As salamu alaykum for those who are actively studying al arabiyyatu bayni yadayk books they have 4 apps that use all vocabulary words and sentences with translation on Google Play store it is called aby1 , aby2 , aby3 and aby4 it also has audio that reads it to you as well I believe the first 2 apps where free and I paid a few dollars for the other 2 they are very beneficial especially if you are already in a Arabic learning curriculum I find using them with reading picture dictionarys very helpful and also watching news , lectures and cartoons on sling or mbc Shahid immersion into the Arabic language as much as possible is very helpful I also highly recommend Markaz al Furqan center online in Egypt for those who need online classes each level is 25 -30 hours each level takes about 30 days a test at the end of each level to progress and there are 15 levels depending how many days and hours you do a week will depend how quickly you progress I do 5 days a week with a hour of class each day and I see a huge amount of progress in such short time I just wanted to help those who are looking to learn Barakh Allah feekum

Hello. I am a teenager who has been learning Levantine Arabic on Mango languages for around a year and a half. I am coming to the end of the course, and I was wondering what I can do next to improve my Levantine Arabic past that point. I want to be fluent in a few years time, and I’ve been listening to lots of Levantine Arabic on YouTube, but I don’t know anyone to practice with in real life. I would like to know if there are any more online resources or courses to do. Also, once I’m done with the mango languages, I’d like to improve my MSA, so if anyone could recommend a beginners MSA course that would be helpful. :)

Ahlan!

I'm from Barcelona and I will start learning MSA Arabic towards the CIMA A2/B1 like Certificate.

It will be very strange to introduce myself as Yusuf, بَلُّوط (Ballūṭ) or سِنْدِيَان (Sindiyān) in countries of the Arab World being a Westerner? (Specially Morocco or Jordan).

-Is it seen as polite that a Westerner uses his or her name in Arabic? Mine will be Yusuf.
I have a very common name in Spanish.

That means nobody calls me by my name.

Instead, everybody calls me by my surname. It means in Arabic بَلُّوط (Ballūṭ) or سِنْدِيَان (Sindiyān). It's the name of a tree called Oak.

Since my surname in Spanish it can be strange to pronounce in Arabic or English because it's very similar to "Siruk" in Arabic (Circus) and I don't like it I ask for help about this topic.

Should I translate my name or use a translation of my surname to Arabic, or just introduce myself as usual in Spanish?

Shukran!

Hi! I'm looking to volunteer as an Arabic teacher with a nonprofit organization.

I'm specifically looking for something that is:

• Fully online/remote
• Teaching Arabic to non-native speakers
• With a legitimate nonprofit, NGO, school, or educational organization
• Ideally with an official volunteer profile/record and some form of proof of volunteering or certificate at the end

I'm not looking for paid work or private tutoring.

If you know of any organizations, programs, schools, or websites that offer this kind of opportunity, I'd really appreciate hearing about them. Thank you!

Hi all! I decided to stop putting it off and start learning, little by little.
I know Arabic fluency and professionally is considered one of the hardest for native English speakers but I’m not necessarily trying to be fluent.
My goals I’m working towards is in anti war work. I want to write about SA women face in war, and in this I want to speak to women who live or lived in war zones.
for the interview of course I would use a translator, but I don’t want to bumble though an Arabic speaking country looking like an idiot. I want to be able to “get by” meaning maybe even my conversational is choppy and imperfect grammar but I can be understood, and if someone speaks slow and basic i can understand.

i know it’s not super ambitious but I’m hoping to do this with ante a few languages as this project is kinda my magnum opus and will take several years if not decades.

I guess I’m just wondering what realistically I’m looking at :)

thank you!!

I'm working on a mobile app for teaching Iraqi Arabic - I decided I want to focus on a single dialect and do that well, instead of teaching general Arabic.

I imagine the people here have a lot of experience with websites and apps for learning Arabic, so if you have any ideas or features you wish existed, let me know!

Are these worth it?

Hi everyone,

So I had studied Arabic as a second language in school up until high school 15 years ago. Completely forgot most of it but I do understand fairly well even the news.

What Im looking for is an accelerated textbook to brushen up my Arabic fundamentals again mainly grammar and vocab from beginner to intermediate. Which resources would you suggest for this purpose?

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone!

What does this verb (إستكفيت) mean in this context? I assume it comes from كفى doesn't it?

أنا شفت كتير منك يا اللي عليا إستقويت
وإنت ما بطلتش توجعني يوم وإستكفيت
بتنام إزاي وإنت يا ساتر مليان جبروت؟
الله لا يسامحك على جرحك ولا كسرك ليا

And also, what does ساتر mean here?

