If you’ve been staring at سـ and سوف trying to figure out why Arabic needs two ways to say “will,” you’re not broken. Every single MSA student hits this wall. The good news? It’s actually…
If you’ve been staring at Arabic verb tables and feeling your brain melt a little, I get it. I’ve watched hundreds of students hit the same wall around week 6 or 7 — right when…
If you’ve started learning Modern Standard Arabic, you’ve probably already bumped into this wall: you know some vocabulary, you can read a few words, and then someone asks you to say “I study” or “she…
If you’ve been staring at Arabic sentences wondering why some start with a noun and some start with a verb — and why it seems to change the whole meaning — you’re not losing your…
arabic gender rules Every Arabic noun has a gender. Not just people. Not just animals. Everything. Your table. Your pen. The sun. The moon. All of it is either masculine or feminine, whether that makes…
msa pronunciation rules I’ve had this conversation more times than I can count. A student comes to me after six months of self-study. They can read. They know grammar tables better than some of my…
