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Originally Posted by displaced
I know conversational arabic. I learned it as a nine year old. it's my second language. and the conversational arabic I learned is egyptian which is less like fus'ha than saudi.
but I can understand...oh, 90% of the quran..there are words I've never heard before but for the most part, it's understandable. I wouldn't compare it to latin, that's for sure.
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Someone one told me that it is like Latin years ago..I woudln't know as I don't really know much conversational Arabic..the stuff I do know is not the same as what you speak. I was taught by a Gulf Arab..so his dialect is probably different to yours.