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Ok this guy absolutely did not seem as over 70! He looks and sounds enthusiastic and healthy. Fantastic.

Arabic is the mother of languages Beautiful and distinctive language ❤️ Love From Russia 🇷🇺 '

Grammatically, Arabic is beyond any other language.

We, Arabs, refer to difficult things as Chinese. Enough said

There is really a lot of Arabic words, A LOT ...

我学习过阿拉伯文和中文，تعلمت اللغة العربية واللغة الصينية بكل حماس وجهدي!

Hearing people say Arabic is harder than Chinese actually gives me hope in learning Chinese because I find tones sooo difficult 😂 and I speak fluently Arabic.

The Arabic dialects are relatively easier but fus’haa is really hard even for natives since the structure of a sentence can change if it’s poetry or if a new word is added and the sounds are different based on the location in the sentence.

While I'm struggling around 6 years to learn English as a second language

Fun fact, Arabs invented algebra. In fact the word “algebra” originates form an Arabic word

When you're Arabic and you're watching him saying Arabic is hard. STONK

I keep forgetting that he is already in his 70s. There's really no stopping us from learning.

I live in an Arabic country learned Arabic from school i i find it difficult, understanding the meaning is difficult sometimes especially in old arabic poetry, that was a nightmare for me, and every country has their own dialect for me i can't understand what Egyptian are saying

As an arab I'll tell you: Tenses are super easy, we just have past + Modarii (which is used for both present and future) + imperative. Prononus are quite easy. There's I and we, then you(male), you (female). Then both of you (males) and both of you (females), then all of you (males) and all of you (females). Finally, there's he, she, the two of them (males), the two of them (females), all of them (males) and all of them (females). I think what's harder in Arabic are two things that are intertwined : Tackhil and Iraab. Tachkil changes the pronunciation. So while in English you want to make the sound "o" You'll put an o. In arabic we'll use small things under or on the letters to show how it's pronounced. It's very hard to explain it you don't speak any Arabic. As for Iraab... I think it's the most complicated thing ever in learning a language. I've studied Arabic for 13 years in school with all the passion I had, and still don't have a grasp of Iraab. I don't even know how to explain it lol Aside from that, Arabic has a very large vocabulary. There are words which have 300 synonyms and words for very precise feelings or actions or situations. Arabic is a beautiful language

People who are saying chinese is the hardest, Arabic Language be like : hold my iraab اعراب 😂😂 You can't find it in any language in the whole world.

I am arabian and we don't understand some of the arabic till now espacially the old one we learn new words everyday !

I like Arabic and Chinese languages but I can’t speak neither of them.💀

Arabic just has to be the most perfect language, where there's a reason behind everything, rather like chemistry you can analyse the words, so an educated Arab is like a walking Encyclopedia despite the fact the script looks like a spider that had an accident with an ink pot the letters are simply a different shape.

As a Chinese, Arabic is much harder than Chinese XD (look I’m just joking, Chinese is really hard, even for native speakers)

Well, talking as arabic as a communication ( modern arabic) yes its easy but if you would like to speak fluent arabic its hard, and difficult part is grammer, vocabulary and there lot of annoying things if you would to go deep in the language, its even difficult for us, one arabic might has 10 diffirent meanings أبي فاء إلي الفيء فإذا فاء الفيءُ أتي It means my dad went to desert (or far place) if evenining ( sunset) started fall he will back home, so الفيء has two meaning first : open place or far place, second : is shadow, shadow of tree or rock etc

I'm arab and I believe that my (fussha) arabic is better than average, i can speak English which is a very easy language to me. I'm learning Chinese and yes it's so hard BUT I still think arabic is the hardest thing ever not just as a language but it's so beautiful too. like you can't ever be THAT fluent bc it's such a big and complicated language, it's art 👁

I learnt "alsalam alikom" and found that enough for me

in my opinion as an arab who lived in china for 7 years now , when comparing the two languages the only harder aspect about chinese is the writing aspect but almost every other thing about arabic is harder considering that you don't know anything about any of the two .

