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.

Words that sound or look alike 1.1

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

طبعاً        of course, naturally
تعبان        tired

بيضة       egg
بعض       some

ثأر      revenge   ( ث ء ر )
ثار      stir, revolt   ( ث و ر )
آثار     monuments    ( ء ث ر )

نفس       same
نصف    half

حيفا    Haifa (the city)
هيفا    Haifa (girl's name)

فرصة      opportunity
فرض       impose
قرض      loan

متخلّف  backward, undeveloped
مختلف   different

Spelling the Arabic Letters

This is a post for real beginners. How do you spell the Arabic letters?

ألف   باء   تاء   ثاء   جيم   حاء   خاء
دال   ذال   راء   زاي   سين   شين   صاد
ضاد   طاء   ظاء   عين   غين   فاء   قاف
كاف   لام   ميم   نون   هاء   واو   ياء
همزة

Al Arabiya TV News Transcripts in Arabic and English

I recently found a resource that could help with learning Arabic, especially with listening skills. The satellite news network Al Arabiya posts translations in English and transcripts in Arabic for it's News Bulletins along with the video of the program. The videos also have a Closed Captioning "CC" button so you can read the Arabic or English script.

Just go their News Bulletin page:

http://english.alarabiya.net/webtv/news-bulletin.html

And click on the latest video or scroll down to "Latest News Bulletins". Click on a bulletin, and another page opens with a video, translation and transcript.

Example:

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/webtv/news-bulletin/2015/07/06/1300GMT.html

To see the Arabic transcript of the program, click on "Transcripts".

Strong and Elidable Hamza

Examples of words with strong hamza  همزة القطع and elidable hamza همزة الوصل ٱ.

همزة القطع

أَنَّ    that
إِنَّ    indeed, ( "that" for قال )
أَنْ    to
إِنْ    if, negation particle in Quran
أَب
أُم
أحمد
إلى to

Form IV perfect verbs and imperative verbs


همزة الوصل ٱ
ال
اِسم
اِبن
اِبنة
اِمرأة
اِثنان
Form I imperative verbs
Form VII to X perfect verbs, imperative verbs and masdars.

Passive Participles and Passive Verbs

Examples of sentences with passive participles and passive verbs.

كَسَرَ الرجلُ طاولةً في الغرفةِ

the man broke a table in the room

في الغرفةِ طاولةٌ مكسورٌ

a broken table is in the room

في الغرفةِ كُسِرَ طاولةٌ

a table was broken in the room

Past Continuous and Negation

Examples of past continuous with negation.

ما كانَتْ المرأةُ تأكلُ الفاكهةَ

لم تكُنْ المرأةُ تأكلُ الفاكهةَ

the woman was not eating the fruit

Live Stream of Arabic News Channels

You can practice listening and reading with news programs. Many Arab TV networks are on YouTube and stream live on their own websites. Here are links to the live stream of some major channels:

CNBC Arabia

Al Arabiya Al Hadath

Al Arabiya (may be blocked)

Al Jazeera Arabic

BBC Arabic

Sky News Arabia

Al Mayadeen

Live broadcast of Al Arabiya's regular news channel is blocked in the USA, but it's other channel, Al Hadath, is not blocked. You can use a proxy server ( e.g. from http://free-proxy-list.net/uk-proxy.html ) to watch Al Arabiya's regular channel.

You can also try the TOR web browser to watch Al Jazeera Arabic.

These sites stream many different Arab channels:

Livestation

Fomny
GLArab

Words with Dagger Alif ألف خنجرية‎

Some common words with ألف خنجرية‎ .

الله    God
هٰذا    this
هٰذه    this (f)
ذٰلك    that
إلٰه      a god
الرحمٰن  merciful
لٰكن      but
هٰؤلاء    these
أولٰئك    those
هٰكذا     thus

Negation 1.1 لا النافية للجنس

Examples of Absolute Negation لا النافية للجنس .

في الغرفةِ رجلٌ كبيرٌ

a big man is in the room

لا رجلَ كبيراً في الغرفةِ

there is no big man in the room


لا الرجلُ في الغرفةِ ولا المرأةُ
neither the man is in the room, nor the woman
لا رجلَ في الغرفةِ ولا إمرأةَ
neither a man is in the room, nor is a woman
لا في الغرفةِ رجلٌ ولا إمرأةٌ
in the room is neither a man nor a woman

The most famous absolute negation is from الشهادة :

لا إلهَ إلّا اللهُ

there is no god except the God

Negation 1.0

Simple examples of negation.

 الرجلُ كبيرٌ

the man is big

 ليس الرجلُ كبيراً

the man is not big

ما كانَ الرجلُ كبيراً

the man was not big

الرجلُ يأكلُ اللحمَ
the man eats the meat

 لم يأكلْ الرجلُ اللحمَ
ما أكلَ الرجلُ اللحمَ
the man did not eat the meat

 لن يأكلَ الرجلُ اللحمَ
the man will not eat the meat


الرجالُ يأكلونَ اللحمَ
the men eat the meat

الرجالُ لا يأكلونَ اللحمَ
the men do not eat the meat

الرجالُ سيأكلونَ اللحمَ
the men will eat the meat

الرجالُ لن يأكلوا اللحمَ
the men will not eat the meat

أكلَ الرجالُ اللحمَ
الرجالُ أكلوا اللحمَ
the men ate the meat

ما أكلَ الرجالُ اللحمَ
الرجالُ لم يأكلوا اللحمَ
the men did not eat the meat

Diptote ممنوع من الصرف 1.0

Examples of ممنوع من الصرف

في مسجدٍ

in a mosque

في المسجدِ

in the mosque

في المساجدِ

in the mosques

في مساجدَ

in mosques

في مساجدِ المدينةِ
in the mosques of the city

رأيتُ مساجدَ كثيرةً في الفلوجةِ

I saw many mosques in Fallujah

المرفوع changing to المنصوب

Examples of sentences where المرفوع can change to المنصوب.

الرجلُ كبيرٌ

the man is big

كانَ الرجلُ كبيراً

the man was big

قال إنَّ الرجلَ كبيرٌ

he said that the man is big

قال إنَّ الرجلَ كانَ كبيراً
he said that the man was big

Simple Grammar Examples 1.0

Examples of simple sentences, including prepositions and إضافة .

الرجلُ كبيرٌ

the man is big

الرجلُ في الغرفةِ

the man is in the room

في الغرفةِ رجلٌ

a man is in the room

رجلٌ كبيرٌ في الغرفةِ

a big man is in the room
There is opinion that a sentence can begin with an indefinite noun if it is described by an adjective.

See http://www.schoolarabia.net/arabic/eljomleh_elesmieh/ahwal3.htm

محفظةُ الرجلِ في البيتِ

the wallet of the man (the man's wallet) is in the house

وجد الولدُ محفظةَ رجلٍ

the boy found a man's wallet

وجد ولدٌ صورةً في محفظةِ رجلٍ

a boy found a photo in a man's wallet