Arabs' reaction when I speak Arabic

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It's difficult to truly understand the gap and the differences between fusha Arabic and colloquial Arabic without going through the long process of learning them both as a non-native speaker.
I try to simplify it here and explain that you may encounter a certain reaction from Arabs when speaking and using the fusha Arabic that you've learned from a book.
This is not to say you shouldn't learn fusha Arabic - I believe quite the opposite - but be prepared and be aware that after you have got a good grasp of the language, learn some colloquialisms and local slang phrases to soften the formalities.
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[@MikeStillUK]

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[@blueblue6351]

Duuude, I'm an arab and you speak arabic better than i do ? Wth 😂

[@Sama_681]

😂😂😂😂😂yeah same 😂😂

[@christinebelaiti992]

My husband is Algerian but he doesn't have time to teach me, I'm learning slowly from KZbin and I'm taking a class also , my ex partner was also Algerian but he spoke berber 🤔😳

[@blueblue6351]

@@christinebelaiti992 if you want some help , just tell me 😆

[@user-zc2ek1sq2h]

@@christinebelaiti992 I have experience with teaching Arabic and especially with teaching grammar basics like the genitive or the flection of unregular nouns and verbs which are very important for a beginner. If you are interested...

[@alzahraa3891]

What? Are serious ???????!!!!!!

[@khaledsherif7056]

You must have worked hard to pronounce arabic letters like ح , خ , ع very few non-arabic speakers can pronounce

[@WezaBeatz]

For me these letters were very easy, the only ones that I found a bit difficult were ق and ض

[@WezaBeatz]

Also I don't see خ as a difficult sound as a lot of languages use it, and it's also morphologically pretty easy to do compared to ق

[@WezaBeatz]

firendable Yes ☺

[@khaledsherif7056]

From my experience I noticed that most of non-Arabic speakers pronounce these words with difficulty they pronounce ح as H , ع as A and خ as K especially English and German native speakers I have met many English instructors(British) who used to pronounce my name as كالد instead of خالد and احمد as اهمد Even after they know the right pronunciation they keep pronouncing them wrong

[@WezaBeatz]

khaled sherif It can take time to distinguish the difference between ح and ه

[@asudecirakli]

My arabic lesson teacher told me a story of him that he goes to an arabic country and speaks fusha. after he stops speaking in market, the cashier said "Ameen" 😂😂

[@ABN_Youtube]

Asude Çıraklı 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I could see that happening

[@whatever4929]

Asude Çıraklı This is a story that everybody uses so I doubt this really happened.

[@assiaassia3037]

Haha

[@ilhembelloulou4137]

Oh my god😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@missb8652]

🤣🤣

[@aboodz370]

As an Arab myself I can pretty much say that you speak Arabic very eloquently man! Your hard shows very clearly! Keep at it and much respect

[@abdurraziqfareed7690]

Your are from brother??

[@ammarmaghrabi]

أنا عربي. وعندما ارى شخص يتحدث اللغة العربية أكون مندهشاً، لأني أتوقع ان اللغة العربية تعتبر من اللغات الصعبة، وهذا يدل ان الشخص قام بجهد كبير كي يتعلم اللغة العربية. وهذا يدعو الى الاندهاش. أيضاً لا نرى او لا يوجد الكثير من الأشخاص الذين تعلموا العربية، لذلك عندما تتحدث العربية تكون حالة جديدة بالنسبة لنا. أتمنى لك التوفيق دائماً ❤️❤️❤️

[@nouransamhat2446]

اييي

[@abdallahassan7067]

Yeah bruh, the same happened to me two years ago, everyone laughed at me

[@nasser9344]

Abdul Alkhelaiwi because you never tried to talk by Fusaha before Tried it. it's so easy Don't talk like TV Shows, It's so boring if you talked like that.

[@user-kd9tm3lk9f]

Gaf Cat ليسا كلهم فاغلبوا العربي يسطيعون تكلم الفصحى الا ان بعضهم قد اهملها لكن ليسا الى حد النسيان اذ اراد الشخص تعلم الفصحى بطلاقة فليقراء القرآن لانه معجز وفيه بلاغة

[@stronggirlalways8135]

ammar maghrabi الله يخلي افلام كرتون هي إلي علمتنا ا الفصحى والحمد لله في المنزل أنا واخوتي نحب نتكلم فصحى طبعا لمانتكلم كذا يقولوا انتو اتكلموا زي افلام كرتون لأن إلي ما تابع افلام كرتون اتحدا يعرف الفصحى كويس

[@toqa002]

I'm Arabian, and Your arabic accent is so good! Keep going :)

[@eliekh3568]

It's just not bad but not good enough Keep going 😀

[@besantranslation6467]

Is so *

[@Ash_tommo]

I mean, don’t lie , I’m arab I could give him 6/10

[@foxynie.5861]

@@eliekh3568 exactly

[@onasayify]

Because Arabic is a super difficult language and we rarely see expacts here willing to learn it. Bravo! I am impressed

[@cockslayer5884]

Mona Sayed so u don’t speak Arabic

[@shqipebelgjike1274]

Stop exaggerating, it's a difficult language just like other language's, And the arabic language came from aramaic and hebrew,

[@KingBarney]

@@shqipebelgjike1274 What's she exaggerating? It is a different language. Maybe not super difficult, but saying she's exaggerating is a stretch.

