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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?
جِنسيّة
Nationalities
Turn any country into a nationality by adding يّ
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Pronunciation rules
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
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
الضَمائِر
Personal pronouns
I, you, he, she — the words that stand in for a name
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ضَمائِر المِلكيّة
Possessive pronouns
My, your, his, hers — endings that go on the noun
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كِتابي
More possessive examples
The endings stay the same, whatever the noun in front of them is
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This and these, for something right in front of you
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That and those, for something out of reach
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هادا الكِتاب
Demonstrative pronouns (definite)
Why "هادا الكِتاب" is not a finished sentence
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Adjectives
صِفات
Describing words
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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