I'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.
Noted, thanks!
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
#42Very nice! Like many here, I got confused with the Egyptian sounding of the numbers. I think the default should be Classical Arabic, with dialects supports. It would be nice to also have the Arabic text next to the English, and to use Arabic numerals instead of the Indian ones.
I've met lots of Egyptians in my life, but I've never met anyone from any countries that might claim to use classical Arabic. So if this is for non-Arab world Learners, I imagine that learning the dialect most likely to be encountered is fine.
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#43Very nice! Like many here, I got confused with the Egyptian sounding of the numbers. I think the default should be Classical Arabic, with dialects supports. It would be nice to also have the Arabic text next to the English, and to use Arabic numerals instead of the Indian ones.
I've met lots of Egyptians in my life, but I've never met anyone from any countries that might claim to use classical Arabic. So if this is for non-Arab world Learners, I imagine that learning the dialect most likely to be encountered is fine.
As a North African Arab (not Egyptian), I interact with other arabs each using their own dialect, because they wouldn't be able to understand my dialect easily. However, the claim being made about Modern Standard (not classical) Arabic or MSA for short, is that you can use it to communicate with any Arab around the world, anyone with highschool or even middle school level of education can communicate with you.
You may hear the claim that Egyptian Arabic is understood by everyone in the Arab world and that's true. But reminder that Egyptians understand most other dialects. You can imagine a person speaking Qatari with an Egyptian, it's possible that each uses their dialect and understand each other. But that wouldn't be the case for someone that only knows Egyptian.
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#44Very nice! Like many here, I got confused with the Egyptian sounding of the numbers. I think the default should be Classical Arabic, with dialects supports. It would be nice to also have the Arabic text next to the English, and to use Arabic numerals instead of the Indian ones.
I've met lots of Egyptians in my life, but I've never met anyone from any countries that might claim to use classical Arabic. So if this is for non-Arab world Learners, I imagine that learning the dialect most likely to be encountered is fine.
I was actually thinking of my kids when I suggested that. Born in the west to Arab parents but can’t read/write Arabic. They definitely can’t understand Egyptian Arabic, but they listen to modern Classical Arabic so it’s easier to their ears.
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#45Background breaks in firefox and tor browsers
Re: Show HN: I'm building a tool to practice numbers in Arabic
#46Could you please share more details about what sort of algorithm you use for the questions? Is it spaced repetition? Is it a specific kind of spaced repetition?
Hey, in case you are still interested, here is a little explanation on the algorithm: https://koljapluemer.com/2023/09/23/arabic-numbers-sr.html