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asalamulikum. i am studying arabic first time in my life and it is looks easy but with so many rules and patterns it is not. in our first year our teachers told us about the etjaal website and hans wehr. i was like: 'what is this alien book with that looks like english but isn't'. 😂 but my knowledge grew and that dictionary is my favourite now. got the physical copy of it too (old school, don't like much online typing). it is not user friendly or for beginner but if you know how to use it, it is quite comprehensive, with all patterns and forms translations mentioned. for Quranic arabic, i find it is the best. they even have an app now for it. JazakAllah Khair for making this video. the oxford dictionary sounds like dream. i also looked into the last one you mentioned. the Quran word by word meaning. that is an interesting concept as no one has done the tarkeebs of Quran verses before. so i think this is a big help. may Allah SWT give you baraka in your knowledge and reward you for your efforts. Ameen

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What does studying a language full time mean? 37hrs/week for 5 years?

bad video more into showoff stuff and everything is not good for studying feel like waste of time

as a native speaker, I recommend learning Arabic in Fusha (formal) then a dialect of one of the gulf countries rather than North African ones

If someone wants to practice arabic l can help and improve my english too

Great job, Arabic is a very hard language to learn and I feel privaleged being born with it

Hey thanks! Im a language major also, what sort of jobs are you anticipating you’ll get with your degree?

There's a way to use the Oxford dictionary without paying. You need to have a library card for your local library and IF your library is subscribed then you get access otherwise you can submit a request form to your library to subscribe.

I think I'm not from this world, man! I did in 6 months what you did in 5 years. How did I do? I got a friend to talk to

You are right with every thing, Reading is very important to start with, and some students are in rush and they want to start learning conversation without learning reading and that not good in Arabic as pronunciation depends on what you see, and sometimes it's different depending on the position of the word inside the sentences, or if you stop on this word or continuing, and so on. also, MSA is very important at the beginning even if you want to start a dialect, as it helps you to build foundation and understanding the idea of the language, and Arabic culture too. also it makes learning dialects easier as all dialects come from the same root which is Arabic. also, learning with a native professional teacher who knows how teach Arabic as a second language it helps a lot and save more time. but here something until now I haven't found any mobile apps are useful in Arabic and their methods not organized and make a load on students as they give them a lot of grammar and conjugations and these should be built step by step

Thank you for sharing this! After learning Fusha for a couple of years, I finally got the chance to visit Jordan last month and realized what I learned is not that useful as I expected since I don’t understand what people in the streets are talking about and this is really discouraging for my learning. After watching this video, I just realized that I’ve always been ignoring the importance of Amiyya. I guess I might need to work on it more…

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There is a big difference between Arabic and Quranic Arabic If you want to understand the Book of ALLAH Learn Quranic Arabic

Is the alphabet/script the same between MSA and dialect?

I was looking for a dictionary with not just a translation of the word but that offers the examples, root, and pronunciation. I found oxford dictionary and aubscribed for a year, but so far I found it a bit too simple. I expected the words that I look up would show also its root and word formation and etc. Also, I wanted pronunciation of plural form of nouns. And it does not offer in this dictionary, but sometimes when I click a sound button next ti an example sentence it pronounces the pl form of the noun. So, still can’t get it how to manage to get pronunciations of plurals.

How to learn Arabic, BUT which dialect exactly...🥱🥱🤔

I' m an a native Arabic speaker and l agree with you completely Keep it up brother قاسم!

Shukran for the video. Quick question InshaAllah. In the paid dictionary if you type a verb in the past tense will it return the present form, command and masdar? Eg فعل يفعل افعل فعل

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته Great brother i really like your way... Mashallah

Dope video. Thank you

the thing is... learning darija is hard cuz they speak arabic english and french. edit: im native french speaker and understand english fluently but the moroccans i tried to speak to just switch to either one

انا فخورة بك جدا يا قاسم انا مدرستك الاولى في مصر اسراء

Great advice, biggest regret is wasting too much time with transliteration

Chatgpt is best

I just use wiktionary

As an arab I am curious about what motivates you to learn Arabic instead of other languages

To everyone who wants to learn arabic, I just want to tell you that arabic is one of the most beautiful languages to exist, it will open doors for you to heaven and to a magical extraordinary world and a rich culture (despite all the stereotypes you hear)

شكرا لك

Qasim thank you . May I know the vocabulary book you used ?

