This is how I would approach learning Arabic from scratch - I've left some links to resources in the description for each stage so do check those out if you're not sure where to get started :)
How long would it take to start speaking and understanding Arabic for basic conversations. I am moving to the middle east and want to learn arabic to survive.
stage 2 is a huge block. Majority of learners are stuck there, it would be amazing to have a dedicated video for that. Like in what order does one progress? considering one's learning msa, how and what kind of practice should be done, how to actively recall and use the grammar rules etc etc
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)
As someone who is learning Arabic with previously no exposure to the language at all and later married into an Arab family. I started off learning Levantine Arabic because SO MANY PEOPLE recommend staying away from fusha. However, after having learned Fusha and being exposed to different dialects, I have so much better of an understanding of Arabic, including the dialects, as a whole. So glad to see you recommending this since I think so many people advise against it.
Your experience is so interesting to me because mine has been the opposite. At the beginning of my Arabic journey, I had SO MANY Arab friends and acquaintances insist that I had to study Fusha first (even though this is, of course, not how they themselves learned to speak and read). I have a theory that the advice an Arabic learner receives depends on a number of factors, including the religion of the learner and the person giving advice, the cultural background of the learner, the attitude of the person giving advice towards the dialects (whether they consider them real languages), the educational level of the person giving advice, and where the Arabic learner lives (inside or outside the Middle East). As an American Christian, the vast majority of my Arab Muslim friends (and Arabic teachers and Arabs in the RUclips comment section) insisted that I must learn Fusha first, as, to them, this is REAL Arabic and the language of Allah. Christian Arabs, from my experience, don't share this attitude, although, of course, their Bible is in Fusha and their church services are a hybrid of Fusha and Ammiyah. I do plan to learn some Fusha, but my primary goal is to be able to speak, understand verbal and text messages, and be able to serve refugees from places like Syria.
@@rashidah9307 the thing is it's hard to separate arabic literature from islam because the highest form of arabic is quranic. there is also poetry both pre-islamic, early islamic and modern era, both are heavily influenced by religion. the reason why we recommend fusha is because it lays the foundation of any other dialect because dialects are just modifications that happened to fusha. so learning it that way, would make it easier because picking up dialect words replacing with original is easy but learning each dialect on its own is more difficult because youll build dialect on dialect. it will be what youre introduced to most because when us arabs meet we try to speak much more fusha and also the resources for fusha and content online is more widely available in fusha. want to read anything? every single book, article or brochure is in fusha. only written form thats not are comments or text messages. all official video sources like news or documentaries are in fusha. even arabic youtubers, most of them do speak their dialect but in a more fusha way so that all arabs can understand. thats why id recommend fusha unless mostly deal with levantine immigrants then learning levantine would be best because you can start communicating faster and youll also gain ton of practice speaking with them.
Jazak! I am new and want to learn Arabic for the intention of having a deeper understanding of the Quran and being able to communicate with my fellow Muslims as I eventually plan to move to a Muslim country inshaAllah.
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 agree that reading without the short vowels is one of the biggest challenges. You can't know how to read a word that you haven't encountered before. But it's actually kind of the same in English since there are no consistent rules of spelling or pronunciation. I also agree that learning a dialect is essential to communicate with arabs. I hope you'll go back to learning Syrian soon! 😂❤
Thanks for dropping a comment, I appreciate it! 😊 So glad you enjoyed the video! Levantine Arabic is an awesome choice tbh I agree. You sound like you already know quite a few languages haha so I'm sure you've got this 💪 🚀
تعلمت اللغة العربية و العلوم الشرعية في ثماني سنوات في إحدي المدارس الهندية، ومازلت أحسنها ، من وجهة نظري ان يعلم المتعلم أن ايّ لغة لها اربعة جوانب . اولا: الاستماع ،هذا من اصعب جوانب اللغة .على المتعلم ان يكثر الاستماع كي يتدرب الدماغ على اللغة العربية .هذا الشيء الذي ينتج القراءة و التحدث. ثانيا :التحدث،الاستماع يقوي التحدث ثالثا:القراءة ،علي المتعلم ان يعلم بعض القواعد العربية .ويُكِثر قراءة الاخبار والمجلات رابعا :الكتابة ،علي الكاتب ان يعلم قواعد الكتابة و يمارس صفحة في اليوم. لابد ان يعلم أن الاستماع والقراءة أساس اللغة ، يقال ايضا التلقي . إذا كان التلقي قويا يكون المتعلم قويا في إلانتاج. والانتاج هي التحدث والكتابة. أما اللغة العامية(Regional dilect) فلاحاجة لها ، إن تريدها فسافر إلي أماكن التي تريد تعلّمَها العامية.
