I Spoke Classical Arabic In Central London.. Did They Laugh At Me?

00:00 Introduction
00:49 First Interaction
03:05 Rejections
04:46 Second Interaction
06:35 More Rejections
07:42 Third Interaction (Amazing Closing Statement)
10:03 Outro
This was the first time I attempted something like this and it was not easy to muster up the courage! I was forced to push myself outside my comfort zone and I hope that it inspired you to do the same. Don’t wait until you are perfect to start speaking to someone in their native language (or even sharing a skill that you are good at for that matter). If you didn’t already notice, I too am not perfect 🙂. If I did wait until I am, chances are I am going to be waiting for my whole life. Instead, learn, practice and improve (iteration)!
In light of that, if you’ve felt that I could have handled some of the interactions in a better way or if there were any useful questions that you felt I could have asked, do let me know in the comments and (God Willing) I will be sure to keep those in mind for future videos.
Praying that God places immense success in all your efforts,
Akeel.
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[@AkeelAhamedInsights]

Remember to turn subtitles on! This was the first time I attempted something like this and it was not easy to muster up the courage! I was forced to push myself outside my comfort zone and I hope that it inspired you to do the same. Don’t wait until you are perfect to start speaking to someone in their native language (or even sharing a skill that you are good at for that matter). If you didn’t already notice, I too am not perfect 🙂. If I did wait until I am, chances are I am going to be waiting for my whole life. Instead, learn, practice and improve (iteration)! In light of that, if you’ve felt that I could have handled some of the interactions in a better way or if there were any useful questions that you felt I could have asked, do let me know in the comments and (God Willing) I will be sure to keep those in mind for future videos. Praying that God places immense success in all your efforts, Akeel.

[@MR-vg2qv]

I'm annoyed that some of the commentators have offended Arabs....seems to me like you are trying to show that Arabs don't know their language. When in actual fact we all do. I find this offensive and subtlety racist.

[@MR-vg2qv]

Also as a matter of fact arabs don't speak fussha..whether you are from Saudi or Iraq or Syria or Egypt....you speak your local dialect of your country, however every Arab knows how to read fussha and when they write they all write in arabic fusha.....if you go up to any arab and start speaking fussha, they will immediately know you are a non arab and that you habe learnt Arabic as an extra language. But one has to learn Arabic because it is better for Islamic knowledge. Also that's why people are looking at him strangely because people don't speak how they write it. They understand him 100 percent.

[@ahmedhirsi199]

Thank you bro. You motivated me!

[@JewelsRoyale]

What amazes me is how people that learn Arabic as adults tend to have native accents despite learning it as adults whilst the same is not true for English! Why is it that people e.g. Arabs sound foreign in English when they learn English as a 2nd language or as adults but people that learn Arabic no matter where they are from sound native in Arabic even though Arabic is a much harder language with much harder sounds for non natives esp for English speakers who don’t have ع and خ and ح sounds in their language. It’s so bizarre Is it because the only exposure to Arabic that people who learn Arabic as adults is from proper formal study from proper Arabic speaking people? Whereas the converse is not true, all over the world people are taught English by local teachers who have foreign accents

[@JewelsRoyale]

@@MR-vg2qvLol I had a Pakistani who learnt Arabic as an adult tell me my dialect wasn’t Arabic and that people from my country don’t speak Arabic haha so don’t worry there are plenty of those around!

[@Zergylol]

Don't feel bad bro, your approach to those individuals was very respectful and perfectly fine. Arabs tend to be very reserved/private and camera shy. Don't get discouraged.

[@kahlilbt]

My exact thought was, "Arabs are so friendly, but so private." I'm not Arab but I love the Arab people. They are generally very humble in my experience.

[@rhetoric5173]

They’re not Arabs

[@dew8nada]

I also feel that's the natural response for street interview, some people are willing some aren't for various reasons

[@HashimAziz1]

It's not cause they're Arabs, it's cause they're Londoners lol. Londoners are known for not being friendly and I say that as someone who likes London, the people are the worst part of it. Try this in the North of England and you'd get a much friendlier response.

