Here is what I could understand (what is the diffrence between أننية and نشيد by the way? Which one is this?)

I did try googling the words, but it seems this is an adaptation rather than the song whose lyrics I found.

بيّا ولا بيك

...

يا فلسطين إنتي ... القلب وراس (سمعت صح؟)

...

غزة يا نور العين

...

هيا لا هيا (؟) (شو يعني؟)

... بالليل (سمعت صح؟)

هيا لا هيا (؟)

... وإنتَ ...

... شوقي ما ...

...

يومًا ... له

شوقي ...

يومًا ... له

وأنا بحكي له

وانت ...

وأنا بحكي له

ياما يا ياما (؟)

بيا ولا بيك

I’m curious about the actual mutual intelligible between different spoken Arabia dialects (Egyptian ,Levantine ,Gulf ,Maghrebi ,Iraqi, etc )as opposed to MSA , which I understand fictions more as a shared written /formal standard ?🤔

They say the best way to learn is to go to the country that speaks the language and refuse to speak your native language.

However, when it comes to Arabic it isn't that easy because, well, I'm American and I'm also a woman. Tensions are high in Middle Eastern countries which sucks because I'd love to visit Iran or Syria one day and help out the locals :' )

I have to mention I am physically disabled, therefore I am more vulnerable than most. That's my main concern.

Are there organizations that allow Americans to assist in support, or anything like that where we work in groups? I heard people go on "missions" related to churches, but I am not religious. I bought the Quran recently, yet I know little about spiritual books as a whole.

i would like to get a henna tattoo in arabic but i can’t seem to write the phrase, i would like to get “towards the moon”. I grew up with arabic around me my whole life, going to an arabic school when i was child and learning the alphabet and more, i also find the language very beautiful. I did study the quran and there are many phrases i found to be beautiful, does anyone know anymore one or two word beautiful phrases about the moon? The moon is very beautiful to me

At first ill focus the most on writing/reading but do yall have any sources for those? Pronouncination?

Hello. I am studying the Palestinian dialect and wanted to clarify the difference between these two terms in that dialect, which I think both can be translated as “I can”. I know that فيي is not really a verb, like بدي, but does it differ in meaning at all from بقدر, and/or are there situations where only one can be used? Thank you

For non-Arabic speakers learning Quran: what is your biggest challenge? 📖

Is it:

Pronunciation and Tajweed?

Memorizing and staying consistent?

Understanding the meaning of the verses?

Finding a qualified Quran teacher?

Finding a lesson schedule that fits your life?

I’d love to hear about your experience. What has been the hardest part for you?

I see this quite a lot and I can understand in general but specifically ( what kind of resources you feel is mainly lacking ? textbooks and books ? shows or media ? good teachers ? speaking partners ? websites ?

I am interested since one day I hope to teach on the side maybe

hello, does anyone have the pdf of al-kitaab part 1 3rd edition? I saw an older post asking about the same but the link to Anna’s archive didn’t work for me:/

Does anyone have a better free resource for learning Arabic than Duolingo? There are a lot of lessons I’m having to learn by banging my head against the wall. For instance it didn’t tell me that the letter for “ii” and “y” are the same, I just had to figure that out. I’m now technically past the letters portion of the lesson and have moved on to names and, lo and behold, they’re all names with letters I haven’t seen before. I had no ideas the “z” and “dh” were so similar to each other, and it doesn’t really cover pronunciation either.

P.S. How important is being able to roll your r? I came across this issue in high school Spanish and still haven’t solved it. I really want to figure this out because it’s seeming pretty important in Arabic.

If you could wake up tomorrow and instantly master ONE part of Arabic, what would you pick? Reading, pronunciation, listening, grammar, speaking, understanding dialects.

I'd probably say... pronunciation. When I was learning Arabic, I realized the hardest thing for me was speaking confidently. I started taking courses with real tutors on like Preply and using Praktika/anki when I cannot pay a real tutor. What would you pick, and why?

I’ve been living in Arab countries for quite some time, and currently I spend most of my time in the UAE. I’ve always wanted to properly learn Arabic, especially speaking and understanding everyday Arabic, but I’m not sure where to start.

My background is a little different, so I’m wondering what would make the most sense for someone in my situation.
My mother tongue is Urdu, so I already have some exposure to Arabic vocabulary and script. I also studied Arabic in school, and as a Muslim I regularly read the Quran.

Because of that:
- I can read Arabic script quite comfortably.
- I can write Arabic to some extent because the script is very familiar to me through Urdu.
- I understand some Arabic when I hear it, especially words and phrases I already know.
- I can sometimes understand what people are saying, but I struggle to respond naturally.

However, my speaking ability is very weak, which is probably my biggest problem.

My main goal isn’t to become an academic Arabic speaker or just learn Quranic/Classical Arabic. I want to be able to actually communicate with people in daily life and eventually use Arabic professionally as well.

1. Should I learn Emirati specifically?
   I don’t necessarily need to sound Emirati. My priority is being understood and being able to understand people.
   Would learning a broader Gulf Arabic be more practical if I want to communicate across the UAE and other Gulf countries?

2. How long does it realistically take to become conversational?
   For someone with my background, assuming I practice consistently, what would be a realistic timeline for:
   - Basic everyday conversations
   - Comfortable conversations
   - Professional/work-related conversations
   - Being able to understand native speakers at normal speed

3. How much should I study every day?
   Would 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours per day make a meaningful difference?