@@rustyarchitect yes I recommend you to listin alzajerra arabic news, Dw arabic docmentry , almaidan for alzajerra , ashraq docementry. These channels are very useful for listening and I request to read description of alzajerra and dw.
شكرًا جزيلًا على هذه المعلومات القيمة! فعلاً، تعلم اللغة العربية يحتاج إلى الكثير من الجهد والممارسة في الاستماع والقراءة والكتابة. أقدر تعليقك على الفيديو وأعتقد أن هذه نصيحة رائعة. شكرًا مرة أخرى لدعمك! 😊💪
Oh yeah. Good news is that because of the verb forms and root system someone at a b1 level can know how to pronounce 80-90 % of written words but there are always random nouns or form 1 verbs whose pronunciation they might have to look up in a muajam but if they’re at that point suddenly the way they study and practice is the same way they’re going to be looking up words at c2 years from now albeit less frequently. That’s me right now I’m at probably b1 and it’s a very long journey from here but it’s also straightforward
Yeah exactly, there's definitely a certain point that once you get up to, things get easier and its just about more exposure and more studying and practice - that's my experience anyway. For sure, even at c2 it's still going to be the same process! It's definitely rewarding though - keep going and good luck :D
Thank you so much, very useful guide. A very good motivation as I have been working on this but I find it hard to speak. Will start from beginning in shaa Allah
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…
Peace be to you (Assalamualaikum)! I can read Quran but don't know what it is saying. However, with slow, CONSISTENT effort, I am getting there, insha'Allah! I greatly appreciate your insight. I just subscribed to your channel. ☺️👋🏽👨🏽⚕️
Wa alaykum assalaam - Thanks a lot for your support 🙏 Inshallah you can definitely get there - consistency is key as you say. I'm planning to make another video sometime soon on how to optimise learning for understanding the Quran - hopefully that will be useful to some people. If there is something else you'd like to see me cover just let me know :)
3:50 for natives is quite the opposite I tend to slow down to read with vowels (harakat) since most time when it's written it indicate this is not the common sounding one
Wow Erik - this is insane!!! Crazy you found this video 😂 Long time no speak and great to hear from you! Glad a fellow Arabist sees things the same way ;)
I feel proud because I am Arab and I have no rules or basics that I applied to the Arabs because they are difficult. Thank God I am a single Arab Muslim. ❤❤❤
Hi Qasim. Your videos are really beneficial. Just wanted to ask that in terms of reading academic literature on any subject, does the dialect matter? If a scholar from any country writes a work, is it necessary to have expertise of that country's dialect to understand it?
Hey bro! Super glad to hear it :) for academic literature it shouldn’t matter where the writer is from because it will usually be in MSA. There might be some slight differences you might find in word choices or stylistic preferences when writing MSA depending on the country the writer is from and what dialect they speak but this should be minimal and shouldn’t affect your understanding. So yeah, no need to have any dialect expertise at all - just MSA
Great. Thank you. Actually, I have been learning Arabic now for a year but mainly focusing on the gramatical structures. I believe I now have strong base in 'Nahw and Sarf' but finding a bit overwhelming to keep up with the vocablury. Would you suggest any effective approach to work on extending one's vocab? I find it confusing to just randomly learn the meaning of roots. P.s. A little personal question, what was your motivation behind studying Arabic and Persian and how are they helping you in your profession?
good video i think for someone coming to an arabic country won't help him much because especially in the gulf countries people speak in a different dialect with non-arabs than arabs, with there friends and with old relatives or older generations
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
@@AbuInayaAl-Athari-po3yj Why? This music at the background doesn't express anything indecent to the Muslim ears! So, to comment it's Ḥaraam is misconstrued!
