Would learning Arabic and Farsi at the same time help or hinder me?

23.November, 2008


I think it will hinder you, because they are very different languages. Yes, they have exchanged some words through history, and they share the same writing system (almost), but their grammar, sounds and word-structure are quite different.
Concentrate on one at a time.

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5 Meinungen für “Would learning Arabic and Farsi at the same time help or hinder me?”

  1. queen of the castillo sagt:
    13.November, 2008 um 9:46 pm

    I don’t know if it would help or hinder… each person learns differently. But I believe the two languages are very similar. I grew up in Turkey and had many friends whose native language was Farsi, but because they are moslem most all of them also spoke or at least understood Arabic. Either way good luck, those middle eastern languages are tough to master = )
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  2. Mike K sagt:
    13.November, 2008 um 9:47 pm

    Hello,

    Hinder you. Learn one at a time and give it 100%. You cannot multi-task with learning languages. It takes several years of intense study in a language before you can function at a higher or professional level and your time might be better spent giving one your all to progress quickly.

    Cheers,

    Michael Kelly
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  3. meep! sagt:
    14.November, 2008 um 12:47 am

    Well it may get a little mixed up. They have the same alphabet but fairly different pronunciations so you may mix them up but once you know one the other should be a breeze!
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  4. Mandana sagt:
    14.November, 2008 um 12:51 am

    I'm Persian and as a native Persian speaker I suggest you to focus on one of them.

    Farsi and Arabic are not the same languages at all, different grammar and 95% different words except they have similar alphabets (almost). Most of Iranians know only a little bit of Arabic in order to do their religious practices and most of them do not understand what they say in Arabic- just some memorized words-.

    To make a comparison: The similarities between Persian and Arabic are alike the similarities between English and German.
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    To correct the first answerer

  5. Amir sagt:
    14.November, 2008 um 6:45 am

    I think it will hinder you, because they are very different languages. Yes, they have exchanged some words through history, and they share the same writing system (almost), but their grammar, sounds and word-structure are quite different.
    Concentrate on one at a time.
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    Native Persian, MA in linguistics

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