[@Metrotion]

@@shqipebelgjike1274 arabic did not come from hebrew. They are both cousin languages that descended from earlier languages like aramaic

[@shqipebelgjike1274]

@@Metrotion you just wanted a respond? I said from aramaic and hebrew

[@NahlaAnwer]

Maybe they're just impressed that you speak Arabic at all because they wouldn't expect it?

[@enaskamel1408]

What else do you think ??

[@vwaehring9184]

Well that's the point

[@pseudomaso]

He explained exactly this point troughout the whole video, ma'am.

[@steffen5121]

@@pseudomaso No. He explained that it was the formality of fusha that was weird to them.

[@Ray-ui7ki]

no shit sherlock

[@zeinamamdouh4529]

we get shocked because we think arabic is too hard for foreign people to learn because there are fusha and 3amiya . you are doing a great job 🙏🏻🙏🏻 keep moving

[@marov7933]

not true we are shocked because it feels strange ,no one speaks like that but i'm not from gulf and we don't even speak "fusha' in news just news report and some shows and Arabic class at school

[@zeinamamdouh4529]

marina s I'm talking about my self , i know alot of foreign people in my university and they talk "fusha" because it's easier for them , so it's not strange for me because i use fusha with them

[@marov7933]

wow

[@LaylaMnAlLayali]

I had (keyword “had”) an online friend and once we got in a fight because she made fun of Islam and Arabic and I was like يا بنت الكلب 😂😂😂

[@Psygnosis]

I'm half Filipino half Egyptian. I look100% Asian. But when I speak Arabic (slang) the reaction I get is... Priceless. 😂

[@wanemarr]

Your arabic commands respect.I showed this video to my father and he didn’t believe you’re not arabic.

[@bluecurls1283]

Very proud to see non-arab person trying to speak a classical and real Arabic ❤️👌🏼

[@KittyKatForeverAndEv]

bro listen im full arab and speaking fluent Arabic fusha all the time is so hard i can't articulate full sentences in fusha because its so hard props to you man ARABIC IS JUST A HARD LANGUAGE BUT GOOD JOB YOU'RE FANTASTIC

[@mohamedashrefbenabdallah2545]

I feel you bro there is a lot of "exceptions"

[@mohmd_zyadna]

ان الصحةَ سهلةً يا أخي

[@nasser9344]

Serena Macarena you can download any Quran App from appstore or Google store, and listen and repeat everything all apps they have a lot of Advantages you can use it. Talk to me and I will help you for everything you need.

[@anne8458]

هل يمكن أن يترجم احدكم كلامه لأنني لم أفهم بعض الكلمات

[@lalaloupimaez5469]

seabass look for me is better to learn classical Arabic in which you will be understood by everyone I mean Arabic but if you learn dialect it becomes so heard cause you should learn more than 40 dialect to be understood in each country

[@blahsterblahster]

Dude this is so surreal. I'm impressed. It takes real dedication to learn Arabic if you have no background in an Arabic culture. I'm an Emirati, by the way.

[@lydiamusima5840]

That’s the reaction I get when I speak to Greeks in Greek

[@2meroyn]

eetsiii :P

[@972pa.]

Malakas!

[@lydiamusima5840]

annesha pal Γιατί μου λες;

[@reemmansoor2204]

Lmao

[@pablogats4627]

Χαχα που σε κοπελιαα

[@nawarnawar5822]

Every native Arabic speaker can understand fusha easily. As a native Arabic speaker living in the middle east, I can't understand the accent of the people living in Morocco , it sounds totally a different language . There are so many songs in Arabic language I can't understand their meanings. I really appreciate your efforts to learn one of the hardest languages in the world.

[@user-jp3of7hu9b]

Our Moroccan dialect use pure Arabic words from classical dictionaries that people in Middle East don't know, Arabic is like an ocean, but the main difficulty of Moroccan i think is that we pronounce with sukun, like "3amala cho4laho" become " 3ml ch4lo"

[@michaelkylow4411]

Man, I am 18 years old and I am teaching myself Arabic (لأنني أجد هذه اللغة جدآ جميلة - l learned this sentence just the other day 😂), and watching you is very inspiring. I know KZbin does not give much money, but if you could keep that series of teaching Arabic, sentences and stuff, it would be amazing. Those videos are really good stuff. إلى اللقاء.

