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Lessons
Every lesson in the course, from your first words to reading the news.
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Linking wordsintermediate
How to say about or approximately
intermediate / grammar
Syriaintermediate
عُطلة الأُسبوع
Weekend activities and food
Here's a nice video about weekend activities in Syria
intermediate / comprehension
Musicintermediate
إنتَ مِن وَين
Inta min wein
This comedic song by the lebanese band Meen
intermediate / comprehension
In conversationintermediate
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 healthintermediate
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
The passiveadvanced
انْكَتَب
Forming the passive
Turning a verb passive by putting ان on the front
advanced / grammar
انْسَرَق
Everyday passives
The passive verbs you'll actually hear - stolen, hit, injured, paid
advanced / grammar
انْبَنى
Weak verbs in the passive
The passive of verbs ending in ى - built, cancelled, grilled, fried
advanced / grammar
The verbal nounadvanced
مَصدَر
What a masdar is
The noun that lives inside every verb, and where you use it
advanced / grammar
Where the masdar earns its keep - after بعد, قبل, بدون and بحب
advanced / grammar
اشْتِغال
Masdars of longer verbs
What happens to the masdar when the verb is longer than three letters
advanced / grammar
Conditionalsadvanced
Conditions that could actually happen, with إذا
advanced / grammar
Hypothetical and impossible conditions with لو
advanced / grammar
حَتَّى لَو
Even if, as long as, unless
Three conditions with a twist - حتى لو, ما دام and إلا إذا
advanced / grammar
Qadadvanced
قَدّ
Qad - قد
How to use the word قد with examples
advanced / grammar
قَدّ ما بِدَّك
As much as - قد ما
How to use قد ما
advanced / grammar
قَدّ ما
Because of how much - قد ما
How to use this meaning of قد ما
advanced / grammar
Linking your ideasadvanced
لَإنُّه
Because and so
Joining a reason to a result with لإنه, بسبب and منشان هيك
advanced / grammar