How good is your arabic? Before you embark on your journey to learn this fascinating language, here are some practical tips to help you get started:
Speak it: You learn to speak by speaking. There is just no other way of doing it! Jump in there and go for it.
Use it or Lose it: Study, read, listen, talk, write, drill, chant, sing. Listen to Emirati songs, watch Emirati movies, browse Emirati magazines, newspaper and websites. Go to authentic Emirati Arabic speakers and try to speak with them in their local dialect as much as possible. Keep the conversation going!
Numbers
- 0 sifr
- 1 wahad
- 2 ithnain
- 3 thalatha
- 4 arba’a
- 5 Khamsa
- 6 sitta
- 7 saba’a
- 8 thamanya
- 9 tissa’a
- 10 a’ashara
- 50 khamseen
- 100 mi’a
- 500 khamsmi’a
- 1,000 alf
- 2,000 alfain
- 10,000 a’asharat alf
- 100,000 mi’at alf