[@MikeStillUK]

Really appreciate your comment and happy to keep making lessons like this teaching you what I can! Thanks man and good luck.

[@brannie77]

Michael Kylow so cute

[@universityana8349]

That's me when I tried to learn English lol

[@michaelkylow4411]

University Ana, what you mean lol? Is my sentence silly? 😂😂

[@universityana8349]

NO it's good

[@matthagen67]

You speaking al-fusHa is you showing high respect to the language itself :) because, apart from Qur'anic Arabic, al-fusHa is the second most beautiful and purest variety of al-3rabiyya.

[@kittenluv17]

Alucard J.B M.P it's the FIRST. most beautiful language.

[@XRMH]

Second? So which one is the first?

[@user-de2os2bj7c]

الاولى القران

[@matthagen67]

Which one is the first most beautiful Arabic? The language of Qur'an. Al-fusHa is the second most beautiful (I thought I made myself clear in the post above).

[@adamwebster1652]

Al-Fusha came before Quran.

[@etharauday6894]

We respect that you put effort into learning arabic, especially fusha since it is harder. I even stutter when speaking fusha cause I get caught up on some words

[@amirah_costa]

I wish I could speak Arabic like you! I found this channel a few days ago and it’s really good! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@user-hj4iq6jm4o]

أنت أفضل أجنبي رأيته إطلاقا يتكلم اللغة العربية الفصحى. You are the Best foreign Speaks Arabic Fusha Language I have Ever seen.

[@alb9162]

مش المفروض تكون كلمة اطلاقا باخر الجملة ؟ ماادري حسيتها مو ظابطة :\

[@MYCHANNEL-yu9xq]

AGREE .. أتفق

[@medo988881]

أظن ان هي: "على الاطلاق" او "على وجه الاطلاق"

[@user-hj4iq6jm4o]

medo988881 إطلاقًا منصوبة على نزع الخافض

[@kandm1643]

هناك اجانب ينطقون العربية احسن منه بكثير بل و احسن من العرب انفسهم

[@innerinstruments250]

So adorable keep it up your Arabic is lovely tbh and super comprehensible!

[@urbannomad8126]

Fusha is taught in school and so every person in gulf countries can speak in fusha. However most speak localized dialects. That said it does make Arabic very interesting as you end up learning a HUGE vocab. Next we arabs inow how difficult Arabic is to someone who speaks a western language. Its not that we are shocked that you are speaking fusha. We are shocked and frankly impressed because its not an easy langauge, the pronunciation alone would put off an english speaker. That said it should be expected that if one is going to learn Arabic it would be fusha. All of the text books/classes/courses would be fusha.

[@waelnawwal]

Hard work payed off!!! Good Job 👍 All the love from Lebanon 🇱🇧

[@MikeStillUK]

Anyone else have this experience?

[@Hayatichannel]

Arabic Mike they usually laugh at you

[@boudinaama3442]

لا بأس تلك ردة فعل طبيعية لأنهم لم يتعودوا ان يشاهدو شخص اجنبي يتكلم بالفصحى ....and good luck 👍👍

[@waruis]

I really can relate to your situation mike

[@Hayatichannel]

Boudina Ama لا توجد دولة واحدة في الدول العربية حيث تستخدم الفصحى في الشارع وفِي الحياة العادية الا في الجلسات الرسمية

[@boudinaama3442]

Hayati Channel انت محق تماما الا أن هناك بعض المدن لهجتها قريبة جدا من الفصحى

[@genos673]

I'm Mohammed from Yemen and I speak classical Arabic. أنا محمد من اليمن و أتكلم العربية الفصحى.

[@epielpinar2930]

I wanna ask something, in hadromawt, is there use classical arabic in daily?

[@AbdArahman]

No We don't use classic Arabic in daily life

[@iam-retarded-but]

@@epielpinar2930 yes there is....we use a lot of classical.arabic words in daily

[@dulll5886]

Elpinar Chaniago No they have their own dialect. But Yemeni dialects do tend to have more words from Classical Arabic than a lot of other dialects. Even with that in mind, it’s still difficult to understand full sentences because, common phrases and words change a lot.

[@imenb.4122]

I'm algerian and I get the same reaction when I talk to arabs from the gulf 😅. Your arab is so perfect for a non native, good job

[@talaaitouamar9101]

Because algerians are not Arabs...thats the answer.

[@sayonara41]

Tala Aït Ouamar 😂😂😂 what are they huh ?