[@HashimAziz1]

There's also the fact that fus'ha is not a natural language for any Arab to speak, especially ones educated n the UK that don't learn it in school like they would if they were born in the Arab world. I've noticed this a lot myself when trying to practice my fus'ha in the UK, most Arabs don't know it that much better than you and the ones that do don't get a chance to practice it often enough.

[@receivedpronunciation6696]

In Indonesia, generally speaking, Classical Arabic is the first foreign language taught to us, and not English. Since we were in elementary school, we have learnt the phonetics of Classical Arabic. Of course, we learn it without any formal phonetic symbols which linguists usually use in linguistic discussions. I am interested in Classical Arabic sound system: its vowels, diphthongs, consonants, emphatic consonants, nasalized consonants, sorts of. As far as I know, Classical Arabic is the language of The Quran. It is an old literary language spoken based on the Quraish dialect. Today, people do not speak it in regular daily life. The Arabs speak a newer version of Arabic. That is all I know. If I am wrong, please correct me. Thank you.

[@novaprime5976]

Ah yes, I remember an Indonesian friend friend who studied in Egypt, he got laughed because he spoke Fusha, I meant nobody speaks like that in the street

[@SomeMan001]

@@novaprime5976 FusHa is understood beside the dialects and all dialects are not that far from FusHa as they seem to non arabs. The Dialects use vocabulary that is in the FusHa bcz it is not only the words you learned, still many words in FusHa not taught to non arabs unless you have some specialized study.

[@user-ms7gt2km5f]

نتكلمها اخي في سياقات رسمية وفي النقاش العام مثلا بالمسائل السياسية والاقتصادية والعلمية ، فالعربي الفصيح جدير بكل من يريد أن يحدث العرب أن يتعلمه

[@user-ms7gt2km5f]

​@@novaprime5976 يفهمونه دون إشكال وإن ضحكوا فلا يقصد بضحكهم الإهانة ولكن الاستغراب لأن المصريين لا يسافرون للخارج ولا يعرفون أحوال العالم

[@jawad9757]

@@novaprime5976 yeah the egyptian dialects can be very different

[@freman75]

I think a lot of Arabs refused to talk because they don't have a good command of Fusha so they might feel ashamed to make mistakes hence their reluctance to be put on the spot to look like fools. Fusha is a very difficult language to learn which requires a lot of effort to maintain. Excellent initiative btw, i am also a fusha fanatic and would love to promote tgus wonderful language dear to my heart. Jazaak Allahu khairan akhi

[@ChefbyMistake]

No the problem is his accent. First of all Fusha is just a political term of Egytpian/Hejazi Arabic but no one actually speaks Fusha anywhere it's more like an academic language.

[@freman75]

@@ChefbyMistake Fusha has nothing to do with Egyptian. Egyptian original language is Coptic. Why his accent is a problem? I think his accent is good.

[@ChefbyMistake]

@@freman75 He seems non native speaker.

[@Adonis300]

@@ChefbyMistake yes you are correct ... he is not a native speaker .. and is trying to speak Classical Arabic with people ... unfortunately the reality is that people do not speak arabic like Shakespeare or the QuranicArabic... it would be in his benefit to speak a dialect because people are comfortable in dialects and its more relaxed ... people will put their guard down ...

[@ChefbyMistake]

@@Adonis300 Fusha is the standard version of Arabic there is no chance anyone will speak the language. When I go to Dubai and the Arab or Persian staff starts to speak Urdu with me in his own native accent it is very problematic for me to respond. I am comfortable in English as non-native and Urdu as a native speaker.

[@ahmedalshalchi]

Bro Akeel , your Arabic fluency is very good and excellent... I would never expect you as a Sri Lanka guy at all ...

[@tahirahmed33]

I thought he was bungali brother

[@blueink1351]

sounds like an unintentional racist comment 🤣unintentional because you started your comment with a praise but then...."never expected it from a Sri Lanka guy !? why? if he was from another nationality, would it be expected more?

[@yousuck7933]

@@blueink1351I don’t think he ment it like that tbh.

