Another lesson that was better than the prior one. What I mean by this is not that Muhammad's teaching has somehow improved drastically (it was always at a good level in my eyes), but that yet again I see the influence of talking to him each week. I sadly have not had much time to do immersion outside of the lessons, so I can confidently attribute my speaking competency almost entirely to him.
In the beginning I only talked about basics topics, but now after only a month or perhaps two we talked about political situations like the legalisation of certain hallucinogenic substances, the tarrifs of Trump and the war in Ukraine. Certainly I was not able to do it as eloquently as in English and I learned many new words like e.g. "tariff", but the fact the conversation flowed quite naturally felt very good.
I am very grateful for Muhammad's teaching and the impact he has had on my Arabic!
12 Nis 2025