Fun and engaging Arabic lessons for kids and families. All levels of Arabic speakers can join in on the Arabic learning fun.
The other day someone asked me if she had to say all of the ending vowels on words. If you’re new to studying Arabic, this might seem like a weird question. You may be asking yourself, “Who doesn’t pronounce the endings of words?” The answer: most native Arabic speakers. In Arabic, the last vowel on … Read more
If you’re on board with the slow and steady approach that I recommend for learning pronouns, then you’ll probably want to know where you should start. After all, there’s a lot to master, so you need a good jumping off point that will give you and your kids a strong foundational understanding, but also not … Read more
Most people start their Arabic studies with the past tense. In English, the standard form for verbs is present tense. Think of a word like “write” it’s present tense and you can change it to make it past, future, or any of the other 87 tenses that we have in English. Think of words like … Read more
So by now, you should be able to command your kids one by one. If you’re like me, you really need to get them ALL on board with your directions most of the time. Today, we’ll learn how to command them as a group. تَحَابُّوا Love each other. Now we’re talking to all of the … Read more
If you’ve been following the lessons, you already know that EVERYTHING in Arabic is either male or female. This can be a hard concept for English speakers because we have 3 ways of talking about things: male, female, and stuff that’s obviously not male or female. We say, “She is over there.” and “He is … Read more
Check out the main Arabic Speaking Part 2 post for full details on how to use the word Ayna and find your things in the morning. Beginners: You now know 3 pronouns, let your child identify all their stuff. Just add ي to any word (e.g.: كِتَابِي, قَمِيْصِي , etc.). Don’t be afraid to separate … Read more
Check out the main Arabic Lesson 1 post for full details on how to use the word Khair in the morning. Beginners: Add the endings كَ and كِ to the word حَالُ to make it masculine and feminine for your kids. We will learn more about this in future lessons, for now, just practice saying … Read more