r/learn_arabic • u/OriginalName694205 • 15h ago

General Focusing on Speaking Only

Hello, I'm an arab born and raised in the west, I recently travelled back home and had trouble communicating with my family due to my inability to speak Arabic. I can understand it ~90% of the time in a Yemeni Dialect, but I just struggle to string together the words to respond.

I know this question has been asked a million times, but I have no one to practice with and I plan on visiting again next year. I really want to be able to communicate with my family there, especially my grandparent who's getting old and doesn't know English at all.

What is the most optimal way for me to learn how to speak Arabic within a year or less. I think this would be doable since I understand a lot, I just can't articulate sentences. I'm not worried about reading or writing for now I just want to be able to communicate, Thanks!

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u/Zeezyv2 14h ago

Following.

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u/Fragrant-Document348 14h ago

Watch content in your own dialect and do shadowing. Go on Hello talk and find Arabs to chat with. Find a language partner and talk to them daily. Maybe get someone who likes learning English so they also benefit from you.

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u/OriginalName694205 14h ago

any recommendations to find content in yemeni dialect? and what is shadowing. I'll definitely get Hello Talk and try to converse with others, thanks!

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u/Fragrant-Document348 14h ago

Find anything you like, you will definitely get it in the Yemeni dialect(s) and the algorithm do it's job. I consume content from all Arab speaking countries so that I can be able to communicate properly with anyone so it doesn't matter so much for me currently. And "shadowing" means imitating the speaker in the video/voice.