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If you change the shutter speed on the camera, light might not flicker. (I am a video editor)

I already know arabic but I have a pretty limited vocabulary so almany was perfect for me thanks keep up the good videos

I used to use most of what you've mentioned here but recently they've all been replaced by something newer, which is ChatGPT, honestly it's like asking a real person who also has all the dictionary databases in their head, you can get basic definitions, you can ask it to give you definitions according to each of the dictionaries you mentioned, you can ask for example sentences or form variations. When compared to any other dictionary it far outclasses them. You can even send images in the chat to provide your specific context if you're translating something, which I often am. Play around with it, it might be worth making a video on :)

Great points! Great video, Qasim! This was a great pep talk for me. I've been studying Levantine Arabic in my free time for the past 3+ years, and I got burned out on memorizing vocab using Anki after my first 2 years or so. I experimented with some other spaced repetition systems for a while, but then I stopped. I just need to get back at it if I want to really move forward in the language. Shukran!

Qasim, thank you for this video; it's very inspiring and interesting to hear your perspective! I WISH that I could go to the Middle East for 6 months (or even for a month!) and immerse myself in the language, but I'm not a single twenty-something. Lol. I have made two short trips to the Middle East, and I really saw the benefits of even 2 weeks of speaking Arabic throughout the day every day. Thanks for pointing out that that's not realistic or even necessary for everyone. Many people in the West underestimate the size of the Arabic-speaking population in their own cities. I've found, for instance, that through volunteer work with refugee families from the Middle East, there are MANY opportunities to help people in your community who don't know the language or the culture AND make Arabic a part of your regular life. I love what you said about the importance of the dialects for connecting with the people and the culture(s). For this reason, some people (especially extroverts like me whose primary motivation for doing the grinding work of studying is connection) are better off to start with a dialect so that the language can become meaningful and alive for them and they don't give up on the language before they get to some of the cool stuff. Learning a dialect, of course, still involves learning the alphabet, learning how to read (as transcripts and subtitles will be in Arabic script), and learning how to spell (especially if you have friends or language exchange partners that you text with). And I highly recommend teaching platforms like iTalki for learning Arabic in a way that suits your personal goals, schedule, and budget. I look forward to watching more of your videos!

I really needed these resources in my life. Jazzak Allah Khair

Please remove music , it's Haram 😢

My favorite website is the living arabic project. It has a lot of translations and you can also see the words used in a sentence most of the times

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i just want to understand quran don't care much about people.

I am reading the Harry Potter book series to improve my Arabic vocabulary. I think immersion into rhe language is very important

شكلي وانا داخلة اشوف الاجانب كيف بتعلمو عربي 😂

no music this time yay

As a student of arabic, I personnaly use chatgpt a lot. With the update of gpt4o, he never does any mistakes and you can actually ask him questions like you would ask a professor and he undersatnds what you mean. Let's take the exemple taken in the video of "kataba" or "koutoubou", he can understand the context and explain you.

Great Video! I just wanted to add a 2 more that are really helping me learn the language. So the first one would be ‘Reverso’, this is especially good if you’re focusing on learning new verbs because it has a conjugation option which directly gives you the ماضي و مضارع و أمر. If you scroll to the bottom they will give you the مصدر and some more forms of the verb. The second would actually be the Oxford dictionary, but not the app or website rather if you go to the home tab on your I-Phone (must be apple) and used the search feature and just inserted the verb or word, it gives you the meaning and more and for all this you don’t need WiFi to use this option. For Reverso you do. Try giving it a try!

Love the intro and the structure of the vid, time stamps would really help so people could go straight to the sections they need (e.g. if they only want the tips for Quranic arabic etc)

Can you start basic(Saudi Arabia) Arabic course?