Arabic is so easy for practicing the language as communication. But it’s so complicated to practice it as a formal language or as they call it they modern standard Arabic!

To learn Arabic , you need to appreciate it's beauty, once you realize it , you'll learn it quicker, for fusha, try listening to the Quran, to start practicing arabic choose a dialect and learn it, then you'll pick up more quickly.

I’m native Arabic and I speak Chinese but I think Arabic harder than Chinese

I’m a native Mandarin speaker from Mainland China and know Shanghainese( native to that city) and English, some French, a bit Latin and very little German. Personally speaking I think Chinese is one of the easiest languages, grammatically. There are no verb conjugations( French and English verbs are quite irregular); no noun declensions and no cases( like in German and Latin); the numeral systems (cardinal and ordinal) are crazy simple( unlike, for instance, French and especially the Latin ordinal number system), the sentence structures casual and simple, no tenses in a Indo-European sense( simply add phrases such as in the past/now/in the future); the passive voice is easy to learn( especially compared to Latin, for example); there is not even such thing as an “infinitive”. In Grammatical terms, I believe that Chinese is easier than English even. I admit that accumulating vocabulary is hard, but if you are a native speaker of Germanic/Romance languages, you’ll face the exact same challenge learning Arabic or Japanese. On the other hand ,Chinese dialects are really insane. MOST aren’t worth taking the time learning ; if really you want to learn Chinese dialects, try hokkien, Hakka or Cantonese because they are widely spoken in the Chinese overseas diaspora.

we missed you mike!!

Such a unique and interesting perspective! I majored in Chinese (Mandarin) and am now learning Arabic for fun. Will be interesting to see the similarities and differences as I continue. Looking forward to be able to communicate in Arabic soon(ish). Thanks for another great video!

I’m actually studying both of them, wish me luck!

I'm an arabic, and there are Arabic books i could read without understanding a word, it's really hard and in depth.

Both these languages are so hard that most natives have trouble with them. I'm not gonna go around talking about Chinese because I truthfully don't know much about it. But as an Arabic speaker. The Arabic language is so extremely difficult. Here's a few things about it. Arabic grammar is SUPER hard, like, it's actually weird how hard it could be for some natives. Every word can have so many meanings and can easily change the whole meaning of a sentence by its position. Arabic Grammar can be referred to as An-Nahw Every word can be a 1)Noun 2)Verb 3)Harf (A Harf is most likely a small word like In, on, yes, no, what, Etc...) Also, the translation of "Harf" is "Letter" Changing the last letter of a word could often change its whole meaning, also, a lot of words could be written in over 2 ways. Even natives find it tiring to write in Arabic sometimes, that's why a lot of Egyptians (Who speak their own form of Arabic, although using the same letters.) have created their own texting language called "Franko" Which is basically speaking in Arabic but using English words mixed with numbers. For example: They use the numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 to compensate for Arabic letters that they can't replace with English ones. Ana 7abeb mawdoo3 eni batkalem 3ala lo5'etna dah. What you just tried to read was a sentence written in Franko meaning "I like the fact that I'm talking about our language a lot."

I've been learning both almost a year In my opinion arabic is harder (to pronounce) based on thai language is my mother tongue in Thai they don't have غ ض ص sounds that's why arabic is harder than Chinese

What makes Arabic hard is a lot of Arabic countries speak different then each other like the Arabic you hear from countries like Saudi Arabia(which in some regions they speak different Arabic) UAE Kuwait Qatar Bahrain might find people from yemen or northern African countries speak different from each other

I speak Arabic and from my perspective Chinese is way harder because of the sounds and the è é ê things that i can't understand. In Arabic the tone you say a word doesn't matter that much if you pronounce it right but in Chinese it can change the meaning like Haha means mom but hāhā means horse, one mistake and your mom is a horse. But grammar is easier in Chinese i guess. The hardest grammar I've witnessed so far is German.

