-aHraam fein?
ممكن تواريني الاحرام فين؟
There were protests here, and I think the people were from the Muslim Brotherhood.
Kaan Feeh IHtigaagaat hina, wei ana aftikir in-naas kunt min il-ikhwaan il-muslimeen.
كان فيه احتجاج هنا و انا افتكر ان ناس كنت من الاخوان المسلمين
I am getting used to the heat. Like today, there's not a cloud in the sky.
Ana at9agib 9ala il-Harara. Kida enaHada, ma feesh siHaab fil-sama.
انا اتاعجب على لاحرارة. كدا النهارده, مافيش سحاب فل سما
New post every Saturday :)
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