@seadeahyun If the musical instrument is bad, in case one should not train physically to be an athletic to earn money and fame, or train one's body to be fit only health wise but to look good! So, you're wrong to say that's what Rasuulu-LLaahi and Nabii’u-LLaahi said or did as all are according to men's nonfactual, gibberish narratives written down!
Nice one! Think you probably mean MSA for media Arabic? :) For media Arabic I studied this book: 'Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News' aucpress.com/9789774166525/ . It was actually really good and I liked it so worth checking out IMO
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
great video! someone can tell me where i can find the pdf of all the arabic you never learned the first time around? the link doesn't work and i can't find it anywhere uff. thank you :)
اهلا أتعلم اللغة العربية أيضا لكن أعتقد عند هذا فيديو خطئا، you're supposed to say "how I learn Arabic in 6 months" like other videos. Lol nice video thank you for this video I feel like people make is seem like to learn in language It only takes you a few months instead of maybe like you said 5 years for you. Of course you can do it in a year and less than five definitely. But for the average person, 5 years is reasonable.
hahaha - thanks a lot man! Yeah I agree, can definitely do significant learning in shorter time frames, so it really does depend on your goals :) Ofc the university degree is kind of different, lots of language stuff, then other modules like history, classical Arabic, modern Arabic literature etc - but bear in mind that's also full time with time abroad too. But for most people to learn any language well it is going to take time tbh IMO. Appreciate your thoughts and glad you enjoyed the video 🙏
I'm glad you appreciated it - thank you for your comment! The book we used to refer to sometimes when I was in Egypt was "Kallimni Arabi" by Samia Louis - from my memory it wasn't really a self-study book though , but it did have some useful exercises/lessons. If you already know some MSA you probably could manage to go through it though and find it useful. Across all the volumes it does cover a decent level
Also so happy I found your channel. Been learning Arabic for 2 years now and finally feel like I’m getting somewhere. These videos are the boost I need to inspire me to get closer to fluency!
Yo man - solid books imo, I've actually got all 3 but never fully gone through them page by page myself. But from what I've seen they are clear & well structured - if you can get into them then they'll deffo take you to a good upper intermediate level I think :)
شكراً على تعليقك، فعلاً اللهجة السعودية واضحة جداً! ومع ذلك، في الفيديو ذكرت أن اللهجة المصرية ربما تكون الأفضل للتعلم بسبب كثرة الموارد المتاحة وانتشارها الواسع. لكن بالنهاية، أي لهجة ستتعلمها ستضيف لك الكثير. بالتوفيق في رحلتك اللغوية! 😊
@@QasimRazviArabic إذا كنت تريد قراءة القران الكريم فاللهجة السعودية افضل لأن المصرية لا ينطقون الجيم والذال والضاد وغيرها من الحروف وأنا أتكلم العربية لأني سعودية وانطق كل الحروف نطقاً صحيح
K and h are pretty easy, ق is a k, but deeper in throat, and خ is like a French r, but silent. Actually, the letter I was stucked on is ع. First time that I was trying to say it - I wanted to puke, it was really hard to say it first time.
Hard to say an exact number tbh and hard to define at what point 'fluent' is - but I would say that by the time I was speaking Egyptian Arabic pretty fluently and felt comfortable I had spent 3 years studying fusha full-time and had spent 6 months actually in Egypt going to classes and speaking loads. I think its very dependent on how much you practise though. I practised a lot. I know people who spent a year in Egypt and went to classes etc but didn't end up speaking very well at all. However, with some fusha knowledge already, and practising dialect as much as you can & classes you can be at a good level in 6 months to a year IMO
While I agree, he’s likely not Muslim which is likely the reason you don’t want music and he’s not catering this video to Muslims he’s catering towards those who want to learn Arabic
@@Uthmanniejust because someone name is arabic doesnt mean they are muslim, here in indonesia and alot of SEA nation we have native name and we are muslim
This is how I would approach learning Arabic from scratch - I've left some links to resources in the description for each stage so do check those out if you're not sure where to get started :)
Thanks man, I’ve been needing to strengthen my grammar, really nice video and resources
How long would it take to start speaking and understanding Arabic for basic conversations. I am moving to the middle east and want to learn arabic to survive.