Hi Mike, I've been learning Arabic by myself for a while mainly concentrating on Iraqi and Gulf Arabic. I'm always in need of more conversation practice though. If you keen, we could some videos where two foreigners having a conversation in Arabic without resorting to English. I think it could be interesting to Arabs and Arabic learners alike.

Mr.Steve is a real teacher I really would like to learn any language from him , My greatest from Bahrain 🌹

As a Chinese, I feel that the Arabic text is shaped like noodles and looks like my draft of Maths🤣🤣

Ok but what about إعراب؟ Because that sh*t, even though Arabic is my mother tongue, is the hardest thing I have ever had and have to study. And I still don’t know how to do it properly

I used to teach Arabic for non speakers from the US, UK, Germany, Canada, Italy and Albania they all agreed that Arabic might be difficult in producing voices they aren't used to like ح، ع and little difficulty in غ، خ But it is very easy to learn when they know the forms of the verbs . Those forms made it easier for them to form the nouns, adjectives and so on.

So inspiring!

THIS video motivated me to study more languages and to keep learning what interests us...actually be good at it..also to have like competencies in our interests...etc.. so thank you

Brilliant talk , very informative bc I'm thinking of learning Spanish ,and it's really great to hear the experience of a polyglot in learning a new language. And we all have to know that if we're afraid of making mistakes we'll never learn anything.

people forgot that each Arabic country has it is own accent and it is own arabic too beside the original arabic

I've been learning Arabic about nine years now and absolutely agree: the key to success is putting in the time and learning lots and lots of vocabulary. If you just read al-Kitaab at university or a language school in the Middle East, you will never get anywhere. Bin or burn or ignore al-Kitaab. There are so many good resources you can use to build a good base in your own time. Linguaphone, Mastering Arabic, Small Wonders Arabic (graded readers), Thackston's Koranic and Classical Arabic (the best book I read for grammar in context, ignore the fact it says classical). The very best I found was "Standard Arabic, an elementary to intermediate course" (translated from German, well worth buying the casettes as there was no 2nd edition with CDs). When you've built a good base of lots of media and literary vocab, you can supplement that with reading authentic sources. BBC Arabic is fantastic, as is al-Jazeera (google تعلم العربية and their fantastic site for non-native learners comes up, for English, French or Turkish speakers. See "Language of media": even their elementary articles are filled with new vocab, translations, exercises, some videos so you can listen while reading and learning. Put the hours in (I made the most progress when I did 4-6 hours a day but literally any time you put in is time well spent, 20 mins a day is better than a few hours in one go once a week), read out loud, translate, and you can get on top of Arabic. But if you just do what you're told in class, progress will be very limited!

Mike you are so kind and respected. Keep it up, استمر يا بطل

Great motivational videos! Thanks for sharing !!

🙋🏻‍♀️From Jordan ❤🇯🇴 We love your channel 💜

"It's never been easy to learn a language" me learning English : hold my beer

Respect... as a Chinese learning English for years, I have to turn on the CC subtitles.

I think Chinese is harder. Chinese have 4 tones and a neutral tone. You maybe think you can pronounce them correctly, but Mandarin speakers will improve you many times. And the 50,000 characters in Chinese are harder than the 28 (x4) letters in the Arabic alphabet.

I am learning both at college now :"), and this is harder than I thought!

It depends on your background. E.g. If you're a Korean or a Japanese, then it's easier to learn Chinese than any other language. However, if you're a Iranian, it's not hard to learn Arabic. The unique feature of Chinese is its tone. If you start to learn Chinese as a adult, then the only way for you to make it is to move there and live with Chinese for a long time. No exception.

Arabic is not as hard as people say, it's the language of the Quran and many people who aren't Arab but Muslim know a little bit Arabic by reading and understanding the Quran. you don't have to be perfect at speaking Arabic but when it comes to reading, its easy because you pronounce all of the letters instead of English where there is soft letters in some words which you don't say.

