Elided Hamza and Sun and Moon Letters

Recite the following phrases to practice eliding the Hamza in the definite article ال and linking the first word with the second, noting the assimilation of the ل by the Sun letters.

في الأردن في التاجي

في البحرين في الثقبة‎‎

في الجزائر في الدوحة

في الحمرا في الذيبية

في الخرطوم في الرباط

في العراق في الزرقاء

في الغيضة في السعودية

في الشرق الأوسط ‎‎           في الفلوجة

في القاهرة في الصحراء الكبرى

في الكويت في الضفة الغربية

في المغرب في الطائف

في الهدار في الظهران

  في الوفرة             في اللاذقية

في اليمن  في النجف

Masdar Patterns of Form I Verbs

There are many verbal noun patterns ( الأوزان ) associated with Form I verbs. Here is a list of some of them.

فِعالة    فعْلة    فُعْلان    فُعول    فُعولة

فعل    فعْل    فُعْل    فعلة    مَفْعِلة

Words that sound or look alike 1.2

More words that might sound or look alike to the beginner.

عضو    member
عدو      enemy

الله      the God
آلة      tool, machine

حديقة     garden
حقيبة      bag
ضحك     laugh

بحث       search, discuss
حدث       event, happen, tell, speak
بث          broadcast

ReadSpeaker Arabic Voice Reader on Aljazeera.net

If you like to learn Arabic by reading articles on Aljazeera.net, you can now listen to the text in Arabic.

On many articles, find the ReadSpeaker control, and click the play button.

The control will then change shape, and a voice will start speaking the text in Arabic.

The controls allow you to move forward and back in the article, change the volume, adjust various settings, and even download an MP3 sound file of the voiced article.

Al Jazeera Arabic Live Stream on Youtube

If you are in the USA, and want to watch Al Jazeera Arabic's live stream, you can use the TOR web browser, or a proxy service, and watch it on Youtube.

Listening to the Iraqi dialect

If you are interested in learning the Iraqi dialect, a good show to watch is البغدادية والناس (Baghdadia and the People). This show is uploaded every few days on the Youtube channel AlBaghdadia. In each program, the host goes to a location in Baghdad, and gives people on the street the chance to speak out about current issues in Iraq. Each program is under an hour. This show could be helpful in learning the Iraqi dialect and informal speech, because you can see and hear ordinary Iraqi people speaking.

Sample programs:

Online Hans Wehr dictionary

I found a site with an online version of the Hans Wehr 4th Edition dictionary, and it is searchable.

Go to here:

Online Hans Wehr dictionary

And click on Search, and enter a root. For example, if you enter the root كتب , it will take you to page 951 of the Hans Wehr dictionary. The new page may take awhile to show up. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's slow.

Al Arabiya broadcasting live on YouTube in USA

Al Arabiya is broadcasting a live stream again on YouTube, and right now it's not blocked in the USA. This comes on and then gets blocked from time to time.



Al Arabiya airs a variety of programs.

If you only want to listen to the news, go to the Al Arabiya Al Hadath live stream.