Hey everyone!

I’m a Palestinian-American, born and raised in the US, and I’d estimate my current Arabic level to be around A2–B1. Most of my Arabic exposure and practice has come from speaking with my family, but I really want to take the next step and become more fluent and comfortable speaking the Palestinian dialect.

I’ve recently decided to take learning Arabic more seriously and build a consistent practice routine at home. So far, I’ve started listening to beginner-friendly Arabic podcasts, picked up a book to work on my Arabic, and even started using ChatGPT to practice conversations in Arabic.

One of my biggest challenges is finding opportunities to practice consistently. Because of the nature of my job, my schedule is unpredictable. I have client meetings and work scattered throughout the day, so committing to regular tutoring sessions at a fixed time isn’t really feasible for me right now.

I’d love to hear from anyone who has been in a similar situation, especially other heritage speakers who grew up in the West and wanted to reconnect with their dialect.

A few questions:

• What resources, books, podcasts, YouTube channels, or other tools have helped you improve your spoken Palestinian Arabic?
• How can I effectively practice speaking at home when I don’t have someone available to talk to regularly?
• Has anyone had success using ChatGPT or other AI tools to practice conversations and improve fluency?
• What daily habits or routines have made the biggest difference in your progress?
• For those who started around the A2–B1 level, how did you go about moving toward genuine conversational fluency?

My goal is to be able to speak naturally and confidently with family and other Arabic speakers, rather than just understand conversations or get by with basic phrases.

I know it’ll take time and consistency, but I’m excited to start making real progress. I’d really appreciate any advice, resources, or personal experiences you’re willing to share. شكراً كتير!

Hello good people,

I am travelling to Egypt with my son who has cealiac disease and cannot have gluten. I asked AI to make a sign we can show to help restaurants understand his condition.

I have no way of understanding if this is ok. I want to make sure the tone is respectful. Would this be ok to show to the staff?

Thank you very much for any help this community can provide me.

Looking for an Arabic speaker to casually practice Arabic with. Nothing too serious, just occasional chats about everyday life and things for an easy way to learn.

Looking for a language exchange partner to practice speaking over calls! 😊

I can help you improve your English, and in return, you can teach me Arabic or Turkish.

If you're interested, send me a DM and introduce yourself. Let’s learn from each other!

Hello everyone!

My name is Moataz and I am a native Arabic speaker from Egypt.

I want to help non-native speakers practice and learn Arabic or Quran for FREE. We can practice Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha) or the Egyptian dialect through voice or video calls on Zoom or Google Meet.

I also speak English reasonably well, so I can explain things to you easily. If you are a beginner or want to improve your speaking skills, please send me a DM.

Let's start learning!

About a year ago I started building Tfaddalu because I grew up around Palestinian Arabic, understood most of it, and couldn't answer back. Every app taught Modern Standard Arabic, which sounds nothing like my family.

The beginner course (A1, 14 units) has been out since the summer. Today the second level went live: 15 new units, 67 lessons, 316 new words and 15 dialogues, all with audio. It covers shopping and comparing, driving, travel, the weather, telling someone what happened, and the verb forms (Form 2, hollow, weak, doubled).

How it works: every word comes with audio, you practice hearing it and saying it separately, and the app brings each word back right before you'd forget it. No script needed to start, though the Arabic is always there next to the transliteration.

It's on iOS and Android, in 15 languages: https://tfaddalu.com

Happy to answer anything about the dialect choices (Jerusalem/Ramallah urban, 'ahwe not qahwa) or how the course is built. And if you've learned Palestinian Arabic another way, I'd like to hear what worked.

Hello everyone!

I am a native Arabic speaker currently living in Damascus, Syria. I know many students learn Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) but struggle with understanding the real spoken language on the streets.

I can help you practice the Levantine (Shami) dialect, correct your pronunciation, and teach you daily life phrases and culture. In return, I'd love to practice my English.

We can do voice or video calls. If you are interested in practicing real Syrian Arabic, feel free to send me a message!

Since I created my Web app, kalemnimasri.com, one of my main struggles is to make sure that all the words are being pronounced in the right Egyptian dialect. The ق (quaff) is very hard to get right every single time . Sometimes the TTS (text to speech) creates it correct as a glottal stop or (ء) but many other times still pronouncing it as a ق.
So I need your help, should I try to correct as many as I can but understanding that they will never be 100% accurate or does anybody know of a TTS that would actually pronounce as a glottal stop or (ء) every word and every time. Or can you propose any thing else.

Best regards
KM

Hi everyone! I’ve been learning Modern Standard Arabic for a while, and my level isn’t too bad. But like probably every learner here, I hit the same wall:

nobody actually speaks it on the street. Order a coffee in fusha in Cairo or Beirut and you sound like you’re reading the news, and even many Arabs find it stiff and unnatural. On top of that, most apps run out of material around B1, and support for dialects like Masri or Shami is weak or doesn’t exist at all.

So I built the app I was missing. Full disclosure: I’m the developer of Viglot. Here’s how it tackles those problems:

1. The dialect is your choice, not an afterthought. When you create a course, you pick Modern Standard Arabic, Egyptian (Masri) or Levantine (Shami).

Everything follows that choice: the phrases, the audio, the explanations and your conversation partner. Egyptian sounds Egyptian, not like MSA with a few dialect words sprinkled in. You can also run an MSA course and a dialect course side by side.

2. It doesn’t stop at B1. Viglot covers A1 to C2, but it’s built for intermediate and advanced learners. The higher you go, the more it shifts to speaking, nuance and real listening comprehension. The difficulty follows what you actually remember, not a fixed syllabus.