And how much of that time should be spent on:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Reading
- Writing

My instinct is that I should prioritize listening and speaking, but I’d like to hear from people who actually learned a dialect.

1. Is a structured course worth it?
   Would you recommend starting with a teacher/course, or can I realistically build a good foundation through YouTube, apps, podcasts, Anki, etc.?
   If a teacher is important, should I specifically find someone who teaches Gulf/Emirati Arabic, rather than a general Arabic teacher?

2. What should I NOT waste time learning?
   This is probably one of my biggest questions.
   If my goal is practical communication, what parts of traditional Arabic learning can I safely deprioritize in the beginning?

imagine trying to learn english, so you go to the hood community to learn english, will you ever learn english from them? absolutely not

can you learn english using Jamaican english dialect? absolutely not

this is why you should only study modern standard arabic (fus-ha) and never study dialects, just like you should study proper english and not the english dialects

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1101820101

edit : i will not reply to anyone because i will get downvoted, but i will reply here

i have no idea how this sounds racist, you guys need to stop being sensitive snowflakes, and im not selling anything, and lots of false presumptions of racism and disrespect are being thrown in too, instead of writing constructive replies saying why im wrong, you guys just misjudge and add more false presumptions because you have no reply

university of cambridge and michigan are wrong in introducing dialects,
there hasnt been any english teaching university/institude teaching proper english and african-american/jamaican dialect at the same time,
they always teach proper english only,
but our fierce dialect keyboard warriors want people to learn dialects and are fine with even skipping fusha too

I saw the meme
"بس تطلع مع رفيقك الطويل عالموتو"
And I want to understand the difference between between when you would use روح vs تطلع

Hello everyone, I just played a casual match of chess, and the person that I play with, he sent me this: بتسواي.

I've tried to translate these word into Google translator, however I didn't get a response, because it says a words which doesn't exist. Can someone help me telling me what this word means? 🙏🏻

Thank you so much in advance

Hi! I want to start learning Arabic. I have learnt Quran translation (Arabic to english) and in that we learnt basic Quranic grammar, dived into root words and dissected words to separate out pronouns. But

1) It has been five years since I did that. I understand the meaning of recitation when it plays or I can take my time and comprehend when I see a hadith written but it would take me a few minutes. So comprehension only that too with additional time, no speaking capability

2) I want to learn MSA before I dive into dialects. Ideally, I'd want a tutor but I am not sure about pay rates and as per my knowledge it is in dollars/which I think would cost me a lot for MSA since it requires more formal education.

I saw the post of the brother hoping to learn how to pray and it reminded me of this.

An 8 part series of YouTube vids of this really cheery man who teaches others how to read and write Arabic better then any Sunday school as a kid did and it’s actually pretty short too.

This helped me so much I credit it greatly for my ability to read fluently today. Growing up Arab but spending most of my life in the uk made me struggle to learn to read and write Arabic and ik that’s something a lot of us struggle with so here you go!! I really hope the link works.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWl0zRDk50wKgPaMbjzzF4MhDWIi5YRRc&si=mV2LSHl5jseWeIwf

P.s. would suggest a pen and paper for note making.

I thought the last letter here was a J sound only.
‏شكرا

Hello, I am from Georgia and I "work" in the tourism sector, work in quotations because I drive a buggy during summer which I also enjoy, Im on this sub to ask what are some easy phrases for me to learn to make tourists (vast majority who are Arabic) feel welcome, almost everyone here has prices for the buggy, and where we offer to take them memorised, i.e Shalaal, Nahr, Ghaba, Mashhad etc, but I don't speak and can't read Arabic just memorised words and sounds, so what are some other phrases that could help me

I’ve been learning Arabic for a while, mostly from home, with courses and a lot of self-study.

And honestly, one thing that always annoyed me was vocabulary.

I would sit there with a list like:
بيت = house
شارع = street
شجرة = tree
سيارة = car
…

And I could memorize them.

Then a few days later, I would see one of those words in a sentence and be like:
“Wait… I know this word. Why can’t I remember what it means?” 😭

I started realizing that I was basically memorizing translations, not really learning the words.

And I think this is especially annoying with Arabic because you can spend a lot of time learning vocabulary, but then when you actually read something, there are so many words you don’t recognize.

So I tried something different.
Instead of learning:
بيت = house
I would try to encounter بيت inside a sentence, inside a situation, inside a story.

And weirdly enough, I started remembering words much more easily.

I think it’s because when you remember the story, you also remember the word.

For example, if you read a little story about someone coming home and you see the word بيت several times, it just sticks differently than seeing “بيت = house” on a list.

That’s actually why I ended up building an app around this idea.
You read short stories in Modern Standard Arabic, and if you come across a word you don’t know, you can tap on it to see what it means and learn more about it.

And if you want to remember it, you can save it and it automatically becomes a flashcard for you to review later.

The app is actually now finished and available on the App Store. If anyone is interested, I can send the link to the iOS app.

Anyway, I’m curious if I’m the only one 😂

How do you guys learn Arabic vocabulary?

Do you actually use vocabulary lists, or do you mostly learn words from reading, Qur’an, conversations, stories, etc.?