stage 2 is a huge block. Majority of learners are stuck there, it would be amazing to have a dedicated video for that. Like in what order does one progress? considering one's learning msa, how and what kind of practice should be done, how to actively recall and use the grammar rules etc etc
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)
Once I learn Arabic every language would be easier
I' m an a native Arabic speaker
and l agree with you completely
Keep it up brother قاسم!
Being a native is such a privilege 🙌
Agree.
Thinking it every single day. Trust me you are blessed
As someone who is learning Arabic with previously no exposure to the language at all and later married into an Arab family. I started off learning Levantine Arabic because SO MANY PEOPLE recommend staying away from fusha.
However, after having learned Fusha and being exposed to different dialects, I have so much better of an understanding of Arabic, including the dialects, as a whole.
So glad to see you recommending this since I think so many people advise against it.
برااااافووو 👏🏻
Your experience is so interesting to me because mine has been the opposite. At the beginning of my Arabic journey, I had SO MANY Arab friends and acquaintances insist that I had to study Fusha first (even though this is, of course, not how they themselves learned to speak and read). I have a theory that the advice an Arabic learner receives depends on a number of factors, including the religion of the learner and the person giving advice, the cultural background of the learner, the attitude of the person giving advice towards the dialects (whether they consider them real languages), the educational level of the person giving advice, and where the Arabic learner lives (inside or outside the Middle East). As an American Christian, the vast majority of my Arab Muslim friends (and Arabic teachers and Arabs in the RUclips comment section) insisted that I must learn Fusha first, as, to them, this is REAL Arabic and the language of Allah. Christian Arabs, from my experience, don't share this attitude, although, of course, their Bible is in Fusha and their church services are a hybrid of Fusha and Ammiyah. I do plan to learn some Fusha, but my primary goal is to be able to speak, understand verbal and text messages, and be able to serve refugees from places like Syria.
@@rashidah9307 the thing is it's hard to separate arabic literature from islam because the highest form of arabic is quranic. there is also poetry both pre-islamic, early islamic and modern era, both are heavily influenced by religion. the reason why we recommend fusha is because it lays the foundation of any other dialect because dialects are just modifications that happened to fusha. so learning it that way, would make it easier because picking up dialect words replacing with original is easy but learning each dialect on its own is more difficult because youll build dialect on dialect.
it will be what youre introduced to most because when us arabs meet we try to speak much more fusha and also the resources for fusha and content online is more widely available in fusha. want to read anything? every single book, article or brochure is in fusha. only written form thats not are comments or text messages. all official video sources like news or documentaries are in fusha. even arabic youtubers, most of them do speak their dialect but in a more fusha way so that all arabs can understand. thats why id recommend fusha unless mostly deal with levantine immigrants then learning levantine would be best because you can start communicating faster and youll also gain ton of practice speaking with them.
JazakaAllah for making this video. I'm just halfway through it but the ease with which you are explaining is making me more motivated to learn it now
Jazak! I am new and want to learn Arabic for the intention of having a deeper understanding of the Quran and being able to communicate with my fellow Muslims as I eventually plan to move to a Muslim country inshaAllah.
انا فخورة بك جدا يا قاسم انا مدرستك الاولى في مصر اسراء
As a total beginner who wants to become fluent in Arabic, you have answered all my questions about learning Arabic! Thanks 👍🏻
Happy to hear that! Any other questions you have, just let me know 💪😅
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 agree that reading without the short vowels is one of the biggest challenges.
You can't know how to read a word that you haven't encountered before.
But it's actually kind of the same in English since there are no consistent rules of spelling or pronunciation.
