Category: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
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I ask every new student the same question in lesson one: “How do you say ‘I’ in Arabic?” Half of them freeze. Not because they don’t know it. Because somewhere online they read a chart…
If you’ve ever written كتاب جميلة instead of كتاب جميل, don’t worry — almost every single Arabic student makes this exact mistake in their first few months. I’ve corrected it probably a thousand times. It’s…
If you’ve been staring at Arabic sentences wondering why some words lose their “al” for no obvious reason, you’ve probably run into idafa without knowing its name. I get asked about this constantly by students…
If you’ve been studying Arabic for more than a few weeks, you’ve probably already had this moment: you learn the word for book — كِتَاب (kitab) — feel good about yourself, and then someone tells…
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…