Lessons
Intermediate
Longer conversations, past and future tense, and the idioms that make you sound less like a textbook.
45 lessons at intermediate level.
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Before and after
بَعد ما
After - بعد ما
Using the phrase بعد ما
intermediate / grammar
Looks like
شَكلُه
Seems - شكلُه
Let's look at using the word شكل to say something appears
intermediate / grammar
شَبِه
Looks like - شبه
Let's look at saying something resembles something else with شبه
intermediate / grammar
مِتِل
Looks like
Saying someone or something resembles something else
intermediate / grammar
مِتل بَعض
The same
Saying two things are the same, and that it makes no difference
intermediate / grammar
Adjectives with ان
كُنت جَعان
I was feeling
Now let's look at talking about the past tense
intermediate / grammar
جَعان
I'm feeling
How to use adjectives that end with ان aan.
intermediate / grammar
رَح أكون
I will feel
This lesson looks at using these adjectives in the future tense
intermediate / grammar
Linking words
إِلّا إذا
Unless - إلا إذا
How to use the word unless in various situations
intermediate / grammar
إنُّه
That ... إنُّه
This is a lesson about how to talk about reported speech
intermediate / grammar
How to say about or approximately
intermediate / grammar
Syria
عُطلة الأُسبوع
Weekend activities and food
Here's a nice video about weekend activities in Syria
intermediate / comprehension
Music
إنتَ مِن وَين
Inta min wein
This comedic song by the lebanese band Meen
intermediate / comprehension
In conversation
يَعني
Buying yourself time
The filler words that let you think mid-sentence
intermediate / conversation
عَنجَد؟
Reacting
Surprise, sympathy and congratulation — the expected replies
intermediate / conversation
مَعليش
Saying no politely
Turning something down without it landing badly
intermediate / conversation
عَ خاطرَك
Ending a conversation
Getting away without being rude
intermediate / conversation
The body and health
Head to foot, the words you need to point at something
intermediate / vocab
ظُهر
More of the body
Back, stomach, shoulder — the parts that ache
intermediate / vocab
Pain, headache, fever — describing a symptom
intermediate / vocab
عِند الدُكتور
At the doctor
The appointment, from arriving to leaving with a prescription
intermediate / topic