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Basics

Greetings, courtesies and the handful of words you need before anything else makes sense.

59 lessons at basics level.

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Where are you from?

1 lesson
  • جِنسيّة

    Nationalities

    Turn any country into a nationality by adding يّ

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Pronunciation rules

2 lessons
  • شَمسية وقَمَريّة

    Sun and moon letters

    When the ل of ال is pronounced, and when it isn't

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  • A lesson about the t marboota letter

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Nouns

5 lessons
  • ال التَعريف

    Definite and indefinite nouns

    The difference between "a book" and "the book"

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  • الإضافة

    Possesive nouns

    Why "your book" is already definite, with no ال

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  • مُذَكَّر

    Masculine nouns

    The default gender, and how to spot it

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  • مُؤَنَّث

    Feminine nouns

    The ة ending, and the words that are feminine without it

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  • الجَمع

    Plurals

    How nouns change when there's more than one

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Pronouns

6 lessons

Adjectives

7 lessons
  • An introduction to describing things

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  • بَيت كَبير

    Word order

    The adjective comes after the noun, not before it

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  • مُذَكَّر ومُؤَنَّث

    Matching gender

    An introduction to describing things and gender

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  • الوَلَد الطَوِيل

    Matching ال

    Both words take ال, or neither does

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  • الوَلَد طَوِيل

    Making a statement

    Take ال off the adjective and you've said "is"

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  • Three more adjectives for talking about things

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  • طَوِيل

    Describing people

    Adjectives for how someone looks and what they're like

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Question words

3 lessons
  • مين

    Who?

    The keyword مين and how to use it

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  • شو

    What?

    A lesson about the keyword شو and how to use it

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  • أيمتى

    When?

    A lesson about the keyword ايمتى and how to use it

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