[@ahmedalshalchi]

@@blueink1351 What's wrong with expressing my thoughts ??... Racist or not , what's wrong ?!... The important thing is not to take down one race upon other ... Anyway, Arabic language just like any other language on this planet is being spoken by different dialects among Arab nation so it is easily to denote which geographical area that person from , also for non-Arab has the same accent to speak Arabic and since this brother is naming himself as Sri Lanken guy , I as a native Arabic man from IRAQ can sense some of his Indian subcontenant but I couldn't sense that at all with him so he is very Arabic fluent like us and this shows how hard work he did to learn it like that ...

[@blueink1351]

​@@ahmedalshalchi Nothing wrong to express your thoughts, whatever they are. Nothing wrong neither to react on comments, as I did. As long as they are clear. Therefore, the way you formulated it was unclear as I understood it as if you were surprised that someone from Sri Lanka has this fluency in Arabic as if you wouldn't be surprised if he was from another non-arab country.

[@federalbureauofinvestigati750]

I'm somali and I learnt arabic but only classic. This was so I could excel at understanding quran and sunna etc but it shocks how I'm able to understand a book written 500 years ago in arabic but not a normal conversation between 2 Lebanese or 2 Yemenis because of lahjah lol

[@tahirahmed33]

They have seperate dialects so it's more complicated than fusha or classical Arabic

[@federalbureauofinvestigati750]

@@tahirahmed33 I would say fusha os more complicated. Its also more full of wonders

[@federalbureauofinvestigati750]

@@8647-ux6yx hadith and books of hafith written in arabic. Cmon man

[@anouaressanoussi]

He means sunnah

[@anouaressanoussi]

The 'dialects' (which are basically their own language and not Arabic) are mostly a complete mess while fushah makes sense and is structured very well, subhaanAllah.@@tahirahmed33

[@tahirahmed33]

The last masri brother gave BEST TIPS to learn Arabic fusha quran etc ,no need ask more now !!! Your have your research done ✅! Alhamdulillah

[@HiyayaHo]

What advise did he give

[@tahirahmed33]

@@HiyayaHo watch it

[@OnlyTheTrue]

Love the Egyptian brother. He said when I speak English, no one laughs about my broken English 😂.

[@user-ms7gt2km5f]

To be fair outside London I reckon people would laugh at broken English

[@mohamad4257]

Nice video. Instead of asking them if they speak or not, just straight up and start a conversation.

[@ilmkhal]

This is very inspiring. Thank you!

[@sajidkhanmahmood]

That was very nice experiment brother and the last person you spoke with was a very kind soul nice to hear Arabic anytime.

[@shamaselahi5606]

Excellent job my bro.very useful

[@shahinrahmanuk]

Love to see it. Keep it up!

[@user-mhmd-ibrhm]

بارك الله فيك يا أخ عقيل ❤👌👍

[@benishasim]

JazakAllah khair Akhii for your effort, As this video is beneficial for Arabic Learners . I am learning Arabic and felt this video beneficial for myself. Barak Allah u fik.

[@yasfm5235]

Good job for not using music my brother! You just got a subscriber, looking forward to watch more videos. May Allah keep you sincere and reward you greatly for encouraging the appreciation of the beautiful language of Arabic 👏🏻

[@Aabb....77]

اتفق الله يثبته اخونا عقيل

[@josymarquez347]

Aamin 🤲🏾

[@DoluDoluAlmanca]

After 10 years you've started with great content again. Congrats! Keep goin' brother! Waiting for more and more 😊

[@chrisbecca]

Thank you for doing this video

[@ibnAmat]

Alhamdulilah, I'm happy I found you channel, I always need more listening practice in Arabic. Hopefully more young Muslims can learn Fusha and spread it!

[@sabiqoon]

I really enjoyed this video and I greatly appreciate your effort in trying to communicate with strangers like this.😊 While watching the video I was wishing subtitles were there and when I read your comment after watching the video, I came to know that they are already there and I just had to turn them on. So I turned the captions on and watched the video again. I've noticed that the people who were busy in their work inside the shops etc were naturally less inclined to talk to you. Whereas the people who were in the street were really available for this interaction. So I think next time in such situations, instead of entering the places of the people, you should try to communicate the people who are outside.👌 The Egyptian guy in the end responded most wholeheartedly 🙂

[@LinaMelchior]

Thank you so much for this video! I think it makes sense to learn fusha first but unfortunately there aren't so many videos on youtube in fusha. Also I always find it very interesting to see how people who are native in arabic react when you speak to them in fusha and if they are able to speak it too or only understand (which I have seen as well sometimes). Anyways, thanks a lot, it was really interesting! And also, I think you approached them in a very kind way!

