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kudo -> RE: Pimientito on Spanish TV (Dec. 30 2011 1:14:54)
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Congrats Mark, but I really dont know who he (Mark) is here on the foro and I dont understand how Kate is related to Mark, (he is not her husband for sure). just who is Mark here?? im confused !!
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For Arabs, it is easier, because our language has so many different sounds and characters involved that if we speak another language, it is less difficult for us to get it to sound like the natives.
But I think I like your accent more than the original Spanish one. It's like when someone from the USA for example who has learned classical Arabic comes to Beirut and starts speaking with his USA accent. Usually all the girls go wild because they find it so charming! Is that the case with you in Spain?
yes, IN GENERAL its much easier for the Levantine Arabs, like you, me and Elie , to speak like native speakers of most languages around the world. because our levantine arabic is more flexible, and has a less of an accent compared to other accents from the arab world.
in a way, I think of it as more like clear water, if you put a drop of a color from any other language into clear water, then the water's color will change and look very much like the original color of that new language, and ofcourse the more time we are exposed to that new language , the stronger the color is and the more it sounds like a native speaker. also, arabic is one of the most difficult languages in the world, so spanish and english are really easy compared to it.
even I right now, I am not good in arabic (although my pronunciation is perfect and I can perfectly change to any other arabic accents) and my formal arabic actually sucks so bad that a foreigner who studied arabic for many years can speak formal arabic better than me , regardless of his/her accent !!
@Ramzi, I find that when native english speakers try to speak arabic or eastern languages with their english accent, it sounds like ****, that I would rather not hear it! [>:]
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