Show HN: Learn Arabic with spaced repetition and comprehensible input
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3 hours ago
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Sharing a friends first-ever Rails application, dedicated to Arabic learning, from 0 to 1. Pulls language learning methods from Anki, comprehensible input and more.
gramie
53 minutes ago
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For a different method of learning Arabic (or several other languages), check out https://www.languagetransfer.org. It teaches Egyptian Arabic, explaining that the entire region knows this dialect because Egypt is the TV and movie hub of the Arabic world.

It's all audio (MP3s or streaming) and completely free, and (IMHO) the best language learning system out there. I have used it to learn Spanish, my sixth language and can't recommend it highly enough.

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tremarley
9 minutes ago
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Same here. Language Transfer helped me pick up so many languages in a short time easily.

Far better than every other tool I’ve tried from Duolingo, Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone etc.

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junaid_97
7 minutes ago
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Nice work.

As others mentioned, I couldn't hear the sound.

There is a dire need for a good quality arabic learning app.

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qarthandyc
1 hour ago
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It doesn't make any sound when I click the speaker icon. What's wrong with this?
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xeromal
1 hour ago
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Arabic language learning resources are few and far between. Thank you for building this. Do you know which Arabic this teaches? Koranic? Modern Standard? Levantine? Gulf?
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eddythompson80
1 hour ago
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At least the videos sound Levantine
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xeromal
1 hour ago
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I was unable to listen because I'm at the airport but I was really curious. Thank you!
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Raed667
1 hour ago
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Saw a couple of words that (as far as I know) aren't "modern standard Arabic" is there any bias towards a dialect or another?
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cess11
1 hour ago
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Are the vocalisations of the letters synthetic?

Edit: If I wasn't acquainted with arabic script I'd probably not be able to make out the difference in vocalisation between some letters.

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