Kisfroccs Diary (Turkish / Hungarian / Italian / Russian / Arabic)

[Szofla]

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Ah, those Turkish series! In Bulgaria they're very popular. Old grannies in particular enjoy watching a midday Turkish series dubbed in Bulgarian. Every time I go to visit, my female relatives are fawning over a new series They are very addictive, and very dramatic.

Duolingo has courses for Hungarian, Italian and Russian so you may want to look at those. For Russian I'd also recommend The new Penguin Russian course, you can find the pdf here but I think the paperback is really cheap too.

Good luck!

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I hate Turkish series, they last 2.5 hours and the ideas are always the same, absolutely zero originality. However, I loved Aşk-ı Memnu, did you watch it? If you didn't, I strongly recommend it.

PS: If you need any help with Turkish, I'd be glad to help you. And güle güle doesn't mean bon voyage, it's more like goodbye.

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[MamaPata]

Hello everyone !

Today was my first study session in Arabic ! I read the first pages of Harrap's, Méthode express Arabe and learnt the word sabah l-hayr (Good morning).

صباح الخير

So I distinguished the ص "s emphatique", figured out that the "a" is the "fatha" alias the vowel (not written here) and the ح, which is the "hâ". I can't distinguish the "b" . Can anyone help me ? . I also watched youtube video's about the pronounciation and was stunned by the amount of differences between the dialects ! . Also I have troubles because the alphabet looks flat when it's written (for a better lack of words) .

Some news on the Italian front : I booked 2 weeks of lessons in Rome in September + 2 weeks where I'd use my Italian in Rome and Napoli. Sounds good, no ?

Take care,

Szofla

The b is the small line with the dot underneath - the full form is ب

Rome sounds lovely! What will you be doing?