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Arabic

Berlin Study Abroad, Best Of, Blog, Polyglot and Linguaphile

UW Honors Berlin Study Abroad – final reflection / project

I The PlanI went into this project wanting to study Arabic graffiti in Berlin. Having learned Arabic (MSA) for the past year, I’ve not only Continue Reading

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! لبنان – بيروت

I have just completed a full academic year of Arabic. !ممتاز I've been timid about writing a lot in Arabic, except when we have to write Continue Reading

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Take two!

If you've been reading along, you may remember me talking about a study abroad program to Berlin that I had been accepted to for last Fall Continue Reading

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!لحَمْد لله‎‎ا

لحَمْد لله‎‎ا means "Alhamdulillah!" which literally means "praise God!" "God" figures quite largely within the Arabic language, but I (and Continue Reading

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اللغة العربية

اللغة العربية School is rough going this quarter. I was so excited about my classes last quarter - well... if I think about it, I was Continue Reading

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قهوة

That word up there is "coffee", btw. A very important word, always but also one that took me some time to get accustomed to in my Arabic Continue Reading

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marHaba! The quarter began mid last week and this Monday marks the beginning of the first full week of classes. My classes are all Continue Reading

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right to left

Hey, guess what! I'm not just learning German now, I'm learning Arabic, too! I am not entirely sure how that came about other than that Continue Reading

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