[@talaaitouamar9101]

@@sayonara41 they are Amazighs you smart-ass 😊

[@samiboudemagh9927]

@@talaaitouamar9101 yes algerians are not Arabs , we are amazigh and we speak derja, amazigh and French, Arabic is a foreign language that survives thanks to it's religious role and it usage in lower education terms

[@user-bc6oz7th4s]

@@talaaitouamar9101 majority of Algerians are arab however you want or not

[@evemais6590]

I'm so happy to see someone so happy that learned Arabic, I think their reaction is shocked because they do no not speak classic Arabic in everyday life but they really do respect people that they try to learn Arabic or they recently speak Arabic and they often get really happy

[@LeTheGenD]

The reason why most of us get "intimidated" when foreigners speak in fusha Arabic is that we, normal Arabs, cannot speak fusha fluently. So you can only imagine how embarrassing it is for us to see a foreigner speaking our language better than us lol. Also, as you said in the video, we respect people like you a lot because of this. Cheers.

[@pneron2032]

Can I ask, why can people not speak it well after so many years of school? Is it badly taught?

[@IoriKana]

P Neron no, it’s just too complicated We mainly learn Arabic from listening to it (families and friends and stuff) in school they mainly teach the rules and stuff (basically grammar) each country has its own form of Arabic with different words and stuff, Arabic in general is an insanely difficult language, so difficult in fact that most people (especially me) get bad marks in Arabic and good marks in English Yes That’s how hard it is (I am Egyptian btw)

[@abdixsimplix2582]

It's because we just take Fos7a as secondary, and we don't consider it too much, while non-natives tend to learn fus7a, not moroccan or egyptian arabic.

[@nununu8937]

Dude every Arab is supposed to speak fusha شدعوه ما تعلمت 🤣🤣

[@abdixsimplix2582]

@@nununu8937 I do not speak it fluently, and there are many elders in my country of origin (Morocco) that cannot speak it as well.

[@maguli__]

Oh my God dude, you speak Arabic better than I do. Mabrouk, i admire you ... cheers!

[@nickjohn2051]

Abdulimaguli Sah. Thats right!!!

[@abdulmatizeyden3422]

Beverly Huttinger. This is great ✌

[@Maryam-rh6mn]

Hello Mike ☹️ I wish I can speak like you I mean English language , Your Arabic language is so understandable and you are doing a great job 😍🥺 Following you from SA 🥰

[@SpeakRealArabic]

I liked the video so much! I am facing this with my students who speak Fusha then they want to learn spoken Arabic, they told about these reactions also when they start to learn colloquial, they told me it's totally different! I can understand that as Arabic native speakers but I am always happy to teach them that!

[@flikkeringlightz7472]

That's the reaction I had when an Arab gentleman who was behind us on queue in the airport in Italy suddenly asked us in finnish about our flight (which was cancelled and not going to Finland, we had to change planes in Germany). The best part was that he spoke in a general Karelian accent (very well, if I may add) and that was kinda surreal (I speak with and normally hear a metropolitan accent).

[@imaankx4147]

MATE YOU'RE AMAZING AT SPEAKING ARABIC!!! if a foreigner started speaking to me in arabic fusha especially OMG the amount of respect i would give them is beyond imagination!! please keep doing what you're doing you're simply amazing and beyond talented and as an arab i am so proud of you! SUBSCRIBED

[@MikeStillUK]

:D

[@monaalmofti7192]

I don't know how to respond when someone speaks to me in fusha , I can read and understand fusha ,but i speak with an Egyptian dialect , when I hear someone speaking fusha ,i feel like i am watching a dubbed movie.😂😅 It's a great effort to learn a second language and be that good in it keep the good work your accent is almost perfect 👌.

[@majdayusufabdi8131]

@Arabic Mike brother i really appriciate what your doing and i feel soo happy seeing you work very hard for it....bydaway i am a Kuwaity...its true that nowadays the origin arabic is not used much but its not that we dont use it or like it...the thing is that people try to make it sound more perfect and special but its just Arabic...i feel like you should go on and let not anything push you down or stop you...i really like what your doing....{God bless you}

[@dedodiana7960]

بالعكس عندما تتحدث الفصحى شيء جيد لانها اللغة الصحيحة انا عربية ولا افهم كل اللهجات العامية لذلك استمر انت جيد❤️❤️

[@MikeStillUK]

أتفق معك

[@waruis]

ليش اغلب العرب ، لما اتحدث معهم بالفصحى يستهبلون عليّا

[@dedodiana7960]

Zakuan Ismail لان الفصحى لا تستخدم بين العرب ولكن الفصحى هي اساس اللغة العربية ولا تعطيهم اهتمام سوف يعتادون تحدثك بالفصى

[@waruis]

Dedo DIANA من الازم ان يحترم الاجانب اللي يتحدثون بالفصحى ، لو كان واحد اجمنبي يتكلم بلغتي، ساحترم احترم والله ، سارد بالطلاقة.