I also agree that learning a dialect is essential to communicate with arabs.
I hope you'll go back to learning Syrian soon! 😂❤
Great job, Arabic is a very hard language to learn and I feel privaleged being born with it
Commenting for the algorithm! Loved this video :) I'd love to learn Levantine Arabic - it might be the next language on my list!
Thanks for dropping a comment, I appreciate it! 😊 So glad you enjoyed the video! Levantine Arabic is an awesome choice tbh I agree. You sound like you already know quite a few languages haha so I'm sure you've got this 💪 🚀
Great video. I am already at stage 2. Workbook are hard ( I am using practice makes perfect) but lots of fun.
تعلمت اللغة العربية و العلوم الشرعية في ثماني سنوات في إحدي المدارس الهندية، ومازلت أحسنها ، من وجهة نظري ان يعلم المتعلم أن ايّ لغة لها اربعة جوانب .
اولا: الاستماع ،هذا من اصعب جوانب اللغة .على المتعلم ان يكثر الاستماع كي يتدرب الدماغ على اللغة العربية .هذا الشيء الذي ينتج القراءة و التحدث.
ثانيا :التحدث،الاستماع يقوي التحدث
ثالثا:القراءة ،علي المتعلم ان يعلم بعض القواعد العربية .ويُكِثر قراءة الاخبار والمجلات
رابعا :الكتابة ،علي الكاتب ان يعلم قواعد الكتابة و يمارس صفحة في اليوم.
لابد ان يعلم أن الاستماع والقراءة أساس اللغة ، يقال ايضا التلقي . إذا كان التلقي قويا يكون المتعلم قويا في إلانتاج. والانتاج هي التحدث والكتابة.
أما اللغة العامية(Regional dilect) فلاحاجة لها ، إن تريدها فسافر إلي أماكن التي تريد تعلّمَها العامية.
Do you have any listening material recommendations? Thanks.
@@rustyarchitect yes I recommend you to listin alzajerra arabic news, Dw arabic docmentry , almaidan for alzajerra , ashraq docementry. These channels are very useful for listening and I request to read description of alzajerra and dw.
شكرًا جزيلًا على هذه المعلومات القيمة! فعلاً، تعلم اللغة العربية يحتاج إلى الكثير من الجهد والممارسة في الاستماع والقراءة والكتابة. أقدر تعليقك على الفيديو وأعتقد أن هذه نصيحة رائعة. شكرًا مرة أخرى لدعمك! 😊💪
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Oh yeah. Good news is that because of the verb forms and root system someone at a b1 level can know how to pronounce 80-90 % of written words but there are always random nouns or form 1 verbs whose pronunciation they might have to look up in a muajam but if they’re at that point suddenly the way they study and practice is the same way they’re going to be looking up words at c2 years from now albeit less frequently. That’s me right now I’m at probably b1 and it’s a very long journey from here but it’s also straightforward
Yeah exactly, there's definitely a certain point that once you get up to, things get easier and its just about more exposure and more studying and practice - that's my experience anyway. For sure, even at c2 it's still going to be the same process! It's definitely rewarding though - keep going and good luck :D
جميل، تحياتي من مصر
Thank you so much, very useful guide. A very good motivation as I have been working on this but I find it hard to speak. Will start from beginning in shaa Allah
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…
Peace be to you (Assalamualaikum)! I can read Quran but don't know what it is saying. However, with slow, CONSISTENT effort, I am getting there, insha'Allah! I greatly appreciate your insight. I just subscribed to your channel. ☺️👋🏽👨🏽⚕️
Wa alaykum assalaam - Thanks a lot for your support 🙏 Inshallah you can definitely get there - consistency is key as you say. I'm planning to make another video sometime soon on how to optimise learning for understanding the Quran - hopefully that will be useful to some people. If there is something else you'd like to see me cover just let me know :)
@@QasimRazviArabic I will, insha'Allah.
such a high quality video brother, all the best. جزاك اللهُ خيرًا
Thank a lot bro! جزاك اللهُ خيرًا for your kind words and support. 🙏
أتمني لك كل التوفيق 👏🇪🇬
3:50 for natives is quite the opposite I tend to slow down to read with vowels (harakat) since most time when it's written it indicate this is not the common sounding one
Wow! Great video ‘Asim. I basically agree with every single point. Best regards /Erik from Arabeya
Wow Erik - this is insane!!! Crazy you found this video 😂 Long time no speak and great to hear from you! Glad a fellow Arabist sees things the same way ;)
How do you only have 1k subs! You deserve way more. Subscribed!