I am a Chinese Canadian 🇨🇳🇨🇦 who is from British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 and I would say Chinese is harder even though I am Chinese

As a person who's started learning Mandarin and Arabic at the same time (a bad idea really) Arabic is definitely easier. Mandarin has actually made me cry lmao

Hello Mike, Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. There is a beautiful quote from our former president, Nelson Mandela which he said," Speak to a man in a language he understands and it will go to his brain , speak to man in his language and it will go to his heart."

ayyy im happy i watched both of you prior to this

Languages take different evolutionary paths depending on the cultures that spoke it. Ancient Arabs did not use language simply to convey meaning, to them language was also a means of displaying skill. And they took this quite seriously, it could literally determine your status in society. Talking with meaningful sentences that rhythm and producing great poems on the go were abilities that could make you a revered person. The standards were so high even the most novice poets back then would be considered eloquent in the modern day. This is why when you hear classic Arabic you can actually *feel* that it came out of a place where people cared about how pleasant speech sounded.

As a native arabic speaker, i agree that arabic grammar is insanely hard , i mean many words are spelled the same but dont mean the same because of the harakat on them (small accents and punctuation on the letters) If the words change in a sentence you sometimes need to change the word spelling and structure to fit the i'rab which is the gramatical analysis of it such as with connected and seperate pronouns, plurals , the vocabulary is insanely large not to mention the fact that youre basically learning two languages because the fusha (formal) and a'ameya ( informal ) are so different words wise and grammar wise and pronunciation and spelling etc... And thats without mentioning that arabs have so many different dialects where sometimes w struggle to understand arabs from other countries because their words and wording and vocab is soo different

They’re both strong personalities. They’re both trying to have the last word.

i Agree things are way easier nowadays ty @mikestilluk

شكرا مايك و ستيف على هذه المحادثة الرائعة.

Arabic is easy to write but hard in grammar Chinese is easy in grammar but hard to write

Arabic is my native language and I do speak Chinese language, I believe Arabic is much harder than Chinese. Arabic grammar is very difficult, vocabulary range is so huge, pronunciation is also not that easy. So in conclusion Arabic is most difficult language in the whole world then the Chinese language comes in the Second rank

I studied fus7a in university so I already know the alphabet and have a foundation for vocab, plus as a Jew I know Hebrew which has similar structure being a related language so def for me Arabic is easier because it isn't alien. Chinese I wouldn't even know where to start, from characters to words to pronounciation.

والله مشاءالله عليكم، استمر يا مايك و حاول قد ما تقدر تتعلم اللحجه السعودية كمان.🥰 Awesome work, Mike and Steve!

مايك ما رأيك تعمل فيديو من خلاله تجرب بعض تطبيقات تعلم اللغة الانجليزية مثل hellotalk تحياتي...

Fact Arabs themselves have a problem with their own language's grammar and they find it difficult Arabic is known as one of the hardest subjects at school and it's rare when you find someone who loves it, but most of the problems that they encounter are because the grammar which is also known as 'Naho' ،، 'نحو'

my teacher sometimes stops in the middle of class because of the bad writing in arabic. We've been actually learning to write arabic since being 6 years olds and we still make mistakes while writing. (keep in mind that arabic is very hard so thats normal and my language comes from 70% arabic)

Even tho we Arabs speak fluent arabic but sometimes we find new words that are difficult especially the old Arabic Salam From Algeria 🇩🇿 🇩🇿 I love your Chanel !! بالتوفيق ❤😌

what is after" this isn't" on the shirt??

Even I’m Chinese, I have to say Chinese is damn so hard. One day my friend who is taking Chinese course asked me something about grammar, I just have no idea and question myself did I learn grammar when I was little? Idk how to explain, because we native speakers just talk in this way since we were born without thinking too much. Even later when we talk in Chinese, my friend tried to correct my Chinese grammarʕʘ‿ʘʔ. And when I tried to help him to correct his composition, I just want to change the whole structure to make sense, but it makes the thing harder because for people who take Chinese as a L2, their writing style is just so special………

العربية لغة الأدب و الوصف the english its sceince language المزيج بينهما ينتج شيء رائع as ios and android

I'm in the first year of high school and I'm italian, studying my own language, latin, spanish, english and chinese in school!

