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Beginner
Everyday situations — ordering, directions, small talk — and the grammar that holds them together.
99 lessons at beginner level.
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The past tense
كَتَب
The he form
The dictionary form of a verb already means "he did it"
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كَتَبت
I and you
The ـت ending, which covers three people at once
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كَتَبَت
She and they
The ـَت and ـوا endings
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كَتَبنا
We and you (plural)
The last two endings, ـنا and ـتوا
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شو عمِلت؟
Asking about the past
There is no word for "did"
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The present tense
المُضارِع
Forming the present tense
Prefixes for the present tense, and the بـ that makes it real
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بِدّي أرُوح
When to drop the بـ
The words that take a bare verb, and عَم for what's happening now
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The imperative
تَعال
Giving a command
Come here, sit down, listen — how to build the command form
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لا ترُوح
Telling someone not to
Negative commands, and why they don't use the command form
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To say قال
قال
To say - قال
Let's look at the key verb قال meaning to say
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Conjugations in the past tense
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Conjugations in the present tense
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أمثِلة عَ قال
To say - examples
Examples using the verb قال
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Numbers past ten
عَشرة لَعِشرين
The numbers 10-20
A look at the numbers from 10 to 20, and how to count with them
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عَشرين لَميّة
The numbers 20 to 100
The numbers 20 to 100
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ميّة لَألف
The numbers 100 to 1000
The numbers from 100 to 1000
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