Thanks a lot bro - appreciate it 😃 💪
Very Informative and helpful
if u want to learn msa and then egyptian how do u keep them separate and make shore i dont learn some weird hybrid or is that ok?
I feel proud because I am Arab and I have no rules or basics that I applied to the Arabs because they are difficult. Thank God I am a single Arab Muslim. ❤❤❤
وليش كاتب سنقل ؟
You should have a lot more Subscribers - Keep pushing.
Thanks so much for this, means a lot 😊💪
such a qualitative video👍 thx
Thank you!
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
Well done ❤
Hi Qasim. Your videos are really beneficial. Just wanted to ask that in terms of reading academic literature on any subject, does the dialect matter? If a scholar from any country writes a work, is it necessary to have expertise of that country's dialect to understand it?
Hey bro! Super glad to hear it :) for academic literature it shouldn’t matter where the writer is from because it will usually be in MSA. There might be some slight differences you might find in word choices or stylistic preferences when writing MSA depending on the country the writer is from and what dialect they speak but this should be minimal and shouldn’t affect your understanding. So yeah, no need to have any dialect expertise at all - just MSA
Great. Thank you. Actually, I have been learning Arabic now for a year but mainly focusing on the gramatical structures. I believe I now have strong base in 'Nahw and Sarf' but finding a bit overwhelming to keep up with the vocablury. Would you suggest any effective approach to work on extending one's vocab? I find it confusing to just randomly learn the meaning of roots.
P.s. A little personal question, what was your motivation behind studying Arabic and Persian and how are they helping you in your profession?
good video
i think for someone coming to an arabic country won't help him much because especially in the gulf countries people speak in a different dialect with non-arabs than arabs, with there friends and with old relatives or older generations
شكرا لك
Arabic is the mother of languages, it's amazingly structured.
I really can imagine how that was so difficult
Good for you ❤
Great advice, biggest regret is wasting too much time with transliteration
Another week, another banger video 🔥
what is your pfp
اللغه العربيه مثل أي لغه تتطلب الممارسه والاستمراريه
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
Qasim: "I spent 5+ years studying Arabic full time"
Me: *quits*
i don't now why im watching this video while im already speaking arabic 😂
You learned or your native language
Can you help me?
I'm also native speaker Arabic @@asrafulhudaridwan4562
نفس وضعي احس بالفخر وانا اتكلم وهم يتعلمون
@@무니라-t2su weird af ngl
Why @@rithwikreddy5967
You motivated me to learn grammar because there are lots of resources on the internet but which chapter should I start with?
This channel is extremely perfect!!
Thanks so much :D
Take off the music pls it’s noisy
Why?!? One hears everything, clearly! His voice is louder than the background music!
@@samantarmaxammadsaciid5156 i know but still noisy
Also haram😥
@@AbuInayaAl-Athari-po3yj
Why? This music at the background doesn't express anything indecent to the Muslim ears! So, to comment it's Ḥaraam is misconstrued!
@seadeahyun
If the musical instrument is bad, in case one should not train physically to be an athletic to earn money and fame, or train one's body to be fit only health wise but to look good!
So, you're wrong to say that's what Rasuulu-LLaahi and Nabii’u-LLaahi said or did as all are according to men's nonfactual, gibberish narratives written down!
