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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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Irregular verbs
راح ونام
Weak and hollow verbs
Why رحت isn't راحت, and what happens to verbs ending in ى
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Verb patterns
عَرِف وعَرَّف
What a verb pattern is
Three root letters, ten shapes — the idea that unlocks the dictionary
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تَعَلَّم
The ت forms
Forms V and VI — doing it to yourself, and doing it to each other
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اشتَغَل
The prefix forms
Forms VII, VIII and X — the last three shapes, and where they turn up
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Future forms
رَح
Will - رح
How to form the future tense with رح
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حَـ
Will - ح
How to use ح for the future tense
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ما رَح
Won't - ما رح
How to negate in the future tense
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بِدّي أَتعَلَّم
I want to - بدي...
How to use بدي to express intent
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تَصريف بِدّي
Want to - conjugated
How to conjugate with I want to
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أمثِلة عَ بِدّي
Want to - continued
More about I want to ...
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النَفي بِالمُستَقبَل
Future negation
Negating in the future
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Object pronouns
بِدّي إياه
I want ... it
How to use اياه and it's siblings
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عِندي إياه
I have ... it
How to saw I have it
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أَعطاني إياه
Gave me ... it
How to say give me it
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إعطيني إياه
Give me ... it
How to ask someone to give you something
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جاب لي إياه
Brought ... it
How to use اياه with the verb to bring
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جيب لي إياه
Bring me ... it
How to use اياه in the imperative with the verb جاب
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The past continuous
كان يِحكِي
Was happening
How to say something was happening
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Comparisons
Learn how to compare and contrast things in spoken Arabic
intermediate / grammar
How to form comparatives using the word أكثر
intermediate / grammar
أَكتَر وأقَلّ
More and less
How to say more or less of something
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Can and can't
بَقدِر
To be able to - قدر
How to say you can or can't
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مُمكِن
Can - ممكن
The one word that covers can, may, might and could you
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Before and after
قَبل ما
Before - قبل ما
How to use the word before in various situations
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