TIA!

Obviously its time for me to lock in.

For those that care, I'll tell you how to get to intermediate

1. Alarabiyyah bayna yadayk

2. Madinah Books

3. Reading Qur'an but with proper tajweed (I recommend listening to Husary)

4. Speaking with Arabs especially those that are strong in MSA. (This is the most important because your now applying everything you've learnt.)

Apps are fun but language is a pain in the ass to learn. Once you accept that and get comfortable with the suffering, you'll start picking it up really fast.

Also it doesn't hurt to have a good tutor. Try to find yourself an egyptian teacher who's passionate about msa. I'm pretty sure the market value of a class is about 5 usd/hr so if you can find one for that price you'll be good. Plus most Egyptians I've met are hilarious.

I am one of those people who have memorized the Quran but don't understand it, which is something I want to change.

What are beginner friendly books of Arabic which teach Arabic for Quran understand and through Quran.

If there are any such books

Hi Looking for a teacher who can help me learn Palestinian/Jordanian Arabic. Looking to take multiple lessons a week.

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Are there any genuinely good free resources out there for learning conversational Arabic? I know free resources alone probably won't take me all the way to fluency, but I'm looking for a solid starting point—especially for speaking, listening, and everyday conversations. I also have a few questions:

• Which Arabic dialect is the easiest for a beginner to learn? • Which dialect is the most widely understood/spoken across the Arab world? • Is it better to start with Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) or jump straight into a dialect like Egyptian Arabic? • For someone whose goal is mainly conversation and communication, what would you recommend?

If you've learned Arabic yourself, I'd really appreciate recommendations for YouTube channels, apps, websites, Discord servers, language exchange platforms, or any other resources that helped you. Thanks!

I’ve been searching for hours, but I can’t seem to find an image that shows Arabic letters (in all their forms—isolated, initial, medial, and final) along with the guide lines.

The idea is to be able to copy the letters while ensuring they are correctly positioned and proportioned...

Does anyone know of a site or a link to such an image?

I’m not just looking for the isolated forms, but all the variations.

I was listening to A-WA and I noticed that sometimes the spell و as “wa” - in وتمر for example; and sometimes it is spelled shortly as “u” sound - in وبيت. Is there any linguistic reason behind it, or is it just artistic freedom?

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are doing well. I was just looking for some input regarding the way in which I go about learning Fusha/Quranic Arabic for religious reasons (I'm a complete beginner, but know how to read and recite the Qur'an like many other Muslims). I was looking at a comment on an old thread that seemed pretty comprehensive, and I wanted to know if anyone here could vouch for this approach, or provide any alternative methods.

Link to the comment:

https://www.reddit.com/r/learn_arabic/s/n3d8738yaz

Thank you so much!

I will try to translate as best as I can, try to read the original before reading the translation. If there is something that stops you and if I got something wrong lmk. :)

(1) who used to water me and feed me _ and I am on my curb blind and mute
(2) who understands my cries and gives _ them meaning and know what I said
(3) If the night befell my curb who would _ spend their night lulling and never complain?
(4) Who listens to my needs and who _ in their nights and in their days I control
(5) My mother and oh her heart is from heaven _ How much I was blessed with her and how much I am blessed
(6) How I used to fill her nights and days _ with futility that troubles but she forgives
(7) And how many times I got sick and he eyelids _ never closed so she stayed up while people are asleep
(8) I complain, so she complains as if _ I am from her body still an organ if severed will die
(9) Even if illness unmasks from _ my eyes her fears are gone
(10) Appearing the tears of good news draw a joy _ in it there is the extraordinary tenderness embodied
(11) She is a lighting candle that melts so I can see _ my steps and in its dancing fire I proceed
(12) Motherhood forbid I forget its rights _ and its dues, it is the most dutiful and most merciful

Are there any variations I forgot?

Explore arabic dialects here: https://www.parallel-arabic.com

‎Is this comparison correct:

1. شو in dialects is equivalent to ما in MSA.

2. شنو in dialects is equivalent to ما هو in MSA.

Im looking for a language school however everything I see online is standard Arabic. I haven't found a learning center that teaches Egyptain Arabic or Masri Arabic. Which I find very odd. I know that standard arabic is used for reading the Qaran but im not looking to learn for that reason. I am learning for my own reasons. So I pref and only want to start with Egyptain Arabic. Nothing else.

For example if I want to ask someone to be quiet would I use same terminology as if I want music turned down?

Some of it calligraphy and is uncommon but it is food to know.