Learn Arabic (Fadi's Arabic Language tutorial)

Let's Learn Some Arabic

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This is a small Arabic Language Tutorial that I made. It's not perfect (..yet!!), but it will give you some very good communication skills in one of the oldest living languages in the world!! (you can also learn how to read and write Arabic!!)

If you like this tutorial, and you have the time and capabilities of translating it into your own language, then please contact me now. It is already available in English, Spanish, Deutsch, French, Portuguese, Italian and Indonesian. I look forward to seeing it in other languages.

Acknowledgment
The Arabic Tutorial is now also available in Spanish, Deutsch, French, Portuguese, Italian and Indonesian

Español - If your native language is Spanish, then you can check out the Spanish version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Fernando Ramirez from Mexico.
Deutsch - If your native language is Deutsch, then you can check out the Deutsch version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Li.
Français - If your native language is French, then you can check out the French version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Samira Sehili.
Português - If your native language is Portuguese, then you can check out the Portuguese version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Elsa ALMEIDA.
Italiano - If your native language is Italian, then you can check out the Italian version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Rodolfo.
Indonesian - If your native language is Indonesian, then you can check out the Indonesian version of this Tutorial, that was translated by my friend Naniek Rosyidah.

I thank Fernando, Li, Samira, Elsa, Rodolfo and Naniek for making this tutorial available to Spanish, Deutsch , French, Portuguese, Italian and Indonesian speaking people.

In this Introduction: Very useful Arabic words | Commonly used sentences | Start lesson 1 of the tutorial | Download the tutorial ( )

Why should you learn Arabic?
Arabic is the language of a large part of our planet. It is the main language in 22 countries, spoken by more than 250 million people. It is also the second language in many Islamic countries because It is considered the spiritual language of Islam -one of the world's major religions- (we're talking here about more than 1 billion people). It is one of the permanent languages in the United Nations.

Another reason is that Arabic is one of the oldest living languages in the world, and it is the origin of many languages, in fact there is a theory that says "Arabic is the origin of languages" and those who adopt this theory depend on the fact that Arabs are able to pronounce any sound in any language in the world very easily, on the other hand lots of non-Arabs have a very hard time pronouncing some Arabic letters which are not available in their native language (for example the letter Dhad in Arabic is not used in any other language in the world, and the Arabic language is sometimes called the language of the Dhad).
For thousands of years minor changes were made to the Arabic language and it was appropriate for every era through out the countless civilizations that used it as their native language. In fact, Arabic has a great influence in most of the languages in our present times. Maybe, the most obvious contribution of Arabic to humanity is the Arabic numerals (0,1,2,3..), not to mention the numerous words with Arabic origins which are used today in most languages (Algorithm, Algebra, Coffee, Zero, Sugar and the list goes on.)

Why did it stay alive through thousands of years where other languages didn't?
The main reason for that is that Arabic is the language of the Holy Qur'an, and that kept it the main language through the 1400+ years of the Islamic civilization.

Useful Arabic words:

In Arabic	In English
Mar-haba	Hello
Ahlan-Wa-Sahlan	Welcome
Shukran	Thank you
Aasef	Sorry
Afwan	Excuse me
Kam	How much/ How many
Na'am	Yes
La	No
Mabrook	Congratulations
Yameen	Right ( direction )
Yasar	Left
Ana	Me
Anta (M) / Anti (F)	You

Commonly used sentences:

Sentence	Meaning
As-salaam-alaykum	Peace be upon you (The Islamic greeting)
Kaifa-haluk?	How are you ?
Kam-es-sa'ah?	What is the time ?
Al-hamdu-lellah	Thank god (Often used as a response to "how are you?")
Ma'as-salama	Good bye

Note:
The type of fonts used for the Arabic script in this tutorial is called (Nasekh), which is the most common font in Arabic and the clearest (it is used in printing books, newspapers and documents). If you come around Arabic writings which you couldn't recognize easily, then it might be written using other fonts (which can really differ from Nasekh). For example, the followings are two Islamic scripts in Arabic using a beautiful type of font.

Some more Arabic fonts examples could be found here.

After you complete the Arabic Tutorial, you should be able to:

. Understand the concepts of the Arabic language script.
. Read and write Arabic words.
. Write your name very easily in Arabic and save it in Gif Format to use it in your web page (you don't need to have Arabic fonts installed in your system, just copy and paste!!!).
. Pronounce Arabic letters (needs practice!).

Note: You can take advantage of the Arabic dictionary as a learning aid available in every lesson of the Arabic Tutorial:

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