13th of September 2019. This was the day that a long time dream started becoming a reality. Since I first had contact with Arabic writing, I was fascinated by the beauty of it.I was quite a young girl and I remember thinking how is this possible that someone can understand all these scribbles It looked so flawless and so exotic. Living in Portugal, didn’t make it easy for me to learn Arabic, specially because things like Internet were not an option when I was younger.
With the time I start travelling and visited lots of Arabic countries, and my passion for understanding not only the writing but the spoken language just grew. But then you know, you need to find the time, the resources, the place to study and time goes bye.
By mid 2019, when I was looking at the list of resolutions that I had created for 2019, I realised that only two goals were missing, and one of them was to learn a new language.I decided that was the time to go for it, and luckily the Anglo-Omani are Society, that I had known since my last trip to Oman, started offering beginners evening classes.
It was one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made. Can’t believe that in less then six months into learning, I am able to communicate and able to read (ff course slowly slowly or shueia, shueia as We say in Arabic).
It’s unbelievable what we can achieve with a good teacher and good will to learn. I can’t explain how content I am when I look at all these letters, and they are not strange to me anymore. I can read sentences with all these beautiful characters and they are not just scribbles or long lines, they make sense in my head. I gave myself three years to be fluent in reading, writing and speaking, but after six months studying, I have got some hope that it might take a little less time to learn, but that really doesn’t matter, the most important is to enjoy while I’m learning, and be able to communicate.
And I am always fascinated by the beauty and power of learning.
It all started with Alif, Ba, Tá..The only regret I have is not having started earlier. If you have a dream like mine, just go for it!!
With the time I start travelling and visited lots of Arabic countries, and my passion for understanding not only the writing but the spoken language just grew. But then you know, you need to find the time, the resources, the place to study and time goes bye.
By mid 2019, when I was looking at the list of resolutions that I had created for 2019, I realised that only two goals were missing, and one of them was to learn a new language.I decided that was the time to go for it, and luckily the Anglo-Omani are Society, that I had known since my last trip to Oman, started offering beginners evening classes.
It was one of the best decisions that I’ve ever made. Can’t believe that in less then six months into learning, I am able to communicate and able to read (ff course slowly slowly or shueia, shueia as We say in Arabic).
It’s unbelievable what we can achieve with a good teacher and good will to learn. I can’t explain how content I am when I look at all these letters, and they are not strange to me anymore. I can read sentences with all these beautiful characters and they are not just scribbles or long lines, they make sense in my head. I gave myself three years to be fluent in reading, writing and speaking, but after six months studying, I have got some hope that it might take a little less time to learn, but that really doesn’t matter, the most important is to enjoy while I’m learning, and be able to communicate.
And I am always fascinated by the beauty and power of learning.
It all started with Alif, Ba, Tá..The only regret I have is not having started earlier. If you have a dream like mine, just go for it!!