My goal is to understand Quran without having to read the translation! ❤
I have no interest in reading the Quran, but I'd like to watch and read the arabic media, so I'll try to start with classic arabic
Nice one! Think you probably mean MSA for media Arabic? :) For media Arabic I studied this book: 'Media Arabic: A Coursebook for Reading Arabic News' aucpress.com/9789774166525/ . It was actually really good and I liked it so worth checking out IMO
@@QasimRazviArabic Thanks for the recommendation
Lovely video brother
Thank you so much 😀
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
Nice video
The music gets in the way of the video. Turn down the volume. It should be background and not compete with your discussion.
great video! someone can tell me where i can find the pdf of all the arabic you never learned the first time around? the link doesn't work and i can't find it anywhere uff. thank you :)
اهلا أتعلم اللغة العربية أيضا لكن أعتقد عند هذا فيديو خطئا، you're supposed to say "how I learn Arabic in 6 months" like other videos. Lol nice video thank you for this video I feel like people make is seem like to learn in language It only takes you a few months instead of maybe like you said 5 years for you. Of course you can do it in a year and less than five definitely. But for the average person, 5 years is reasonable.
hahaha - thanks a lot man! Yeah I agree, can definitely do significant learning in shorter time frames, so it really does depend on your goals :) Ofc the university degree is kind of different, lots of language stuff, then other modules like history, classical Arabic, modern Arabic literature etc - but bear in mind that's also full time with time abroad too. But for most people to learn any language well it is going to take time tbh IMO. Appreciate your thoughts and glad you enjoyed the video 🙏
For an average person, I would say 10 years.
@@protostar100020 or 30 more realistic. Some would say 40.
@@protostar1000to much!
جاني إحساس حلو لاني بتكلم عربي كلغة أم 😩👍
How foul
@@xerxes-9o8kw What do you mean?🗿
It would be better if there was no music. Nice video!
why
@@ahnafzaheen6593 because its haram
@@Ali-hy7pr he talking about learning arabic language not Islamic hadiths
@@ahnafzaheen6593 music still haram in all cases at every second every minute every hour every day and year of this earth's existence
@@Ali-hy7pr he is not muslim
No add music, it’s distracting
There is a big difference between Arabic and Quranic Arabic
If you want to understand the Book of ALLAH
Learn Quranic Arabic
Thank you for your video. What books do you recommend for learning Egyptian Arabic dialect?
I'm glad you appreciated it - thank you for your comment! The book we used to refer to sometimes when I was in Egypt was "Kallimni Arabi" by Samia Louis - from my memory it wasn't really a self-study book though , but it did have some useful exercises/lessons. If you already know some MSA you probably could manage to go through it though and find it useful. Across all the volumes it does cover a decent level
Thats great, thanks for your advice 😊
What do you think about books like the medinah books and Baynah yadayk for beginners
Hey thanks! Im a language major also, what sort of jobs are you anticipating you’ll get with your degree?
What does studying a language full time mean? 37hrs/week for 5 years?
If anyone who is a native English speaker wants to learn Arabic, I will help him and we will exchange languages. I want to practice English.
you excluded Djibouti and Chad sir
Cool video
Plz don't use music in your videos 😊
why
@@ahnafzaheen6593 it's haram
@@-he6i if its haram then dont watch it. this isnt a islamic video
He’s not Muslim
Don’t take the music off.
good
If someone wants to practice arabic l can help and improve my english too
The website you mentioned allthearabicyouneverlearnt has shut down 😭😔 or is it just for me?
Also so happy I found your channel. Been learning Arabic for 2 years now and finally feel like I’m getting somewhere. These videos are the boost I need to inspire me to get closer to fluency!
Any book for a specific dialect
Can you give an advice with learning classical arabic?
If you Muslim you have to learn classical Arabic as a Arabian I can help you if were girl
@@무니라-t2sis Medina arabic like Classical Arabic?
@@Acidfrogs yes
@@무니라-t2s I am a muslim from bosnia, I don't speak arabic. I am a man, not a girl. But jazak Allah khair for intentions
Can't lie this is a very good level at arabic but you can be spotted by an arab easily
مثلا مفيش لهجة بتبدأ كلامها ب أهلا يا أصحابي
Hey bro you want to hire a Thumbnail Designer?
