Taking 9-5 Arabic classes, in French, just to *feel* something 🥸 

English is my second language, Dutch is my first language. There are just better resources to learn almost any language in English. I feel like a lot of people do it that way. + English/Dutch/French aren't that far apart.

It's not insane though. Like the comment above said that's pretty normal for someone who speaks english as their second language for example.

@@priiifrg I still think it’s highly impressive even if it is normal for people who speak English as a second language! It’s certainly not easy

@@irissupercoolsy I heard Dutch despite being a very developed language. Has mostly paperback resources and lacks digital resources. I met a Chilean who learned it for fun and that is what she told me.

forreal, he's so cool for that!!

Totally agreed. A very different perspective from how I've been seeing things lately

Hi Damon! I've been watching your videos for almost a decade now, and was so stoked when you mentioned your desire for learning Arabic - I'd love to embark on this journey with you and offer a friendly online chitchat as additional practice (I'm of North African descent but grew up in the Gulf so I'll definitely help you navigate the dialect differences🤣) Let me know if you'd be interested!🤩

Hi Damon! I've been watching your videos for almost a decade now, and was so stoked when you mentioned your desire for learning Arabic - I'd love to embark on this journey with you and offer a friendly online chitchat as additional practice (I'm of North African descent but grew up in the Gulf so I'll definitely help you navigate the dialect differences🤣) Let me know if you'd be interested!🤩

That’s why i follow you! 😂❤

What about ACTUAL cooking? It's time for part III. Let the fork shine.

hope you keep us posted on this journey !!! would love to know how the party went as well

😲i love that ben!!!!!!

On this note, definitely study the grammar and vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic. When you’re ready to learn to really speak it, study Levantine-Arabic or shammy colloquially, because it is the most similar to MSA. This is the dialect spoken in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. I cannot wait for your future Jordan travel videos because you will fall in love with the country.

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me too i started following him and jo when i was 15-16 (2014-15) and still here! love his channel!

Same here! I found him when i was in high school through his videos about learning french and now i teach french😅

😬😬😬

The way I GASPED that is so insane she is a queen

Thats like not knowing who beyonce is

i had to pause the video and walk away and come back lmfaoooo

Oooooh who is that 😂 I will look her up

Thank you i was gonna say the same thing!

was gonna say the same thing

Thank youu i was about to comment

It's only mundane if you don't want to be there.

Agreed!!

Seriously! I’ll watch anything Damon makes

I just started too but I’m English 😂

Chatgpt

@@kendellfriend5558 Well done my friend, if you need any help let me know and I will try to help

Keep going, I support you

MashaAllah that’s amazing!!!

Gd luck ฅ⁠^⁠•⁠ﻌ⁠•⁠^⁠ฅ

Keep up the good work

So cool

You gonna be waiting a lifetime 😅

I'm still learning French 😭😭, wait a minute

​@@damondominiqueI'll take that risk 😁

@@damondominiquewe’ll be there ✋🏻

YOU NOTICE 🥹🤗🥰

@@damondominique WHO DOESNT 💕

this video was shot on which device ?? also what editing software does damon use ? His storytelling skills the cinematography color grading is INSANEEE... love it

Nobody 😅 ❤ I hate when they end

WHAT!!! What a small world!!!

i'm egyptian too! that's adorableeee :( did you pronounce them as ء ?

The world cup song lady!

Or even Fairouz?

@@mylene_b Yesss, an icon ♥️

What level of Arabic would you say you're at now after 2 years? B2?

@@vivaeuropa I'm studying from a B2 level book yes, although my vocabulary needs to expand a lot more to be able to have B2 level conversation:)

I've heard that as well!!!

It’s true!

in my case i'd learn moroccan arabic because i'm from spain and it's the closest arabic country plus there are a lot of second-generation families here so it's good for practicing

Syrian/Lebanese dialects are better, Syria is huge in series and the Syrian dialect is closer to the official Arabic.

nooo don't do egyptian, they have a lot of words that for example levantine (syrian, lebanse, palestinian) don't have. i'd go for one of the levantine dialects, sounds nice, widely understood, a lot of speakers in europe

بالظبط

الا تفهم اللهجه السعوديه كالسوريه والمصريه؟ ارى ان المصريه صعبه على كثير من الناس لكونها لاتنطق نطقاً كاملاً

من وجهة نظري اللهجه السعودية النجدية وغالباً نطلق عليها اللهجة البيضاء ، هي اقرب للفصحى واغلب أهالي المملكة يتحدثون فيها في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي و أماكن العمل لسهولتها و وضوحها والان اصبح الكثير يتحدث بها حتى غير السعوديين بما انها اقرب للفصحى

@@rer1988 ايه واتفاجأ انه ما القى متعلمين اللغه ينطحونها برغم سهولتها ورقعه انتشارها وافضليتها متفائل بالمتسقبل

Hi, thanks for your comment! So just to confirm, all Arabs understand Lebanese/Levantine Arabic?

Which Saudi Arabic exactly? Because on the east coast of Saudi they speak exactly like you Bahraini people lol And on the west coast they speak Hijazi which is more similar to Egyptian, Palestinian and Sudanese. In the centre they speak a bedouin dialect!

Ig it was because the whole class was full of women that he picked it up that way

that's good to hear - cuz sometimes i feel "over it"!!!

Some recommendations for fun n learning: - the "can middle eastern countries understand each other?" video by World Friends on youtube is sooooo cute and gives you a great grasp of a few dialects and how they differ, and is just such a heartwarming video overall lol - I highly HIGHLY recommend the introduction to arabic course on Language Transfer (and any language course LT offers) if you want to have a good basis to become conversationally fluent - he teaches based in Egyptian dialect, but he does it in a well-rounded way where he also explains how you might hear it in other dialects if the difference is substantial. so it helps you grow not just one dialect, but your global understanding of the language family to help train your ear to recognize the same word in a different dialect - he also does a good job of explaining that arabic learners are going to have many influences on how they speak based on who they learned from, who they talk to, what music they listen to, etc, and that mix is a natural and beautiful reflection of a person's life/journey - Language Simp on youtube has the fucking funniest "learning arabic" content out there imo - for learning the alphabet, it was super helpful for me just to transcribe names, places, even sound effects lol (ويييييييي instead of wheeeee), etc just for practice. that way you're growing that letter recognition muscle without needing to rely on vocabulary. Also, if you have the ReversoContext app, sign up for arabic "words of the day" and when they pop up on your phone, try to pronounce the word out loud - then go into the app and play the audio to see if you got the word right - music... there are so many maghrebi rappers popular in france, and most of their songs are a mix of french and arabic (and english and spanish and... ppl from the maghreb are born polyglots), so my selection is pretty biased. but check out Soolking, kouz1, Mocci, NORDO (coolest voice ever), and the entire genre of Raï music when you feel like something more old school - other people PLS reply with your music recommendations, mine are so limited lol ENJOYYYYYY