Learn Arabic

FIRST STEPS (Arabic)

Complete begginer Arabic, you will learn – right from the start – some useful vocabulary, expressions, and tips about pronunciation, all before you learn any grammar rules.

By the end of this unit, you will take the first ten steps needed to get you speaking Arabic right away.

TEN STEPS

1. Mā ismuka? / Mā ismuki? – What is your name?
2. Min ayna anta? / anti? – Where are you from?
3. As-salāmu ʿalaykum. Kayfa ḥāluka/ḥāluki al-yawm? – Hello. How are you today?
4. Hal anta/anti bikhayr? – Are you okay?
5. Mā hādhā? – What is this?
6. ʿĀʾilatī – My family
7. Hal tuḥibbu/tuḥibbī al-fīl al-wardī? – Do you like the pink elephant?
8. Wāḥid, ithnān, thalātha – One, two, three
9. Ayyu yawm huwa al-yawm? / Kayfa aṭ-ṭaqs al-yawm? – What day is it today? / What is the weather like today?
10. Kam as-sāʿah? – What time is it?