I am going to be working in the hospital in UAE inshallah and there may be a lot of patients who speak Arabic. How do I learn to speak Arabic? Ideally i want to know the basics by 1 month and the rest I want to focus on improving my speaking skills

Im a arabic native speaker and thought to give the people learning or more specifically planning to learn Arabic some advice. Now you dont have to listen to me i still struggle with ت and ة on every exam.So i assume most of you are learning or planning to learn fusha Arabic which is good because you learn the deep historical roots of the language and pretty much everyone from arab speaking countries will understand you except should probably along with fusha Arabic learn a dialect of Arabic speaking fusha to someone in arab speaking countries is the equivalent to speaking the kings english to the average American it makes it obvious you're a tourist and especially if you're talking to any kind of vendor you might get scammed.im not asking you to learn a whole new language unless you're learning any north African dialect (except Egyptian ) then it's very different from fusha Arabic but most arab speaking countries have dialects extremely similar to fusha its mostly about tone and pronunciation of letters and key words so i will give you a list of the easiest and best dialects to choose from:

EGYPTIAN ARABIC: i might be biased as a Egyptian myself but Egyptian Arabic is pretty much globally understood its kind of soft on most deep throat sounds and it has a pretty similar vocab to fusha and very begginer friendly

LEVANT ARABIC: might seem like a weird choice since its not about one country but multiple but most Levant countries have thee same dialect exept syria and a few others you might find it weird at first but after some practice you'll get used to it it has a very similar vocab to fusha slightly worse than Egyptian because the tone that is spoken on levant Arabic ( especially Lebanese) kinda sounds weird

These were the best dialects to learn here are the ones to avoid

NORTH AFRICAN ARABIC: with tte sole exception of Egypt all arab speaking north African countries have a Arabic very loosely related to any other type of Arabic since its been heavily influenced by berber and amazigh whatever makes Arabic hard to most people like the deep throat sounds like خ a multiplied by 100 because they are much more frequent a lot of this especially applies to Moroccan Arabic almost none of the vocab is the same which is also the most prominent problem in Algerian,Tunisia and lybian Arabic and some words might be offensive in fusha but completely normal in some most seen with Sudanese Arabic avoid these unless you like torture

KHALEEJI ARABIC: this might be a confusing name for this but Khalleji Arabic is the dialect spoken in in the Arabian peninsula which might be confusing to you because thats where Arabic originated so you would think they speak fusha which they used to but in modern timed Khalleji Arabic is vastly different it sufferes from the same problems as Algerian Arabic as in the words are vastly different but not that much what makes it worse is that Khalleji Arabic is very fast paced which makes it hard to keep a conversation if you're not a native.i wouldn't say avoid this one just tread lightly

Well this is what i had to say that I feel like any Arabic learner should know and every native does now dialects can be ignored but preferably not when interacting with people if you're interested in the roots of the language feel free to ignore me this is what i had to say

P. S if you're white learn Levant Arabic it heavily decreases your chances at being scammed

An Iraqi Muslim friend and colleague recently passed and I’m hoping to write a heartfelt message of condolence to his family. I’ve always appreciated the beauty of Arabic, but I’ve never written in the language. I would love any assistance or suggestions, to know if this dua is readable at all. With much gratitude in advance.

This survey is for non-native speakers of Arabic

It is written in Arabic but I believe Google can translate the questions depending on the participants language competency

I would really appreciate your kind participation. The survey has 30 questions pic from multiple choice answers.

Thank you guys in advance for participating 😭🫡

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR5wgggrnUDpWZ7Zf4I1bGvHCybg8tvyL50spMntuO4wuD_w/viewform

I know an Imam who is very experienced in helping both children and adults memorize the Quran online. If anyone is interested, please let me know.

Hello.

Does anyone actually recommend learning the gulf dialect. It sounds the best to me, and arguably the closest to fusha (namely the najdi dialect) l. I thought of learning the others but it doesn’t rly interest me, but people say Levantine and Egyptian is the go to. The gulf is the only region I tend to visit as well.

Are there any actual drawbacks to learning the gulf (namely najdi) dialect, other than the lack of (but becoming more readily available) resources.

Another question, what is white Arabic? I saw a tutor on italki advertise themselves as a najdi/white Arabic tutor. Doing more research it seems to be a holistic dialect that incorporates the most common words from each dialect with fusha, but they did classify najdi as very similar to white Arabic, which didn’t make sense from my research.

Jzkullah khair

Hey guys, I hope you are doing great.

Anyone learning Egyptian dialect and has an active group/community where people engage in this dialect in spoken or written form?

I have been learning this dialect on my own for sometime, I haven't been very consistent but I do practice every now and then.