برافو عليك 🌺🌺🌺
🙏 شكراً جزيلاً لك على دعمك
"brafou"
God, I love Arabic
yo bro what do u think of madinah arabic book 1-3?
Yo man - solid books imo, I've actually got all 3 but never fully gone through them page by page myself. But from what I've seen they are clear & well structured - if you can get into them then they'll deffo take you to a good upper intermediate level I think :)
@@QasimRazviArabic Noted. Thanks, man. 💯💯
No problem bro! You got this 💪
وأنا أريد أن اتعلم اللغة الإنجليزية😂
what is your ethnicity?
i just want to understand quran don't care much about people.
I also try to learn Arabic just for understand Quran
اللهم بارك، الله يفتح لكم يا رب
Wow
انصح بتعلم اللهجة السعودية لأنها واضحة ، والسعوديين ينطقون كل الحروف العربية
شكراً على تعليقك، فعلاً اللهجة السعودية واضحة جداً! ومع ذلك، في الفيديو ذكرت أن اللهجة المصرية ربما تكون الأفضل للتعلم بسبب كثرة الموارد المتاحة وانتشارها الواسع. لكن بالنهاية، أي لهجة ستتعلمها ستضيف لك الكثير. بالتوفيق في رحلتك اللغوية! 😊
@@QasimRazviArabic إذا كنت تريد قراءة القران الكريم فاللهجة السعودية افضل لأن المصرية لا ينطقون الجيم والذال والضاد وغيرها من الحروف وأنا أتكلم العربية لأني سعودية وانطق كل الحروف نطقاً صحيح
اللهجة السعودية جميلة
اليمنية الأقرب للفصحي
@ هههههههههههههههه نكته رائعة
Interested in my arab husband 😁😆
Good luck with ق and خ 😂❤
حرفيا أصعب الحروف في اللغه العربيه هي ال ع ولا ض او غ
K and h are pretty easy, ق is a k, but deeper in throat, and خ is like a French r, but silent. Actually, the letter I was stucked on is ع. First time that I was trying to say it - I wanted to puke, it was really hard to say it first time.
Dont trust no one who says dont learn fusha
Is this me? I don't get it 😂
music is haraam
How long did it take you to become fluent in Arabic?
You have to live in Arab countries, it will be easy, and you can also speak fluently
Hard to say an exact number tbh and hard to define at what point 'fluent' is - but I would say that by the time I was speaking Egyptian Arabic pretty fluently and felt comfortable I had spent 3 years studying fusha full-time and had spent 6 months actually in Egypt going to classes and speaking loads. I think its very dependent on how much you practise though. I practised a lot. I know people who spent a year in Egypt and went to classes etc but didn't end up speaking very well at all. However, with some fusha knowledge already, and practising dialect as much as you can & classes you can be at a good level in 6 months to a year IMO
please dont add music, hurts the ears
Agreed
While I agree, he’s likely not Muslim which is likely the reason you don’t want music and he’s not catering this video to Muslims he’s catering towards those who want to learn Arabic
@Tylersmith-xq2sx I believe he is Muslim, Qassim is a Muslim name
@@Tylersmith-xq2sxit’s not about being Muslim or not, the music is really distracting, it hardly sounds like background anymore.
@@Uthmanniejust because someone name is arabic doesnt mean they are muslim, here in indonesia and alot of SEA nation we have native name and we are muslim
Bro said go to syria
👏👏👏👏👏
Guys i need someone to help me on improving my English, and I'm gonna help him to speak Arabic if you're interested reply to my comment
شكلي وانا داخلة اشوف الاجانب كيف بتعلمو عربي 😂
Do not learn egyptian. Learn levantine or saudi. Egyptian butchers the pronunciation of MSA. Levantine and Saudi are understood and closer to MSA
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
Don't use music in your videos!
Music is haraam.
Lol
U muslim
(Just curious)
Free Palestine 🇵🇸🤍
As an Egyptian, if you want to actually understand the other majority dialiects, do NOT learn Egyptian 😭😭😭
bad video more into showoff stuff and everything is not good for studying feel like waste of time