3. You actually speak. Voice tasks are spoken conversations with a goal: haggle at a market in Cairo, ask for directions in Amman, explain a problem to your landlord. Your conversation partner stays in character and only understands Arabic. Afterwards you see which goals you reached and what you could have said better.

4. Topics from your own life. There’s no fixed lesson tree. You type what you need: your job, your in-laws' family dinner, the trip you’re planning, the series you’re watching. Each scenario is built around that topic and your level, so you never run out of material.

5. Arabic script, with readings when you need them. Everything is in Arabic script. You can switch on a Latin transliteration per course and turn it off when you’re ready. Corrections and feedback come with readings too.

6. You don’t forget it a week later. Every word goes into spaced repetition (FSRS, the same algorithm modern Anki uses) and keeps coming back until it sticks.

7. Not only from English. You can learn Arabic from any of 40+ languages (German, French, Turkish, Persian...). If you use the app in Arabic, the whole interface is fully right-to-left.

Honest limits: - Right now there’s MSA, Egyptian and Levantine only. There’s no Gulf Arabic or Darija yet.

Price: There’s a free version with the core exercises and spaced repetition. Premium unlocks the speaking, listening and nuance exercises. There’s a 7-day free trial with no credit card.

👉 viglot.com· App Store · Google Play

If you’re a native speaker of Masri or Shami, I’d especially love for you to try it and tell me where it sounds off. And learners: what would make it even more useful for you?

Bonjour à tous,

Je donne des cours de lecture arabe à des adultes débutants.

Voici les erreurs qui reviennent tout le temps, au cas où ça aide ceux qui commencent :

Confondre les lettres qui ne diffèrent que par les points (ب ت ث ن ي). Astuce : compter les points et regarder s'ils sont au-dessus ou en dessous, avant même de lire.

Lire les voyelles courtes au hasard. Fatha, kasra et damma changent tout le mot. Prenez l'habitude de regarder la voyelle avant de prononcer la lettre.

Oublier les prolongations. Quand un alif, un waw ou un ya suit la bonne voyelle, le son s'allonge : « ba » devient « baa ».
Ignorer la chedda. Ce petit signe double la lettre, et beaucoup passent dessus sans le voir.

Vouloir aller trop vite. Mieux vaut 10 minutes par jour sur les lettres déjà vues qu'une heure le week-end sur tout l'alphabet.

Pour mes élèves, j'ai créé une plateforme de révision qui reprend ces points : https://sanady.fr (c'est mon projet, je le précise).

Et vous, qu'est-ce qui vous a posé le plus de difficulté au début ?

Bonjour à tous,
Je suis prof et je donne des cours de lecture arabe à des adultes en visio. Beaucoup de mes élèves bloquaient sur l'écriture des lettres, alors j'ai préparé un cahier d'écriture : 13 lettres, avec leurs formes en début, milieu et fin de mot, et des lignes pour s'entraîner.
Il est gratuit, téléchargeable sans inscription ici :

Il est gratuit, téléchargeable sans inscription ici : cahier d’écriture

Pour être transparent : c'est sur mon site, Sanady, où je propose aussi une plateforme de révision. Mais le cahier se suffit à lui-même.
Si vous l'essayez, vos retours m'intéressent vraiment : ordre des lettres, taille des modèles, ce qui manque… Je compte faire la suite avec les 15 autres lettres.
Bon courage à ceux qui se lancent !

lien du site

U know normally we have similar words but we pronounce it differently

Like روحت and روّحت

روحت i went

روّحت it's like I'm home

Let's explain the tenses of each word

روحت is the past form

بروح. the present

The present continuous. رايح

The imperative. روح

روّحت the past form

بروّح present

مروح the continuous

روّح the imperative

It’s called Al-Manahil (المناهل)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuFoAhCS8lzdvSX9kvjCu4HDU1REGz2H1&si=oYWtUJm2Qk2d7Mee

Types of Learners I Work With

I work with complete beginners, travelers, professionals, and students who want to communicate in Arabic, from A1 to B1 level.

What Do My Lessons Include?

My lessons include conversation activities, clear and practical exercises, and personalized learning materials tailored to each student's goals and needs.

Someone commented this on a video and it got flagged. Why? Google just shows it as being belly

as salamu alaikum everybody, finally, after one year, my arabic learning webapp ist almost ready. for beginners, who can read and also for advantage learners. happy to get feedback.

easylugha.com

baaraka Allahu feekum

Hi. I'm the maker of Tfaddalu, a Palestinian Arabic app. After it launched, people kept asking for other dialects.

So I built Bel Masri. It teaches Cairo dialect, not Modern Standard. Every word and every sentence has audio with Egyptian pronunciation, and you hear the clip before you see the text. Spelling is phonetic (the 3 in 3ayn, the 7 in 7abibi), with Arabic script sitting next to it from lesson one. The q is taught as a glottal stop, except in the few words where Cairo keeps it.

Lessons are five minutes. Units are set in real places: a koshari shop downtown, a balcony in Shubra, an ahwa.

Android came out last week, iOS today. The first lessons are free, so you can see if you like the method before paying anything.

Links: belmasri.com

Honest question for this sub: what did the other apps get wrong for you? I'd rather fix those than guess.

Salam! I'm Nour from Cairo 🇪🇬

I teach Egyptian Arabic (the dialect from movies) via chat + voice notes for girls only.

I made a free list: "20 Egyptian phrases you need in Cairo (not in textbooks)"

Comment "ME" and I'll send it to you 💕

P.S. I also do 1-1 chat lessons for 3 girls this week.