[@meembinto]

Great inspiration indeed! I think most of us as students will shy away from speaking to a native because we think they might laugh, or will not understand us, but there's a saying I heard recently which goes like: 'Practice makes the master' (translated from Spanish). Coming out of our comfort zone is the first step! خير إن شاء الله

[@user-so6zb7wz9n]

ماشاء الله تبارك الله، لغتك جميلة أخي عقيل، قلّما أسمع أعجمياً ينطق الحروف العربية بهذه السلاسة والوضوح. جزاك الله خيراً على ما تبذل في حث الناس على تعلم لغة القرآن، أسأل الله أن يثيبك على هذا 🌹

[@nawazkhanbaluch9098]

Assalaam alaikum akhi. Great effort. Shukran jazilan. Barakallahu fik wa jazakallahu khairan.

[@rumaanxlr8980]

MashAllah....u inspired me bro...I want to be fluent in Arabic like u. Happy I found ythis channel and please share ur journey in learning fusha arabiya. I'm from Salford, Manchester...

[@mhamed1432]

حوار جميل، نحتاج أن نحيي اللغة العربية وذلك بممارستها والإفتخار بالتحدث بها. بارك الله فيك.

[@nusrathamid1271]

Your Arabic is perfect.How long did it take you to learn it

[@mostarac4315]

MashaAllah brother keep up the good work

[@PunishableAnimations]

Great video

[@callospaziale]

The last brother was so wholesome. Mashallah

[@Thisbook2022]

You have a nice accent. Good job Akeel.

[@misterbk1791]

That first statement of confidence regarding speaking and practicing a new language specially when it comes to fusha vs Arabs who generally speak dialect is very very very true

[@HumbledSlave]

Thanks for the English Translation

[@OPM6906]

Ado! Akeel! Masha Allah bro! Nice video. Sattapadi😉

[@WizzyDaBoi]

Keep on making videos bro may Allah bless you

[@AdamArgiag]

تدني مستوى العرب في التواصل والاندماج حتى مع من يدعم لغتهم . الشاب المصري كان رائعا في الردود اتمني من الاخرين ان يكونو مثله

[@BroHajji]

Keep going my brother وفقك الله

[@RiderKent]

please make videos like this more and more with various subject matter discussed!

[@Mun3mm]

Great initiative akhi, May Allah bless it. Just my advice: perhaps make Du’ā before recording, I think you may have gotten a bit nervous while speaking with them, and perhaps ask ahead of time before recording as it does seem a bit awkward.

[@155stw]

I spoke Fusha in Mecca and Medinah, they didn’t like it that much. Sounded like the news.

[@esamipad8060]

المصري في القميص الاحمر محترم و فخور بلغته العربية.

[@Blue0_o]

The language that you're speaking "Fusha" even though it's not used by people in a daily basis but it's still used nowadays on kids' cartoons, tv news channel and newspapers and everyone can understand it

[@nimoahmedhassan3124]

Allahuma barik akhy, the way you approach is fine... it's just that people do not want to be interviewed :-(

[@anutaboiko8657]

I love this video, new subscriber here Btw I found this video after typing fusha arabic

[@marouan-sa86]

عمل جميل بارك الله فيكم

[@salmanrashid5526]

Bro!…. Amazing!…. I have a bucket list wish to learn Arabic some day as well…. I grew up around it having been brought up in Makkah during my first 10 years of my life but have forgotten most of what I picked up!…. To me u sounded like a native speaker n your accent was on point! Keep up the great work n interesting to see u started posting back on this channel recently after a 9 yr wait!😮

[@try2justbe]

I don't understand how someone can grow up for 10 years in Arabic vountry without being fluent in Arabic!!

