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Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Food (I)
Lesson 3: Numbers (1-10)
Lesson 4: Colors
Lesson 5: Family
Lesson 6: Numbers (>10)
Lesson 7: Food (II)
Lesson 8: Animals
Lesson 9: Clothes
Lesson 10: Months

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Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 1: Introduction
Play ‫ﻣﺮﺣﺒﺎ‬ marhaba Hello

Play ‫ﻛﻴﻒ ﺣﺎﻟﻚ‬ kayfa halak? How are you?

Play ‫ ﺷﻜﺮا‬,‫أﻧﺎ ﺑﺨﻴﺮ‬ ana bikhayr, shukran. I'm fine, thank you.

Play ‫اﺳﻤﻰ ﺗﺎﻧﺠﺎ‬ ismi tanja. My name is Tanja.

Play ‫ﻟﻄﻴﻒ أن أﻗﺎﺑﻠﻚ‬ latif an uqabilak. Nice to meet you.

Play ‫ﻣﻊ اﻟﺴﻼﻣﺔ‬ ma-assalama Goodbye

hal tatakallam
Play ‫ﻫﻞ ﺗﺘﻜﻠﻢ اﻻﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ؟‬ alingliziyya?
Do you speak English?

Play ‫ أﻧﺎ أﺗﻜﻠﻢ اﻻﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬,‫ﻧﻌﻢ‬. na-am, ana atakallam

alingliziyya.
Yes, I speak English.

Play ‫ أﻧﺎ ﻻ اﺗﻜﻠﻢ اﻻﻧﺠﻠﻴﺰﻳﺔ‬,‫ﻻ‬. la, ana la atakallam

alingliziyya.
No, I don't speak
English.

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How to learn Arabic?

1. Get an Arabic Phrasebook and write simple phrases and words on Flashcards and memorize
them
2. Study the Arabic Script and the fundamentals of the Arabic Language, e.g. how to construct
questions, pronunciation etc.
 3. Try and find a good Arabic teacher or other person to talk with you or enroll in an Arabic
language class.
4. Make sure the teacher speaks in MSA (Modern Standard Arabic) and that your texbooks
follows MSA as well
5. Use a spaced repetition vocabulary builder to learn Arabic words and phrases

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Arabic Grammar
A major challenge to beginners with Arabic is perhaps its script, written from right to left, with most
letters connected to preceding and/or following ones, and no short vowels shown. 

MSA has managed to simplify Arabic grammar to suit the requirements of modern-day

communication. For example, instead of the 15 personal pronouns resulting from gender and
number considerations, MSA uses only 8, that is, the same number as English. 

Arabic does not use capital letters, but letters may change shape depending on their position
within a word.

Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation

The huge diversity of the cultures that have interacted with classical Arabic over the centuries have
resulted in numerous dialects and pronunciations. However, Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), exists
as an established, exemplary code that everyone goes by.

The following shows the Arabic letters and the corresponding English words they are pronounced
like:

Consonants Vowels
‫= ب‬ be َ = Pat
‫= د‬ did ‫ = ا‬Bad
‫= ض‬ daughter ُ = Put
‫= ذ‬ The ‫ = و‬Boot
‫= ج‬ Joy ِ = Sit
‫= ظ‬ Thus ‫ = ي‬See
‫= ف‬ fire
‫= ه‬ Hi
‫= ح‬ hard
‫= ي‬ Yes
‫= ك‬ Keen
‫= ل‬ Line
‫= م‬ Man
‫= ن‬ No
‫= ث‬ Thing
‫ = ق‬Scar
‫= ر‬ Dark
‫= س‬ See
‫= ص‬ Massage
‫= ش‬ She
‫= ت‬ tea
‫ = ط‬Star
‫= و‬ We
‫ = خ‬Loch (scottish)
‫ = غ‬French R
‫= ز‬ zoo
‫ = ع‬No equivalent
‫= ء‬ above

Nouns

Arabic has no indefinite article comparable to the English (a) or (an). It does have a definite article
the [al], which is always attached to the words it defines.

A house = [bayt] ‫ﺑﻴﺖ‬

THE house = al+bayt = [albayt] ‫اﻟﺒﻴﺖ‬

When using two or more nouns in conjunction, the word (wa), consisting of the single letter (‫ )و‬is
used to link the items.