If there is score for difficulty... Arabic will get 6/10 Chinese will get 11/10.

😍❤️. Love you 😘

As a native Chinese and English speaker,married to a native Arabic speaker and learning Arabic... here’s my conclusion: 1. Arabic dictation is easy, it is basically a series of alphabets and you will be able to read Arabic letters after 2 weeks of practice. Chinese on the other hand are thousands of characters that you are unable to read at all within weeks. 2. Grammar wise, Arabic appears a lot more complicated than Mandarin.

Like steve said generally languages as you keep stimulating your brain with their structures grammar vocabulary and etc.. You can get hold of any language and that's why I think Arabic would be SOOO easy for someone who can think of grammar logically, it's very logical! So I really think Arabic is an easy language

I am Chinese and live in Kuwait. I think both Chinese and Arabic are difficult languages

arabic grammar is SOOOOOOOOO complicated oh my god, the hardest in the whole world i am certain

As a fluent Arabic speaker Arabic is pretty hard even if it’s my first language🤭

Im from Hong Kong and you should try Cantonese! It is super hard (even for me as a local) but it is so beautiful! It's got do much features from ancient Chinese! If u r wondering about my username, it is just a mix of first and last names of some of the novel characters that I like😊

I like he said Chinese has no grammer. lmao

I'm 19 yrs old my mother language is Russian I've been speaking English for 10 yrs so I've used to speak English since I was 9 and I can speak Arabic too I can say that I speak fluent in both languages even tho I'm not from Arabic origin B-)

Arabic also has different symbols called harakat which changes the alphabets sounds and we have several harakat so the same alphabet can have many different sounds. I think when people are learning Arabic they don’t realize that to speak proper Arabic with the correct pronunciation of the words/sentence harakat is needed. Sometimes the meaning can change of the words and sentence based on the harakat. These are the harakat َ ّ ُ ِ ٍ ْ ٌ ـ ٰ ٓ

Really lovely thanks

The Arabic print on the T-shirt says "these isn't?" Which's weird? 🤔

The process of a man's love Fitst喜欢上一个人 Then喜欢上一个人 Then喜欢上一个人 End喜欢上一个人 It's the same sentence, but it means different things Translate : Fall in love somebody Like to fxxx somebody Miss your ex Enjoy alone That's how hard it is to speak Chinese

To be fair, this question should be ask the people who start to learn both languages, if some one was learned one of it, it should be “learned” and think easy of it.

One thing ilike about the way you speak a foreign language is that there are no traces of your british english there for its a great way to speak and blend молодец!!

Learning both languages but Chinese is way harder esp the prunciation

do you know that the word alphabet comes from the first letters of the arabic aphabet ... ALeef BAAaa TAAaa .... and the word logos comes from lugha = language in Arabic

i love to watch ur vids all the love from kuwait

As an Arabic speaker ( Egyptian) speaking 4 languages, Arabic , English, French & Turkish , I can say that the difficulty definitely in Arabic , especially the grammar, the Arabic grammar is so eloquent that it makes it so hard to master it , the language in Arabic is so rich , you talking about the first language that puts the alphabet system ( 28 letters..even the names of the letters are originally Arabic .. on earth now we still have a language that have the oldest writings on earth was in Arabic , alphabetic , not primitive or have a structure to the language

Chinese sentence structure is insanely easy, but their writing is insanely hard. Arabic sentence structure is a bit more complicated, but the writing is easier.

Any mandrin speakers wanna teach me mandrin and I’ll teach you Arabic?

Well, they are the 2 most hardest languages. It depends on the mother language in my opinion. If you are familiar with a language or it has a similarity to the one you know, it would be easier of course SO you can’t really tell !!

Still both are really awesome languages. Go to say. So are many other languages.