[@_DeadlyNightshade_]

Dedo DIANA يمكنه ان يتعلم العربيه العاميه التي تخص البلد التي يتواجد فيها حاليا. لان الفصحه مفيده اذا كنت تريد نشر فكره ليفهمها كل البلدان العربيه، لكن لغرض التعامل مع الناس في الحياه اليوميه، من الأسهل على الناس ان يفهموه اذا تكلم العربيه العاميه. 👍

[@vincentproductions8963]

back in 2007 when i went to ksa for the first time, on my first school day, i was introduced to my class and the teacher asked me to talk about my self a bit, as soon as i started speaking classical Arabic, everyone started laughing uncontrollably and i was confused haha it took me a long time to switch to their dialect. (i knew arabic ever since i was a child, i am from algeria)

[@beedykh2235]

Fusha Arabic are much much much better than our modern dialects. We need to keep it alive by practising it and learning it more. Because these dialects are so weak and can't explain things right.

[@ayouxy]

I concur

[@yussef961]

not it is not why should it be? it's just a different language

[@reginleifr7300]

It's interesting because in my country it's the other way around. Standard language on the rise and nobody learns the dialects anymore.

[@McChunkLovesBelgium]

Regin Leifr wow where?

[@reginleifr7300]

@@McChunkLovesBelgium Germany. Since the country was first truly united in 1871 and before consisted of a loose collection of territories each place has unique traditions and dialects. There was however a time in recent history where parents felt it was better for children to only speak standard german. Dialects don't fit in modern times and people who only speak them are looked at as those village people, not very intelligent. It's better in present times but a lot has been lost due to that mindset.

[@qnelsa7212]

Yes When you speak fusha you can communicate with all Arabs Anyway I'm so proud of you!!! I speak Arabic fusha and Sudanese Arabic!!!!! I'm also trying to learn new languages like you... I'm starting French! The fact that you learnt Arabic in two years only is so impressive! You're giving me hope and it no longer sound impossible! Thanks for sharing!

[@oumaima5441]

I'd be impressed if a foreigner spoke MSA to me. Arabs aren't used to non Arabs speaking Arabic because of its difficulty. Keep it up!

[@felb9029]

Omayma S Yes that's true!

[@felb9029]

Beverly Huttinger Are you arab?Cause your name is really american/english and how can you judge it^^

[@felb9029]

Beverly Huttinger I'm from Morocco and grew up there so i can speak arabic as my first langugage.and he really sounds good and remind he doesnt speak normal arabic he speaks fusha!

[@felb9029]

Beverly Huttinger Yes but thats not the point in this video. And you're not arab so the arab People like me are the ones who can say if he's good at it or no.

[@oumaima5441]

Beverly Huttinger I'm also an Arab Moroccan/Bahraini and I know that every Arabic dialect, including Fus'Ha, sounds different. I can't deny he's very articulate and his pronunciation is on point, however Arabic remains a very difficult language it's not always easy to speak it smoothly.

[@Hoodie_queen]

Masha'Allah I am learning Arabic! My boyfriend is Arab and I am in love with the language and culture

[@Kmoon_lol]

Masha'Allah تعني ما شاء الله و هي كلمة للتعبير عن ابداع الخالق في الديانة الأسلامية

[@Jakapan-Yupanki]

Shit........why?How shameful of you!!!You're hispanic after all!!!...

[@n3ia9]

Thanks sister 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@n3ia9]

@@Jakapan-Yupanki what's the problem with you????

[@ayah7056]

Mashallah !! Arabic is a hard language but it’s clear you put time and effort into learning it :) I’m used to speaking the shami arabic, which is the Arabic syrian people usually speak

[@ranam.a8570]

Your arabic is amazing ..... when i heard you i smile i don't know why but i just smile... i just feeling something in my heart And i think that what's all other Arabic people feel

[@Loaialkhazan1]

That's quite very interesting, I speak Arabic because its my mother toung but I'm really impressed with your Arabic, good job

[@bwaicka]

بلا معلمية عليك أبو الشباب، فينا نستخدم أما quite أو very في الجملة بس مافينا نستخدمهم مع بعض بجملة وحدة

[@channel23MissGunther]

I am studying fusha Arabic and it's great!😍

[@omniaanwar7407]

De la petite Belgique, avec Amour Wow , go on 💪 💪

[@__M7MD]

De la petite Belgique, avec Amour but you should learn any accent with it

[@SaYa-ub8wn]

You speak Amazingly good Arabic !!!! and I'm sure that the people you talked to was amazed by your vocabulary!!! Keep going!! 😍

[@abdallahrechache4963]

Well-done bro! I am an Arab and you speak standard Arabic better than me. You are wonderful. Keep it up

[@dropme7778]

I am girl from Saudi Arabia and Actually love when Foreigners speak to me fusha it sounds really cute and by the way your pronunciation is really good for the Records fusha arabic is more harder then the local accent so good job for learning the fusha 👏👏

[@dropme7778]

Skrooge Lantay no it’s actually rumors we had the freedom to access the internet without supervision but we are suffering from many other things

[@dropme7778]

Skrooge Lantay yes actually we girls and women are very optimistic about the king orders and his son they start to give us the freedom little bit more and I really think we in the right direction for ones. Thanks for asking and may i ask u something where are u from?

