Yeah, I know the feeling. I used to be a fairly good linguist. Now if I want to read or write the language I have to rely on dictionaries, my speaking ability has waned and my ability to hear the language is worse.
It's frustrating because I remember being able to walk through the market in Egypt and talk with everyone and now when I try to speak to Arabs here in the States I get (1) a suspicious look & (2) a conversation quickly switched into English because they speak it better than I do Arabic.
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yaa bey,
Now I know where all of the site traffic came from yesterday.
shukran
Afwaan, yaa fendum,
Mish mishkila.
bey? Min msr?
laa,
Although my noble professor sejourned there a while.
Darustu al lu&at al arabi fii Utah.
It's been about 15 years since -- so I'm pretty useless except for a few words and phrases.
Yeah, I know the feeling. I used to be a fairly good linguist. Now if I want to read or write the language I have to rely on dictionaries, my speaking ability has waned and my ability to hear the language is worse.
It's frustrating because I remember being able to walk through the market in Egypt and talk with everyone and now when I try to speak to Arabs here in the States I get (1) a suspicious look & (2) a conversation quickly switched into English because they speak it better than I do Arabic.
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