[@salmanrashid5526]

@@try2justbe Well this is from birth to the age of 10…. N at that time they didn’t allow ex-Pats to attend local schools that taught in only Arabic…. My dad’s company set up their own school run by the wives of employees that taught various subjects…. I still picked up enough Arabic to be able to buy things at the local shops but I’m now 37 n living in Canada n have forgot most of the broken Arabic that I had picked up cuz I didn’t use any of it after we left from Saudi in ‘96

[@try2justbe]

@sassysam6998 I know, but not children or people who are born there. It's a well-known fact that 2nd generation and people who grow up in a different country than their parents become fluent in the language of that country because kids learn languages easier than adults.

[@daryl94]

muslim: quran is preserved!!! 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with, her) reported that it had been revealed in the Holy Qur'an that ten clear sucklings make the marriage unlawful, then it was abrogated (and substituted) by five sucklings and Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) died and it was before that time (found) in the Holy Qur'an (and recited by the Muslims). Reference : Sahih Muslim 1452 a In-book reference : Book 17, Hadith 30 me: i want 10 suckling hehe

[@fizzel5711]

@@daryl94maybe ask your mum why she didn’t breast feed you ?

[@user-jp3of7hu9b]

The last person speaks Fusha very nicely, he's very educated tabaraka Allah

[@glennmermer5284]

The Egyptian guy was very eloquent and I could feel it despite my poor arabic. This language is beautiful. Allahumma salli ala n Nabiy.

[@truthseeker7260]

This is very good video keep going brother. The reality related video always fascinates me, I am learning Arabic. and ofcourse Fusha ! most TV in arab world are not even talking in Fusha. ITS Language of Quran and classic !

[@sumaya_sayeed]

This video was very interesting ما شا الله i have'nt seen anything of the kind. you should make more arabic video's إن شا الله

[@reemsh1990]

شكرا اخ عقيل السيريلانكي نحن كعرب نفخر بمثال شاب مثلك، يجيد العربية الفصحى بطلاقه وسلاسه ،اتمنى نحن كعرب نرجع نتحدث بالعربية الفصحى الجميلة! بالنسبه لتعلم العربية الفصحى للطلاب يجب عليهم الصبر والمثابرة ، والبدأ من الابجدية والاستماع لقنوات الاخبار العربية لتدريب الاستماع ، وقصص الاطفال خصوصا المعنيه بقصص الانبياء تكون سهله وسريعه وبسيطه للتدرب والتعلم! انا الحمدلله احب اللغات واتحدث الاسبانية !تعلمتها لوحدي من اليوتيوب والان اتعلم اللغة الصينيه! لاشيء مستحيل مع الشغف وحب التعلم ! وجعلناهم شعوب وقبائل لتعارفو ان اكرمكم عند الله تقاكم ! اكرر شكري لك ولطرحك الجميل! 😊

[@HitmanHumz786]

got to love the Egyptian bro

[@Ardaagaxog]

Assalamu alaykum brothers great vlog i'm watching from Somalia🇸🇴

[@AbdurrahmanAlKurdi]

و عليكم السلام و رحمة الله brother i have met somalis mashaAllah who speak arabic. Do they all speak fusha, or do somali have an accent

[@Bukhori122]

As a Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik dialect) speaker I understood a lot of the Arabic words like Tarix (history), fahm- (to understand) lahja - (accent).... mumkin (allowed/permission/) shukran - to thank, and many more...

[@agellidmalik]

Assalamualiakom! I read your comment, and I was very confused about where the "Judeo" part of your dialect came from, but then I remembered that Bukhara, historically, was home for a lot of Jewish people. May Allah protect and preserve you and your family!

[@Bukhori122]

@@agellidmalik brother are you uzbek Muslim? may Hashem/Allah bless your family as well! 😁

[@agellidmalik]

@@Bukhori122 No, I'm Moroccan. Ameen.

[@AdamArgiag]

thanks Akeel

[@cudid]

jamill jiddan. khassan ila akhiri video ma'a shabab zakiiian..

[@AbuSufyan19]

ما شاء الله You’re arabic is very good. How long have you been learning the language? maybe you can do a video on your journey studying arabic

[@AkeelAhamedInsights]

for the idea brother جزاك الله خيرا كثيرا Definitely planning to do that sometime in the near future In Sha Allah.