[@dropme7778]

Skrooge Lantay thanks I hope but i don’t think the full equality will happen at least in my lifetime it will take long time but it’s ok it is a fight for the next generation of girls. and I hope someday I visit sweden it’s beautiful country

[@dropme7778]

Skrooge Lantay thanks you are the nicest person I ever talk too online if u ever come to KSA do the research and I think maybe your will loved it if you love different and unusual things and beware it’s really hot whether if u came in the summer.and we’d love to have you in KSA I think you might be surprised 😂😂

[@dropme7778]

Skrooge Lantay yes jeddah it’s beautiful city specially the beach it’s good place for foreign to visit if u like Diving activities so beautiful

[@lamaal2232]

You speak a very good Arabic and your pronunciation is perfect!👍

[@skamony2001]

Mike, it was a good decision to start learn the fosha arabic because it'll be easy to learn the different dialects from all arabic countries, your fosha is very good, good job bro👍

[@JA-jy5hb]

I’m Saudi but I like to use a mix of عامية and فصحى when I talk, and I prefer الفصحى in texting especially on Twitter :D

[@PlanetYokoshima]

I'm from Kuwait. Just wanted to point out that 3amiya Arabic (dialect Arabic) is of different dialects (Kuwaiti, Saudi, Egyptian, Lebanon's, etc), however some words could be understood just the same. It's pretty tricky, unfortunately. People from Saudi for example would ask you whether you're Kuwaiti or have been studying in Kuwait just because the dialect you chose to study was Kuwaiti 3amiya @_@ still!! better than nothing. It's really hard so It is REALLY impressive how hard you've worked to study all of that, mate. Keep it up bro. Very inspiring. Cheers

[@monaa.752]

I respect you for learning our unique and often hard-to- master language 😭😂👌🏽 I've Got to say, you're very good and you have great determination to learn

[@zeke1145]

It takes dedication to learn such beautiful language, keep it up and i really hope this language becomes useful in many ways.

[@Whatwasithinking28]

They actually get shocked cause usually we don’t speak fusha Arabic , in my Arabic class we speak fusha Arabic Your Arabic is beautiful keep goin it’s very beautiful 😍

[@Raxxer1993Q8]

Reminded me of a professor from the states who spoke Arabic at my university. He always chooses the most suitable words to put in a sentence. It’s pretty impressive honestly. And I respect that

[@s.r.3a204]

You are really amazing😳 I’m Arabian and you talk arabic so good!!

[@theoneandonlyhooda]

speak* your grammar proves you shouldn't exist

[@michaelduggan9347]

That was a very condensed and informative video. I'm sure I am not alone here, but I did not know there was a classical or modern standard (I'm looking at the comments below for that part--our presenter used a fairly Englic* way of explaining that left a few gaps). Very interesting! *Englic being a way to speak w/ North Americans but remain Brit in presentation).

[@user-cb6ny3np7u]

These reactions are what i'm exactly facing everyday too :P i'm studying MSA and also Egytian dialect in egypt now So glad to watch this video :) cheers mate

[@layalk.7782]

Tbh I'd recommend to you learning levantine Arabic. It's easier

[@user-cb6ny3np7u]

@@layalk.7782 Thank you for your recommendations Yes, may be if i get chance, i'd like to study another dialect too Inshallah

[@Hussein_Nur]

flawless. well done. I remember my first time learning Arabic when I left my country to study in Egypt. I learned fusha in a language center and started High school after 2 years. I could not understand some words because it was in 3amiya. But with time I got the hang of it. In my early days though, I always responded in Fusha, and people always tried to answer back with fusha. It was funny. It was like they were having difficulties like you would normally have with a completely new language.

[@salemalrashid1980]

لغتك العربيه العربية الفصحى جداً رائعة.

[@MikeStillUK]

شكراً حبيبي

[@welovfree]

@AML S جدا نعت أليس كذلك؟

[@ArabianStallion]

Salem Alrashid رائعة جداً

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

@@welovfree لا

[@Yazan_Majdalawi]

@@welovfree كلّا*

[@Valorous-egg]

Arabic is quite difficult and that's coming from a native speaker and honestly this is brilliant... Great job👏🏼

[@zubeyrahmedhassan4018]

After watching this amazing video, i really became motivated to learn turkish language. By the way You are doing great job, well done and keep learning Fusha it is easy believe me.

