Beginner - What are you doing tonight?

Rob wrote:
How often will you guy's be producing these helpful podcasts (weekly was it?)?

Hi Rob,

At the moment we are producing these podcasts on a weekly basis, but we are hoping to increase these in the near future as well as adding new features to support your learning.

Don’t forget to add your email to our mailing list so that you get an email every time a new lesson is added!

Ehab

Damien Granado wrote:
I just strated listening to your podcast. I am looking forward to learning more Arabic!

thank you for your work.
Damien

Welcome Damien,

We're glad you can join us and hope to see more people starting to learn Arabic. We're here to support you so please if you have any questions just post them in the forum, on here, or send us an email

All the best,

Aishah Mohamad Kassim wrote:
Your lessons are interesting to listen to.
Well done! Shukran.

brad shane wrote:
Dear Guys,

First of all, I want to thank you for providing very professional and enjoyable access to Arabic.

To begin with I was not sure if it was worth learning the language, but now I have a friend from the Yemen, and practising together I think that it is a valauble skill.

I like the idea of guests coming in to the show, and perhaps if I have time I will come down and participate myself.

I also study Chinese, so the writing has not proven too difficult, but could you recommend some resources (maybe online) for how to write the script.

Plus, could you do a lesson on what each of the sounds in the Arabic alphabet sound like? I am still not sure about some of the numbers.

All in great stuff, and many thanks.

brad

Hi Brad,

You’re very welcome. We love hearing from our listeners, it encourages us to work more on ArabicPod. Arabic is a great language to learn, and from my experience, you will most likely find people that speak Arabic in many parts of the World.

We came up with the idea of having a guest in each lesson because we weren’t sure what type of questions that learners might ask, so usually our guests are beginners and are eager to learn. We would be delighted if you or any or our listeners join our show as our guest.

We are in the process of producing software to put online which shows the entire Arabic alphabet, and what each letter sound like. Regarding the numbers, we are going to release a lesson very soon about numbers as well, so keep checking the site, the updates and new additions are coming in slow because we work full time as well but they’re definitely coming.

All the best!

Kaley Kalil wrote:
Marhaba, Asalam alaykum.

I live in Phoenix, Arizona and I have been trying to find a way to learn Arabic for months now.

My boyfriend, Mohammed, is from Damascus and just left yesterday morning for home. He had been in the States for almost 7 years!! I knew a couple of words and phrases from him and his friends.

I'm doing my next semester in Spain, but am visiting him and his family in Syria afterwards, around the end of December.

I'm so excited with the fact that I may actually be able to carry on a short conversation with them!!! We love each other very much and are trying to figure out a way to bring him back to AZ, at least until I can graduate from college.

I appreciate what you all are doing so very much, and I am extremely grateful. Shokran gezeelan and I look forward to learning much more from you!

-Kaley

Marhaba, Wa 3alaikum alsalam,

What a great story Kaley. We are so honoured to help teach this language. We love to hear from our users and when we hear comments such as yours we feel that all the hard work is more than worth it and we are encouraged to continue with it.

I’m sure you will be able to hold a conversation with your boyfriend’s family by December if you study the language through our podcasts and the other resources available online.

Great to hear from you, All the best!

Sallamun Alaikum,
Thank you for providing these lessons for us. I am totally blind and am thrilled to have Arabic audio lessons, since the software I use to read the computer screen to me does not do well with Arabic table letters, so your number system is working out very well for me. I have a question about the word "with." Is it true that "be" also means "with," or am I mistaken.

Also, regarding one of your earlier lessons in which you taught us how to say "my name is." Why do we say ana esmi, and not just esmi, since esmi should mean "my name?"

I have been learning Arabic by the book for over a year now, but things are finally starting to make sense to me, thanks to your lessons.
Ma sallama,
Munawar

Wa alaykom assalam Munawar;
We are very pleased to get your comment, and encourage you that nothing would stop you of learning Arabic inshallah. The word "Be" itself does not mean "with", but it is followed normally by with, for instance: أكون مع .. but if you give me an example of what you meant then that might clarify your question and help me in answering.
Regarding to your question about (ana esmi), no harm at all in saying (esmi) directly to mean (my name is), we just use simple ways to express the words so beginners see the words clearly and not getting confused and ask where is (I) if we don't use the word (أنا) . Using (أنا) is allowed, and not using is still allowed, therefore we preferred the safest way.
Keep it up Munawar and all the best in learning Arabic
bettawfeeq
Ehab

i have a quick question can Fekrah Jayeda also mean good thinking. because i know Fekrah means thinking. this was the last line in this dialogue.

Ahlan Princess_Halima;
Fekrah means idea as we mentioned in the end of the dialogue, while (thinking) means tafkeer, another example, 9ana3a (to make or manufacture) becomes ta9nee3 (making or manufacturing).
Ahlan again Princess_Halima in ArabicPod, we like to see your contribution more an more in discussions.
Salaam
Ehab

thanks Ehab for answering my question that cleared up a lot of things

Shukran Jazillan

salaamu 3alaikum all

your website is very useful thank you so much

is lesson 8 available at all i cudnt find it

ma3a assalaamah

saa'2emah

Wa 3alaikum salam saa'2emah,

Lesson 8 is available. It's about a telephone conversation. The level is lower intermediate. Click on 'Lessons' at the top of the page and then click on the 'Lower Intermediate' tab. It's the first lower intermediate lesson I think.

:)

ahhh....shukrn jazeelan dear Laila

Thank, thanks, thanks..........

I LOVE THIS SITE WILL RECOMMEND IT TO ALL MY FRIEDNS :-)

Selam

Moshaya and Ehabs

it's really a successful study.
I've been seacrhing kinds of this study since I started to learn a arabic language.

hopefully it'll keep on as such that by your study ...



شكرن جديدا

salam allekum ehab here in saudi arabia they say for what = aeish and for why = lay ? can i use these two words instead of madha and limadha ?

@thalal, of course you can use (إيش and ليه) in the street. (ماذا) and (لماذا) are the classical words for (What) and (Why) respectively. We discussed (إيش) and (ليه or ليش) in many lessons actually.

Merhaba

I have a little question.
Is a change from "kayfa" to "kayf" is also considered colloquial/levantine?
I hear many people pronounce it kayf

@Brevis, Mar7abateen :-) (Two mar7abas for you)

Yes, often the last vowel in كيف is dropped in colloquial. People are lazy in the street and sometimes don't bother to pronounce all the vowels!

In the pdf with the arabic Text for "Why" there is no mim. Could you please explain Why you write it like this?
Thanks

Will you make the mp3 for the Beginner lessons downloadable?
Thanks again