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Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
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Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#12Tangentially, I recently wrote code to support Arabic ordinal suffixes and was frustrated to learn that, despite a unicode standard specifically for Arabic, it is more acceptable to use the English language rules.
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#13Is there a term/phrase similar to Japanese Kanji/Romanji referring to the use of Latin script for the Arabic word? When it gets to a card pairing the latin script with the Arabic, I was totally guessing until getting enough to start making the association in my head. I'm guessing starting from blank sheet of paper to using this as learning Arabic numbers isn't the intended use case, however, I now know 0, 1, 2, and 5 in written Arabic!
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#14Is there a term/phrase similar to Japanese Kanji/Romanji referring to the use of Latin script for the Arabic word? When it gets to a card pairing the latin script with the Arabic, I was totally guessing until getting enough to start making the association in my head. I'm guessing starting from blank sheet of paper to using this as learning Arabic numbers isn't the intended use case, however, I now know 0, 1, 2, and 5…
Not everybody uses these terms, but the closest you’ll find is Romanized Arabic, or Arabizi.
And congrats on your progress!
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#15The questions seem to repeat a lot but otherwise very well done!
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#16Progress is more consistent if you keep your flashcards in the target language, according to the book “Fluent forever”.
The other day, fidgeting with the mobile phone, I set the lock screen’s watch to eastern numerals, it worked wonders. Not for pronunciation, nor naming them. For that, your app is great
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#17I'm personally not a fan of the highlight after a few seconds. I would prefer an option to change the timing or remove it completely.
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#18Good work so far!
Here’s my feedback after trying it out:
Pressing “Next” is just an additional, non-necessary step. Picking an answer should be enough to move to the next question, introducing a short delay might enhance the UX.
You are having some numbers misspelled, include, but might not be limited to, “اتنين/etneen” which should read “إثنان/ethnan” instead, “تلاتة”—>“ثلاثة”, and “ثمانية”Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#19too much clicking, but also, not many lessons there really.
i'm really greatful that after learning numbers existed in any other language i spent the time as a toddler learning tons of them.
these transliterations suck as well... at least in my arabic it is e/th/neen and /th/ele/th/a
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#20Those are Eastern numerals https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals not to confuse with Arabic numerals which are the numerals most of world uses : 0123456789
indian numerals you mean?
smart ass... ;)