[@tarneemahmed2466]

BTW the modern standard Arabic is so much more beautiful than any dialect !! ❤❤

[@eye4aneye760]

I must say, I really agree! I’ve been learning Fusha for a year and a half and I have to say it is just amazing. The level of precision, efficiency, and the different shades of meaning are just unlike any other language in the world and also it sounds super proper and makes me think of the Islamic scholars of old like imam Shafi’i. I want to get really really good at fusha before I go to a dialect since I think many foreigners learning Arabic just spend a little time on fusha to get the basics and go right into dialect without fully getting a solid grasp of fusha.

[@boy8513]

in order to read books of scholars like imam ahmed ibn hanbal imam shafii imam al tabari . will learing huge vocablury of fusha do the job? or i need to do something else too

[@tarneemahmed2466]

@@boy8513 You'll need to learn Fusha in general including grammar and vocabulary and over time you'll get better with consistency.

[@boy8513]

@@tarneemahmed2466 do you know fusha and grammer

[@tarneemahmed2466]

@@boy8513 Yes, actually I'm Egyptian.

[@mohmdjsm6926]

Love your videos love your channel

[@sarahm4146]

This video is really old, but I have to say your Arabic sounds very good I am actually impressed, you pronounce our hard letters really well, I am honestly impressed since I know this is really hard for foreigners to master it but you are actually doing a great job, about the fusha Arabic, it's because no one speak it in thier daily lives, so when we have to use it , we find it a bit weird and funny since again, it's not the spoken Arabic, but obviously you know this lol, thank you for learning our language despite it's hard

[@swsn-sk3id]

I bet they are shocked because of how AMAZINGLY GOOD your accent is, I really love when you speak arabic I bet you put so much effort into learning it, it is one of the hardest languages ever Keep going 💪🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@ItsRichie]

انا فلبيني و انا عرف عربي 😏 من سعودية 🇸🇦

[@aoam9194]

Ralph Richie Hilado جيد

[@bulletafx]

الله يعينك على التعلم.. المشكلة فينا, ما نتكلم عربي بشكل صحيح مع المقيمين في السعودية.

[@nubiansands1162]

You are awesome Ralph

[@DinaAwd]

wow bro that's good هذا جيد⁦^_^⁩

[@GhostofaFangirl]

I'm saudi and I don't know Arabic, so you're doing better than me bud lmao

[@muf2463]

Mashallah your arabic is amazing I hope I can meet you one day

[@jasonbell9212]

When I was in the army I went to DLI at the Presidio of Monterey, CA. I learned MSA there and tiny bit of several dialects but mostly Lebanese. I don't remember much of the colloquial but I'm still decent at fusha. I spoke a little to a Yemeni neighbor recently. I got about the same response that you mentioned at the beginning of this video. He didn't know that I knew any Arabic at all.

[@ibrahimbinmahfood4724]

Hi Mike ! I am very intrigued by your Arabic. I understood everything. Also yes you are right that it’s fusha. Though the reason for Arabs’ reaction is either shocked or stunned is because they don’t normally speak Classical Arabic (fusha). Like let’s say for example, what if someone came to you and spoke completely like Shakespeare (Old English). Sooo I don’t know if that helps to explain to you the situation or reason behind that. By the way love your videos keep going at it!

[@nectarine.dreams]

I'm learning MSA and was curious how i would be received if i spoke to someone not using their dialect... thank you for making this video!

[@Leo-iq6ks]

This sounds like it's your native language the way you pronounce it. I always wanted to learn arabic and I hope someday I will able to learn.

[@mizzfamouz1]

Goodluck and Insha'Allah! I am a pure westerner and i also am trying to get myself to learn arabic. Hopefully the most spoken one. Already got myself some "kindergarten" books to start off writing the arabic alphabet. It will be a hard n long journey, we can do it!!! 🙏👍❤💪 Yalla!!!

[@mikeletterst9882]

Your Arabic is amazing!! You should consider being an Ambassador..

[@imadeddine140]

Your Arabic is sooo good keep going !

[@rj195]

You may get a few weird looks but that's okay..it's just that sometimes we get taken aback when we hear people speaking in Fusha. It's too proper and superficially serious to be used as a conversational language. But personally, I am a big fan of the Fusha..and I agree that more and more of us should be using it on a regular basis. It sounds way more elegant and classy than any dialect :D

[@MikeStillUK]

This is good 😀 if you just started learning Arabic READ THIS 👆

[@spidyman8853]

It's a bit like speaking POSH like the English shake spear or the Queens dialect

[@waruis]

Honestly, do you all (arabs) shy to speak fusha ? Because everybody kinda avoid to chat with me because i dont really good at lahja

[@THeINtegral1407]

I would guess the reason might be that a lot of them aren't really fluent in fusha and, so, don't want to tell you that they can't really speak it. That's why they would avoid chatting instead. I'm sure it's not due to disrespect or something like that. لعل السببَ هو عدمُ طلاقتِهم في الفصحى، وهو شيء مؤسف جداً، لذلك تراهم يتفادون الحديث معك لإحساسهم بالحرج من أن يظهروا لك عجزهم عن التحدث بها.