[@boxer4972]

I was about to ask the same question 😂 shukren Abu Sufyan and Salam from Abu Daud

[@daryl94]

easy cult SAHIH BUKHARI HADITH NO. 6922 Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to `Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn `Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"

[@fizzel5711]

@@daryl94did a Muslim bully you 😢 you seem hurt

[@Yeah_sure_]

Classic..? Thought this was standard Arabic…

[@shariffkhan4980]

Aqeel bhai.. Brilliant video.. Absolutely marvelous✅.. Very KIYADIYATI.. 🕋🙏🙏

[@pakistaninsaudi]

started loving you

[@swat7001]

ماشاء الله تبارك الرحمن , لغتك العربية جميلة جدا 👍👍👍

[@KINAQUDAM]

The easiest way to understand whats happening is......its like. Posh speaking English Queen accent person entering the shops and talking to normal English speaking people. There may be some things you dont understand, or make you laugh, coz its not the norm. Its high class.

[@Nasserist1969]

اللغة العربية هي لغة القرآن و لغة حبيبنا و نبينا و شفيعنا محمد صل الله عليه و سلم. يا ليت العرب يرفعوا من شأنها و يهتمون بها، لأنها تحتاج أبنائها. بارك الله فيك أخي عقيل على مجهودك النبيل في نشر الوعي

[@BelajarArabKartun]

now learning arabic again with consistency

[@samsg]

680th subscriber

[@SSSS-xj7qg]

The man who was selling greens and vegetables thought you were going to ask him questions about Arabic language! (i.e. grammar and literature!) Don't say أريد أن اسألكم في اللغة العربية ... وإنما باللغة. It's better to ask directly without even mentioning that! Just ask them: أين تعلمت اللغة؟ اعطني نصائح ... الخ Also don't ask them for permission at first, they will be paranoid! First, talk with them in a friendly way, then at the end ask them for permission to use the video or you will delete it.

[@AkeelAhamedInsights]

Akhi جزاك الله خيرا كثيرا for your response, I knew there was something sketchy with my approach which is why he suddenly then refused and your response has clarified exactly what may have been the issue 🙂 will be sure to keep this in mind. بارك الله فيك

[@hurataimad136]

Arabs in London are more Londoners then Arab, if you know what I mean? Unless there is some level of familiarity, Londoners don't open to you. Polite and friendly but closed off.

[@bny7y]

I think many of them are also embarrassed to speak in Fusha because they aren't good at it

[@daryl94]

good cult Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'" Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4059 In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 94 English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4064

[@HH_1988]

​@@daryl94alhamdulillah for Islam!

[@bokshil]

ما شاء الله اللغة العربية واضحة ومخارج الحروف صحيحة.. نحن العرب بعضنا لا يجيد الفصحى والبعض الآخر يستحي من استخدامها بغير الأمور الرسمية لقلة استخدامها وارتباط استخدامها بالمسلسلات التاريخية والرسوم.. استمر وأخلص النية لله تجد التوفيق بإذنه

[@cagatayocal7049]

Bro you can hold a conversation while im still struggling 😂 im a beginner student of Arabic . Im very basic with it . I feel jealous 😊

[@khaliduae-qv5ni]

Graduated people with a higher level of education will speak to you in Classical Arabic easily, but those with lower levels of education will find it difficult

[@islamicreminders3090]

Same with classical urdu .

[@mycollectionandstuff5545]

Screw urdu.

[@islamicreminders3090]

@@mycollectionandstuff5545 ???

[@abdullahalilham4045]

Just subscribed. You have a regular viewer if you don't use music in your video. Keep doing the great work Mashallah

[@kush_a9_]

ما شاء الله How long did it take you to get to a reasonable stage of speaking and understanding Arabic

[@Amongus-iq4km]

😂is that a new level

[@OriginalAndroidPhone]

Allah reward you.

[@newimageislam]

Currently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Love the tips. Much appreciated Brother

[@nirvanarul5120744]

Any online course recommendation??