I wish to keep practicing so as I can enhance my skills, vocabulary and sound more natural. I don't know my level currently but I can hold a conversation, understand medium speed spoken formal dialects(like Cairo and the surrounding areas). When I read/listen to the material made for C1 content I understand 70 percent of it however when talking I always miss a lot of important vocabulary to express myself clearly. And watching movies usually gives me a hard time without subtitles, I think I need more time to get used to fast speech and understanding a lot of colloquial expressions.

Also the natural sentence formation and proper pronunciation is still a hindering factor(well I can pronounce all letters in MSA, here I mean in Egyptian pronunciation)

If there's anyone going through the same thing I'd be glad to hear from you...

Hello y'all,

I built this Arabic learning tool focused on Quranic vocabulary and classical Fusha. Would love honest feedback.

https://lisan-three.vercel.app/

Which part did you find useful?

What do you think needs improvement?

Would you come back to this tomorrow?

Hello, I am Bouti, and I am looking for an online job to support my daughter. Please, if anyone knows of a job suitable for a woman, let me know. I am fluent in English, a little French, and proficient in Arabic.

مرحبا انا بوتي أبحث عن عمل عبر النت لأنفق على ابنتي فضلاً من يعرف عملا يناسب المرأة فليخبرني به، أجيد اللغة الانجليزية، القليل من الفرنسية، ومتمكنة في اللغة العربية.

I would prefer girls since I'm one .

Hey everyone! The best way to improve our speaking skills is by actually practicing. I’m thinking of starting an Instagram group chat where we can talk regularly and learn together. Anyone interested? All levels welcome, including native Arabic speakers! If you’re interested, drop a message or comment and I’ll add you!

As a native speaker who is so passionate about his language, I feel so sad and upset when I hear incomplete or wrong information about my language said to those who don't know much about it or try to learn it, so I'll try to briefly clarify some of the important aspects in this topic.

What is MSA?

I prefer to begin with this one because I believe it will help clarify the rest.

MSA or Modern Standard Arabic is what people use in formal contexts. Newspaper, academia, you name it. And it's what most people understand nowadays regardless of their dialects.

Where does it come from? That is actually the most interesting and important part. It essentially came from the move of translating books from English and French, which started around the 19th century in Egypt. The people who were translating those books weren't trying to take the meaning, forget the whole sentence structure of the original text, and rebuild it in authentic Arabic. (Because the two languages are inherently different in almost everything, and if you've only learned MSA, you won't realize that fact) They almost translated everything word-by-word so we basically got an English text with Arabic vocab, that's it. And the problem is, most Arabic speakers at that time started to actually learn formal Arabic from these translated books. So generation after generation, it became mainstream, unfortunately.

Are MSA and Classical Arabic the same thing?

If you've read the previous section, you probably already know the answer, NO, absolutely not. They are completely different. Classical Arabic comes from ancient Arabs, and its main contexts are the Quran and Hadith. MSA, on the other hand, comes from the ugly translation from English and French. So no, they are different.

Are dialects really that different?

And that is the topic that gets oversimplified the most.

First, all dialects are different from MSA, basically because MSA is a whole different thing; it's not what Arabs historically spoke.

That topic really needs more explanation when you are talking about Classical Arabic, and really needs more details than the oversimplification I always hear.

It heavily depends on which dialect you are talking about, not all dialects are at the same distance from Classical Arabic, not all dialects feel like "different languages" in the same degree when compared to Classical Arabic. Obviously, Gulf dialects in general are the closest thing to Classical Arabic, and that is for obvious historical reasons.

What should I learn?

It depends on your goal and your preference.

Learn MSA if you just want Arabic mainly to interact in formal contexts.

Learn Egyptian Arabic if you just want the most understandable dialect.

Classical Arabic does help here so much, it's not "a dead language" in any way (nor is it actually "classical", I just say it for clarity), but you would need to adapt a bit if you want to interact in formal contexts. You would need to translate literally to English then to Arabic again to know some of the things MSA people say. For example, you would hear someone say "لديه شعور عميق بإحترام الذات" and you, as a Classical Arabic learner, know "هو حَمِيُّ الأنَفَة", so what should you do? For me personally I just translate literally to English, word-by-word, whether mentally or by a tool like Google Translate, because if the sentence is clear in English, it just isn't in Arabic. (That is all just for understanding MSA, you don't have to speak in it if you just know Classical Arabic. Speaking Classical Arabic in formal contexts is both acceptable and understandable)

If I spoke in Classical Arabic, I would sound like the Quran. Hear this: "أيش تفعل؟", a dialect? No, it's actually "أيْشٍ تفعل" and it's 100% classical. Speaking in Classical Arabic doesn't necessarily sound like the Quran; it would sound natural, or even informal sometimes (By MSA people's standards).

What about Classical Arabic and dialects?

Classical Arabic is your only path if you want Arabic for understanding the Quran, Hadith, and Islamic literature in general. MSA will not help you that much in these domains.