[@civilum1449]

yes ,when arabic person speaks in fusha in street or any public place its sound like weird. but the opposite person well probably understand him thats depends on how is he good in fusha and with words

[@nicolaushess8816]

That´s very interesting, I adore this gentleman, I would like to learn this language, but I am sure it is too hard for me, even I know 3 different languages beside my own.

[@yasminebubteina]

I’m blown away how fluent u r ! That’s awesome

[@Mo.Faried]

This is M Faried from Egypt and I had a canadian friend who used to speak fusha all time. I liked to speak fusha all time with him although it felt weird in the beginning. Go on man! don't hesitate speaking fusha, i guess many would love the experience eventually like i did.

[@jijivlogs8170]

I'm Arabian and your Arabic is very good. Everybody can understand what you re saying. It's a hard language as others says but you totally nailed it 👍 respect for you

[@Angelica-nk2wh]

You’re so good mashallah ❤️

[@msq8]

Your fusha is very good and keep going in 3myiah.. best regards from Kuwait

[@amanigamal4714]

Love your videos Greetings from Egypt 🌹

[@legendlegend1621]

You're really good

[@fahmiharhouri4531]

In Tunisia, we speak Tunisian-Arabic : it is mostly Arabic but mixed with French + Turkish + Spanish and Amazighs words .

[@fahmiharhouri4531]

@Yasser Zubaidi الترك كانوا موجودين في تونس قبل الاستعمار الفرنسي و من الكلمات القليلة التي اعرفها : العربية ابريق .. التركية : bakrac .. التونيسية : بقراج . العربية : حنفية ... التركية : çeşme ... التونسية : شيشما .

[@basmy6714]

Wow man your pronunciation is soo good!!

[@user-hg5ul3jf8t]

Your Arabic is perfect🔥🔥🔥 Keep going you'll achieve your goal🔥😍 I'm going to learn English 🙆❤

[@fatihaygun1907]

I am from Turkey and I can speak, reading and writing in Arabic very well. But I don't understand Arabic dialects. When I was Jordan( about thirteen days) I was not understand the dialect of Jordan. And When I was talking in fusha they were shocked :) أنا أعرف اللغة العربية جيدا. قمت بالزيارة إلى الاردن حتى ثلاث عشر يوم. كنت لا أستطيع أن أفهم لهجة الاردنية و عندما أتكلم اللغة العربية الفصحى كان يكون الصدمة على الناس :) بالمناسبة أشكرك جزيل من الشكر إلى شعب الأردن على حسن إستضافكم و تعاملكم.

[@ahmadistanbouli6136]

Good on you. Arabic is a gard language to learn.

[@nashmi-8609]

in turkish you have accents also but still simple compared to arabic haha

[@madina-uk2hb]

fatih aygun I will help you

[@atharyahmed2933]

I love fus’ha it the original arabic language ❤️ FACT:sometimes arab people don’t understand the accent so they talk in fus’ha to understand each other ❤️❤️❤️

[@esmaeelsamhan8161]

Hey mike, keep it going my friend, you may actually build the gap between the cultures through your content. Finally i would say to you ( ahsant ya sadeqe )

[@user-ev7uq8rs2p]

Wow so impressive Arabic ia my first language and fusha is really hard so I respect you for mastering it

[@aymanahmed2729]

I know this reaction. Most probably they are thinking: "If he speaks Arabic this well, it means that the kids are teaching Arabic more than they are learning English." 😁 Anyway, your Arabic is really good; and I really like your videos.

[@salshehri5091]

You are great! But I wanna clarify something, Newspaper and TV use Modern Standard Arabic. The Classical Arabic (fosHa) is found in Quran & old poetry.

[@mraviation5933]

Wonderful video! Very impressive indeed!

[@safieddine6129]

Wooow your british accent is amazing I love it. Your fusha is very good like it's very clear, with time you'll be able to speak it even better

[@DinaAwd]

they are shocked !! I would be happy to listen to you Lol^_^ Arabic fusha is so unique and special ..you are lucky🌹🌹 Do you know that there are native arabs who can not speak arabic fusha?!:-(.... I am arab and speak arabic fusha and English too😛😛😝

[@Aisyen]

I don't speak Arabic but as a Muslim, I memorize phrases of the Quran A LOT and tend to use them on my daily basis and at this point, I sound like an Imam and people around me look at me like I'm giving a religious speech and I can't deny it.

[@tttttt-jw9pw]

your fusha arabic language and your pronunciation very perfect, trust me my friend and believe me continue continue continue and continue in improve your fusha arabic language