[@alaa-xw1jz]

As a native arabic, I am ready to teach any native English speaker to speak Arabic in exchange for him helping me learn English via video chat.

[@khaliduae-qv5ni]

Now that I've watched the entire video, I can say that most of them don't want to be recorded , it's not that they don't want to speak to you

[@wildae.]

idk why many of them ignored you but your arabic is good

[@HarryMcKenzie-el2nt]

great vid! i would recommend that you change the cut sound as its quite loud and unpleasant

[@jeromelaplace8115]

I have learnt Arabic in Marrakech at Lessane Arabi center it so beautiful experience of learning Arabic in Morocco .

[@VinceTwiga]

What books do they use there?

[@Buthyful]

سأكتب لكَ بالعربية بما أنك تحب التحدث بالعربية الفصحى، ماشاء الله أخي عقيل، لغتك العربية فصيحة جداً وواضحة، ونطقك للحروف جميل جداً ماشاء الله. العرب بشكل عام يشعرون بالخجل تجاه الكاميرات فاعذرنا يا سيدي .. أشكركَ جدًا على هذا الفيديو الممتع. العربية هي لغتي الأم، والعربية الفصحى أجمل لغة على وجه الأرض وفقك الله يا أخي عقيل..

[@mokhachoka2918]

Masha Allah your arabic is really good and it's a great idea for inspiring the ummah to learn arabic. I know you may have got some criticism for your method of approaching so I just wanted to give you a little advice, which is that it would be better for you to turn your camera off and politely ask people if they would be comfortable to be in a video because you are wanting to make a video for KZbin, and giving them choice is more respectful than going in with a recording camera and putting them on the spot. Just because they speak Arabic doesn't mean they want to be on an online video, if a total stranger randomly came upto me recording asking if I wanted to speak English for their video, I'd feel uncomfortable and decline too. Plus not everyone watches or understands KZbin, I think you may have some generational naivety due to your age but it's OK as I know this was your first time doing it. But asking people's permission is part of our deen and akhlaq and I think you may be copying a western method of "well you are in public so I can record you", although you were respectful when they declined but like I said it's just your approach. Not everyone is as willing as you may hope or assume. Anyway keep up the good work and forgive me if I said anything to upset you but I hope you understand the point I'm trying to make. Keep up the good work akhi and keep learning in all realms ❤

[@jayd4ever]

where are you from

[@talibeyilm]

would you do this in an Arabic country particularly gulf countries like Kuwait or Saudi

[@smart_pretty]

I am from 🇸🇦 🇸🇦

[@zehnihameed6371]

❤ ماشاء لله تبارك الله ولا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله

[@hammadihoussem-eddine9720]

I think your approach was a little bit aggressive seen from our Arab perspective. Next time try to have a small chitchat and let them be familiar with you before jumping on Fusha. Arabs are very reserved, and they might be surprised with this surprising situation. But you speak very well Arabic, congratulations 👏🎉

[@oilyvio]

imagine watching the video listening to arabic and realising 3 minutes in that you could have enabled the subtitles? ah yes (anyway, nice vid)

[@muhammadanassiddiki5753]

Are you from Bangladeshi Background?

[@murhabanrani2779]

i am so curious. which one is classical? fusha or dialect? Hmmmm.....

[@ayubmatadar1136]

THE BEST LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD.

[@imdad1862]

أخي أين تعلمت العربية أنت؟

[@verysmartultrahuman939]

0:56 I'm Eritrean too, my guy what's up.

[@valq10]

Learn fusha because there are more resources, it's the main written arabic language no matter the country, and you can read the Quran and other classical literature which even if you're not muslim is very important to the culture of the people you're trying to talk to! Once you have fusha you will be able to pick up the local dialects more easily and 'blend in' so to speak. Basically Arabic is beautiful and Arab culture is beautiful mashallah - stop doubting yourself and enjoy the ride !

