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Learn all 28 Arabic letters with all 4 positional forms, unique Arabic sounds (ayn, ha, emphatics), harakat short vowels, sun and moon letters, and reading practice.
Complete reference for the Arabic definite article al-: 14 sun letters (assimilation) vs 14 moon letters (no assimilation), pronunciation rules, and usage.
Complete Arabic body parts and medical vocabulary: head, limbs, internal organs, symptoms, doctor and hospital terms, medications, and pharmacy phrases.
Complete reference for Arabic broken plurals (جمع التكسير): 30+ patterns including فُعُول، أَفْعَال، فِعَال، فُعَلَاء، with examples and rules for predicting plural shapes.
Complete reference for the Arabic iḍāfa construction: possession and 'of' relationships, muḍāf and muḍāf ilayh rules, case endings, and adjective placement.
Master Arabic grammar fundamentals: VSO word order, masculine and feminine gender, broken plurals, definite article al-, dual form, and the root system with 30+ examples.
Complete Arabic color and adjective reference: the afʿal/faʿlā' color pattern, common descriptive adjectives, and full agreement rules (gender, number, definiteness, case).
Complete Arabic pronoun reference: detached (انا, انت, هو) and attached (ـي, ـك, ـه) pronouns with full tables for verbs, nouns, prepositions, and reflexives.
Master Arabic numbers: Arabic-Indic numerals, number words 1-1000, the reverse gender agreement rule for 3-10, ordinal numbers, telling time - with Arabic script and transliteration.
Master Arabic pronunciation: emphatic consonants (sad, dad, ta, dha), pharyngeal ayn and ha, uvulars ghayn kha qaf, long and short vowels, shadda gemination - 30+ examples.
Over 100 essential Arabic phrases for daily conversation in Modern Standard Arabic with notes on Egyptian, Levantine, and Gulf dialect variations, transliteration, and usage.
Complete reference to the Arabic root-pattern system: how trilateral roots generate families of words, k-t-b and s-l-m families, weak roots, and quadriliterals.
Complete reference to the 10 Arabic verb forms (awzan): patterns, semantic shifts, past and present stems, verbal nouns, and examples for each form.
Learn Arabic verb conjugation: all 13 forms for past and present tense, root-and-pattern system, hollow and defective verbs, negation - with Arabic script and transliteration.
Complete Arabic time reference: days of the week (number-based), Islamic Hijri and Gregorian calendars, telling time, today/tomorrow/yesterday, and prayer time vocabulary.
Complete Arabic family vocabulary: immediate and extended kin, cousin distinctions (ابن عم vs ابن خال), in-laws, and the cultural logic of Arab kinship terms.
Complete Arabic food vocabulary: staple ingredients, meals, Middle Eastern dishes (hummus, falafel, kabsa, shawarma, mansaf), restaurant phrases, and halal terminology.
The 100 most common Arabic verbs organized by triliteral root: كان، قال، ذهب، جاء، رأى، أكل، شرب، كتب، قرأ and more, with past and present conjugation samples.
Essential Arabic travel phrases for tourists: airport, hotel, taxi, directions, signs, and regional dialect variations across Egyptian, Gulf, and Levantine Arabic.
Complete Arabic weather and nature vocabulary: seasons, temperatures, natural phenomena, geography across Arab climates (desert, Mediterranean, mountain), and ecological terms.
