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Title: It's a good start
Review: If you plan on learning arabic this is a effective way of starting.FSI is a kind of dialect in itself by taking the features that are common to spoken arabic and putting them together.The thing to know is that you will be understood in a greater area of the mid -east. but you will still have to adapt to the spoken dialect of the area you are going too.Example: classical arabic for (very much)= kathiirun; FSI- kathiir; somone in syria = kaTiir.no real big deal just remember you will have to tune your ear for the changes in pronunciation in different places.Note. This book was made as a 6 week intro to arabic before getting a post in The M.E, don't expect miracles in your language skills.
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