‫رﺟﻞ و وﻟﺪ‬
[ragul wa walad]
A man and a boy.

‫دراﺟﺔ وﺳﻔﻴﻨﺔ وﺳﻴﺎرة‬

[darraga wa safina wa sayyara]
A bike and a ship and a car

Verbs
Arabic verbs change their form in accordance with their subjects. There are two important forms,
which indicate, masculine and feminine.

Present Tense

In the sentence, The man is walking [arragul yamshi], the subject (man) is masculine. In this
case, (ya) is attached to the verb (mshi) to make up the form (yamshi). In Arabic script, that is + ‫ي‬
‫ﻣﺸﻲ = ﻳﻤﺸﻲ‬. The full sentence is then: ‫اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﻳﻤﺸﻲ‬.

When the subject is feminine, as in The woman is sitting = almar-a taglis, (ta) is attached to (glis)
to form (taglis). That is again ‫ ﺟﻠﺲ = ﺗﺠﻠﺲ‬+ ‫ ت‬and in full: ‫اﻟﻤﺮأة ﺗﺠﻠﺲ‬.

Verb forms starting with (ya) can express the plural masculine when put at the beginning of the
sentence, as in ‫[ ﻳﺠﺮي اﻟﻮﻟﺪ واﻟﺮﺟﻞ‬yagri alwalad wa arragul] / The boy and the man are running.

A verb form with (ta) at the beginning of the sentence can indicate the plural feminine, as in ‫ﺗﻤﺸﻲ‬
‫[ اﻟﻤﺮأة واﻟﺒﻨﺖ‬tamshi almar-a wa albint] / The woman and the girl are walking.

It is important to note here that Arabic uses the same form for both types of the present, the
simple and the continuous. Thus, we would use the same form to say 'the man speaks Arabic' and
'the man is speaking Arabic', that is ‫[ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﻳﺘﻜﻠﻢ ﻋﺮﺑﻲ‬arragul yatakallam araby].

Future Tense

The easier tense to learn after the present is the future, since it simply adds the marker ‫ﺳﻮف‬
[sawfa] / will before the verb.

Present: ‫[ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﻳﺸﺮب اﻟﻜﻮﻻ‬arragul yashrab alcola] / The man is drinking Cola.
Future: ‫[ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﺳﻮف ﻳﺸﺮب اﻟﻜﻮﻻ‬arragul sawfa yashrab alcola] / The man will drink Cola.

The future marker ‫[ ﺳﻮف‬sawfa] can be reduced to its short form ‫[ س‬sa] and attached to the verb.

Past Tense

The past tense often changes the vowel pattern of the verb and any additional gender or number
indicators are attached as suffixes (endings).

Present: ‫[ ﻫﻲ ﺗﺸﺮب‬hiya tashrab] / She drinks / She is drinking

Past: ‫[ ﻫﻲ ﺷﺮﺑﺖ‬hiya sharibat] / She drank

Notice how the vowel pattern in the verb has changed from 'shrab' to 'shariba', or from 'a' alone to
'a+i+a'. Also note that that there is a ‫[ ت‬t] at the ending.

Prepositions

Prepositions are words used to express location/position

Prepositions are words used to express location/position.
Example:
‫[ اﻟﺒﻨﺖ ﺗﺬﻫﺐ إﻟﻰ ﻏﺮﻓﺔ اﻟﻤﻌﻴﺸﺔ‬albint tadh-hab ila ghorfat alma-isha]
The girl is going to the living-room

‫[ اﻟﺮﺟﻞ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤﻄﺒﺦ‬arragul fi almatbakh]

The man is in the kitchen.

With the verbs 'look' ‫[ ﻳﻨﻈﺮ‬yandhor] and 'sit' ‫[ ﻳﺠﻠﺲ‬yaglis], 'ila' takes on the meaning of 'at', as in the
sentences:

‫[ اﻟﻮﻟﺪ ﻳﻨﻈﺮ إﻟﻰ اﻟﺴﻴﺎرة‬alwalad yandhor ila assayara] / The boy is looking at the car.
‫[ اﻟﺴﻜﺮﺗﻴﺮة ﺗﺠﻠﺲ إﻟﻰ اﻟﻜﻤﺒﻴﻮﺗﺮ‬assecretira taglis ila alcomputer] / The secretary is sitting at the
computer.

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