Modern Standard Arabic

Learn Arabic, step by step.

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Your learning journey

Start with your first letters

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52 lessons

Stage 1

Letters & reading

The full alphabet, vowels and joined words.

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Ba, ta and tha

One shape. Different dots.

Alif and hamza

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Jim, ha and kha

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Dal, dhal, ra and zay

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Sin and shin

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Sad, dad, ta and za

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Ayn and ghayn

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Fa, qaf and kaf

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Lam, mim and nun

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Ha, waw and ya

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بَ بُ بِ بْ

Short vowels and sukun

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Long vowels and diphthongs

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Shaddah and tanwin

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Reading checkpoint

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Stage 2

Everyday Arabic

Useful words, greetings and everyday exchanges.

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Read your first words

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مَرْحَبًا

Your first everyday phrases

Greet someone and recognise a natural reply.

مَا اسْمُكَ؟

Your first conversation

Ask a name and ask how someone is.

Meet the family

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Around the home

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Food and drink

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السَّنَةُ الْأُولَى

First, second, third and fourth

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الْإِثْنَيْن

Days of the week

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Colours and descriptions

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الْجِسْرُ عَلَى يَمِينِ الْبُحَيْرَةِ

Find your way

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أَشْتَرِي

Useful words at the shop

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Stage 3

Build your sentences

Build sentences about studies, weather, hobbies and places.

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I, you and they

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هٰذَا أَبِي

Say “this is…”

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Masculine and feminine

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عِنْوَان / الْعِنْوَان

A book and the book

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بَارِد / بَارِدَة

Hear masculine and feminine descriptions

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هٰذَا أَبِي

Make a sentence without a verb

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مَا اسْمُكِ؟ / اسْمِي تِينَا

Questions and replies

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الْمُسْتَشْفَى أَمَامَ الصَّيْدَلِيَّةِ

Describe a location

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بَيْتُ الطُّلَّابِ

My book and the student’s book

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أَنْتُمَا

Two people and groups

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لُغة / لُغات

Talk about your studies

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حالة الطقس

Ask about the weather

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الجري / الرّكض

Say what you enjoy

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مطعم / مطاعم

Describe places in your city

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Stage 4

Everyday verbs & comparisons

Hear daily routines, travel, shopping and comparisons.

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أَعْمَلُ

Talk about what happens now

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Say no and “I don’t have”

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أَدْرُسُ

Everyday actions

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طَوِيل / أَطْوَل

Compare two things

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Follow a daily routine

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Hear everyday household actions

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طائرة / طائرات

Travel by air, sea and metro

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قميص / قمصان

Listen at the clothes shop

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Stage 5

Word patterns & longer listening

Hear verb patterns, reasons, memories and detailed descriptions.

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قَطَعَ / يَقْطَعُ

Roots and derived verb forms

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Follow reasons and contrasts

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يستمع إلى

Track people and details

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وظيفة / وظائف

Listen to memories and milestones

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نهر / أنهار

Follow longer place descriptions

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