[@ibrahim__alsayed]

ما شاء الله أنت طليق باللغة العربية

[@AArrad]

Allahumabarik, good job brother. And I appreciate the effort you made despite many rejections to talk. As an Arab, all I can say is that while you're very good for a non-native speaker of classical arabic, you would definitely get odd looks from Arabs when you approach them speaking it. We don't usually communicate using Classical Arabic on a day to day basis with eachother, but when we read the news, or listen to Friday khutbahs, or government broadcasts, academic lectures or textbooks, novels, etc. they would be written or spoken in classical Arabic. However, any other time, the local dialect is used. Just as the first man from Eritrea said, a clear benefit to speak with others from different dialects. For example, Moroccan Arabic and Iraqi Arabic have many of the same roots in Arabic, yet sound incredibly different for a huge variety of words. So a Iraqi would find it difficult to understand much while in Morocco. But what most Arabs do have in common, is that core understanding of classical Arabic which was taught in school. And so, Arabs that have very different dialects, can easily switch to fusha when they need to communicate and both would understand it. I've also heard that students from Islamic universities can communicate in the local dialect in a few moments, then when they begin intensely debating (or just learning a subject together), they would switch to classical Arabic mid-conversation for clearer terms and expressions, and much more accurate considering the subject being discussed. The most basic way I can explain it is: Everyone knows proper 'posh' British English, but when you're in your local neighbourhood, you feel most comfortable using your local accent, whether it's Northern English, Scottish, Irish, American Southern, Austrailian, etc. (Note that Arabic dialects are much more different than basic changes between English accents, pronunciation is only a part of it, but this is a simple example). Just some of my input on the video.

[@elshanks1578]

Arabic dialects have different words completely. It’s like a different language in some Arabic countries.

[@AArrad]

@@elshanks1578 Not all of them, but yes in general they can have added words, this is why I chose the most extreme examples, Iraq and Morocco are on two ends of the Arab world and differ the most between eachother. Egyptian is probably the easiest to understand. Moroccan (Darija) is the most difficult according to most Arabs.

[@AkeelAhamedInsights]

Appreciate your words of encouragement جزاك الله خيرا كثيرا. From what I said in my previous video about MSA, I truly believe that the 'most efficient' way to master Arabic (given you have the time) is to be able to learn the 'standardized' version of Arabic from which all the other dialects are derived i.e. MSA/Fusha. That way, when you learn the different dialects, you know the base pattern from which that phrase or expression is derived from. And that way, your brain is able to make better connections (more 'neurons firing') and hence you will be able to pick up vocabs much faster. The only opportunity cost is the initial (extra) investment in time to have the patience to learn fusha which, granted isn't always easy. But the pay-off is well worth it in the end :) This video was my small attempt to break open the psychological barriers that I have found a lot of people who learn fusha have created for themselves i.e. 'No one speaks fusha', 'people will laugh at you' etc etc. Although some of this may be true, it by no means should stop us from mastering this beautiful language just because of what other people may think :) May Allah place immense barakah in your time and efforts! And if you enjoyed this interaction, stay tuned for my future videos In Sha Allah. Wassalamm, Akeel

[@Adam-rb4nl]

​@@elshanks1578 but even the diffrent words many times have an origin in fusha

[@MPM_News]

I remember being laughed at in Egypt

[@tahirm8628]

What defines a classical language? A Classical Language is one no longer regularly spoken (at least in its Classical form) and the study of which is mostly focused on reading texts. [according to sh google]. So i think its correct to use the word Standard instead of classical, as one scholar rightly informed us.

[@TheRealMikeMichaels]

I think those who refused suspected you of being part of مخابرات or something 😂

[@judasthepious1499]

maybe to them it sounded like you're talking in Shakespeare style in daily conversation

[@MsHarunaMoon]

Thats really the case here plus people instantly knew thats he isnt a native speaker himself, had he approached them speaking a dialect they would've been more open and forthcoming

[@niZSonovski]

When I speak classical arabic in jordan but they ask me to speak english. Lol In Indonesia we just learn classical Arabic

[@pokoksawit]

Pray for me to understand and speak Arabic

[@smart_pretty]

Do u want me to tech you Arabic?

[@sumz1721]

We all learn Fusha Arabic when learning Arabic but it is sad that we get laughed at now for speaking Fusha & only the Imaams of Arabia use the Fusha Arabic when giving speeches.Fusha arabic is the language of the Holy Quran & we should keep it alive.