Today, I finished the rather expensive Arabic language course I have been taking for about 6 months. I still can't hold a conversation, but I can now say, "May Allah give you a headache and you are stuck in Beirut's traffic for two hours." FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I discovered the terrible things my parents say about my wife while visiting them. They speak in Arabic around us and I've never really been able to understand them. Guess who hasn't only brushed up on his Arabic, but spent the last 6 months teaching his wife… FML
Today, I found out my handwriting is so bad that people think I write in Arabic. FML
Today, I was taking the metro into DC for my internship. Two guys came in and started talking to each other in Arabic. One boy turned to the other said "Do you think shes cute?" The other responded "Her face is hideous but she has nice tits." I am fluent in Arabic. They were looking at me. FML
Today, I began taking a French language class. After completing and submitting some homework, I got a response. A response that was completely in French. I can't understand shit. FML
Today, my doctor told me the severe hearing damage from my car accident is permanent. I just graduated with a degree for Interpreting and Translating. FML
Today, I spent a full hour working on my British accent. FML
Today, I have learned a lot of "big" words from reading so much, but can actually only pronounce about half of them correctly. FML
Today, my neighbor called the cops on me, all because he heard me speaking Arabic. I was on the phone with my grandmother in Egypt. FML
Today, after many hours studying a complete course of Spanish, I felt really good. I had accomplished something, something I could really use next week when I fly to Mexico on vacation. Then I found out what I had learned was Spanish as they speak it in Spain, not how they speak it in Latin America. FML
Today, I taught my girlfriend some French. She then used her newfound language to break up with me. FML
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Justkidding100 41
classes are to teach you, sometimes the real work is on you
Anderling 33
No wait that’s way more powerful. Ehhh, the nature of language courses is such that sometimes they teach you the words and grammar and then it’s on you to learn how to use them in a conversation with a Real Human Being. That said though I can’t imagine real humans being entirely unwilling to help you once you strike up a conversation.
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Justkidding100 41
classes are to teach you, sometimes the real work is on you
Anderling 33
No wait that’s way more powerful. Ehhh, the nature of language courses is such that sometimes they teach you the words and grammar and then it’s on you to learn how to use them in a conversation with a Real Human Being. That said though I can’t imagine real humans being entirely unwilling to help you once you strike up a conversation.
joseph_rod_05 14
Hebrew’s way easier to learn
Yudith 28
Practice, practice, practice. If you cannot date an Arab, you need to make Arab friends, and by Arab I mean anybody whose first language is Arabic, so the first sentence you shall learn now is "Do you speak Arabic?"
RichardPencil 32
Fatwa algebra couscous. Translate and discuss.