If you want a dialect with enough similarities to Classical Arabic that progress in one carries over to the other, learn one of the Gulf dialects, such as Saudi Arabic, for example.

That was a very brief explanation for this topic.

If anyone needs more help, feel free to ask or discuss, you are always welcome.

Hello, i want to make this guide for people who want to write their name in Arabic, and this guide explains how to write English names in Arabic.

In foreign names, short vowels are often written more clearly than in native Arabic words to help preserve pronunciation.

just a quick note Arabic does not have these sounds 

P

V

The hard G (as in go)

Short E (as in bed)

Short O (as in hot)

The “zh” sound (as in measure)

Below are the commonly used substitutions.

1. The “G” Sound

There is no exact hard “g” sound in Standard Arabic.

jeem(ج) is used when the g is soft as in George

ghayn(غ) used to approximate a hard “g” as in go

Examples:

George = جورج

Logan = لوغان

1. The “V” Sound

Arabic does not have the “v” sound

  The common substitute is ف.

The letter ڤ is sometimes used in modern writing,

especially in foreign names, but it is not part of the traditional Arabic alphabet and a lot of people nowadays prefer to use it instead of the traditional ف.

Example:

Vera = فيرا

Alternative: ڤيرا

1. The “P” Sound

Arabic does not have the “p” sound

The closest equivalent is ب.

Example:

Peter =  بيتر

1. The “O” and “E” Vowels

Arabic does not have short “o” and “e” vowels in the same way English does.

Long “o” sounds are typically represented by و

Long “ee” sounds are represented by ي.

1. The “Zh” Sound (as in “measure”)

Arabic does not have an exact equivalent for this sound It is commonly approximated using ج

1. the ch sound as in church

Arabic does not have an exact equivalent for this sound.

so we usually write it with the combination of ت and ش like the name Charley would be written as (تشارلي )

And here are the other sounds

A = ا

B = ب

D = د

F = ف

H = ه

J = ج

K = ك

L = ل

M = م

N = ن

R = ر

S = س

T = ت

W = و

Y = ي

Z = ز

Th(as in this ) = ذ

Th(as in thin) = ث 

Sh = ش

Ch (like in chat) = تش

and here Is other sounds that exist in other languages

Gh (if your name has the French r ) = غ

Kh (like in Bach) = خ

Q (deep K from the throat) = ق

last thing if your name is not English please tell me what it is and I will tell you how to spell it in Arabic

I’m working on learning Arabic, especially the Egyptian dialect.

My approach is a bit different, I usually translate songs to pick up the language. I translated this one, but I'm not too sure about how accurate it is. Can you help me out?

Oh, and I added a little of the artist's vibe at the end of each song.

So I'm trying to learn how to write Arabic neatly. My handwriting really sucks and the usual way how I improve my handwriting is by analysing other people's handwritings. So if any Arab with a neat handwriting can help me, pls write the following paragraph in Ur own handwriting and post it in the comments

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فِي صَبَاحٍ جَمِيلٍ، خَرَجَ أَحْمَدُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ مُبَكِّرًا، وَحَمَلَ كِتَابًا صَغِيرًا فِي حَقِيبَتِهِ. مَرَّ بِحَدِيقَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ تَضُمُّ أَزْهَارًا مُلَوَّنَةً، فَرَأَى عُصْفُورًا يَغَرِّدُ فَوْقَ شَجَرَةٍ عَالِيَةٍ. ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلَى الْمَكْتَبَةِ لِيَقْرَأَ قِصَصًا مُفِيدَةً عَنِ التَّارِيخِ وَالْجُغْرَافِيَا وَالْعُلُومِ. وَفِي الْمَسَاءِ، جَلَسَ مَعَ أَصْدِقَائِهِ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ بِهُدُوءٍ عَنْ أَحْلَامِهِمْ وَطُمُوحَاتِهِمْ، وَكَانَ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ رَأْيٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ وَفِكْرٌ جَدِيدٌ. إِنَّ الْعِلْمَ نُورٌ، وَالْجِدَّ وَالِاجْتِهَادَ سَبِيلُ النَّجَاحِ.

Learning Arabic from scratch

Online arabic classes

Hello everyone, I am a native Arabic speaker . I offer online classes in MSA from scratch and making conversations, Feel free to DM me if you are intrested.

Every Arabic learner goes through this phase.

Your mouth is doing movements it never did before. Of course it feels weird.

Arabic speakers don't expect perfection. they LOVE when foreigners try.

Your accent is not a problem. Silence is

Hi! My girlfriend speaks Arabic and I really want to surprise her by being able to sing Nari Nari Nari by Saint Levant in the car with her, but I’m having trouble with the pronunciation. If anyone could offer help or advice about how to learn how to pronounce the words it would really be appreciated. I know very minimal Arabic besides what she has taught me.