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Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic

#1
Recently moved to Egypt, and in dire need to get the numbers down. Great excuse to explore learning software some more.

Possibly very niche, but maybe it is useful for someone else out there. Feedback is always welcome.

Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
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#3

Pretty cool! Took me a bit of time though to understand what I was supposed to do. Also a tad annoyed by the fact that it's not in MSA haha

That's good feedback, thank you!

Sorry about the dialect, personal circumstance haha

Actually, I may introduce a toggle for MSA/different dialects. Can't promise, but check back in a day ;)

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post #5

Maybe not useful for you, but I'd rather see the number names written out in Arabic rather than transliterated. IE صفر rather than sifr.

Thank you for the feedback! Exercises including the actual script as answer or prompt should show up after a while - it's a balancing act between people who prefer actual Arabic and people being overwhelmed by it (:

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post #6

It's pretty cool. Maybe it will be a little better if there was an option to exclude pronunciation questions, for those who are only interested in learning the meanings. welcome to egypt!

Thanks! That's a good idea, I'm putting it on the list.

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#10
Looks great.

I just have a question. Why do you call it "itneen" instead of "Etneen" or more formally "Ethnayn"?

I understand that you're probably leaning toward using Egyptian Arabic (I am Egyptian by the way) because it is the easiest dialect, but to be honest I myself got confused for two seconds.

Edit: I went through more questions, and you're definitely using Egyptian Arabic, not formal Arabic.

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