You open a notebook, write “Arabic Phrases” at the top, and stare at a blank page. Somewhere you’ve heard that fifty phrases is the number — enough to get by,…
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Learn Arabic: How Many Letters in the Alphabet?
A student wrote to me last week with a question she’d clearly been sitting on for a while. She’d typed it into Google more than once — Arabic, how many…
Is Arabic Hard to Learn? An Honest Answer for English Speakers
Most people ask this question at a bad moment. Late at night, usually, after a lesson that went worse than expected, or after sitting through a khutbah and catching maybe…
Arabic Numerals: Why Arabic Numbers Don’t Look Arabic at All
Here’s something about Arabic numerals: I wrote the number 3 about four times before lunch today and never once thought about where it came from. Most people don’t. Then at…
Arabic Courses Online (Where Most Beginners Start Wrong)
It usually starts with a search at the end of the day — Arabic courses online, how can we learn Arabic language, learn Arabic online course — typed in after…
How to Say Hello in Arabic: Greetings and Replies.
If you’ve ever wondered how to say hello in Arabic — really say it, not just repeat it — you’re not alone. Most people pick up السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ early and…
Thank You in Arabic: How to Say It, Write It, and When to Use Each Form
You say shukran, i.e., thank you in Arabic, and the person replies Jazak Allahu Khayran. And for a second, you’re not sure if you did something wrong. You didn’t. But…
Arabic Words for Hajj and Eid (What You’re Actually Saying)
There’s a strange thing that happens with religious phrases you’ve known since childhood — you stop hearing them as Arabic words. Eid Mubarak stops being a sentence at some point….
How an Arabic Tutor Helps You Learn Arabic Faster at Home
Struggling to learn Arabic alone? See how an Arabic tutor can guide your progress, fix mistakes early, and help you learn faster at home.
