Arabic

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Arabic as a second language: for children who understand their grandmother but answer her in English, and for adults starting again from the alphabet. Practical sequence, honest timelines.

Months in Arabic: The 12 Months, the Islamic Months and Audio

Arabic has two sets of names for the twelve months, and Muslim families need a third. Egypt and the Gulf say the European names with an Arabic accent: yanayir is January. Iraq and the Levant use older names, so January there is kanun ath-thani. The Islamic calendar has its own twelve, Muharram to Dhu al-Hijjah. […]

Thank You in Arabic: Shukran, Jazakallahu Khayran and the Replies

Thank you in Arabic is shukran (شُكْرًا), said shook-ran. It works anywhere and with anyone, and the reply is ‘afwan (عَفْوًا), “you’re welcome”. To say thank you very much, say shukran jazeelan. Muslims also thank each other with jazakallahu khayran, “may Allah reward you with good”, and the reply to that is wa iyyak, “and […]

Fruits in Arabic for Kids: 21 Names With Pictures, Audio and a Free PDF

This page has 21 fruits in Arabic, each with the vowel marks, a way to say it and a button to hear it. It also gives the thing most fruit lists leave out: Arabic has one word for apples in general and another for a single apple, and the table shows both. After that come […]

Body Parts in Arabic for Kids: 26 Words With Pictures, Audio and a Free PDF

This page has 26 body parts in Arabic, with the vowel marks, a way to say each one and a button to hear it. It also gives two things most lists leave out: whether each word is masculine or feminine, and the special form Arabic uses when you have two of something, like two eyes […]

Colors in Arabic for Kids: 13 Colours With Pictures, and the Colours of the Quran

Colours are one of the first things a young child learns to name, because they are everywhere: on the toy box, in the fruit bowl, on the sky outside the window. That makes them an easy second word set in Arabic, right after the animals. This page has thirteen colours in Arabic, with the vowel […]

Animals in Arabic for Kids: 40 Names With Pictures, and the Animals in the Quran

Children learn animal names before almost anything else, in any language. A cat, a cow and an elephant are easy to point at, easy to act out and easy to remember, which makes animals the natural first vocabulary set in Arabic too. This page has forty of them, in Arabic with the vowel marks, with […]