Introduction to Arabic
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Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3
Learn more about the Arabic language.
Standard Arabic is the first language of hundreds of millions of people in 26 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. The Arabic language has a great history and heritage in the fields of literature, theology and science. In this free online course you will be introduced to the Arabic language and you will gain a clear knowledge and understanding of important facets of the language such as the Arabic alphabet, pronunciation of Arabic words, the use of verbs and nouns, and how to read and write simple sentences in Arabic. You will also be introduced to basic vocabulary such as days of the week, numbers and colours, which will give you confidence to continue building your knowledge of Arabic vocabulary. This free Arabic language course will be of great interest to professionals who may be conducting business in the Middle East or North Africa and would like to learn the basics of the Arabic language, and to all learners who would like a greater understanding of this fascinating and important world language.
Modules in Introduction to Arabic
Learning outcome: - Understand the Arabic alphabet; - Learn how to pronounce Arabic words; - Learn how to read and write basic Arabic sentences; - Learn basic Arabic vocabulary;
Rowela Yu - Philippines
2013-05-06 09:05:59
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to ArabicCourse Topic: The days of the week, verbs in the present tenseComment: It's a little bit confusing that the imperfect tense in Arabic is translated as the present tense in English.
Arshad Sultan - United Kingdom
2013-05-05 19:05:47
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to ArabicCourse Topic: Arabic alphabetComment: I learnt Arabic alphates. there are 28 letters. there is only one vowels and 27 consonants. it is written right to left. most letter joint together. 3 vowels sound like a u i. can be long or short. shorts a , u and I are also fatha, damma, kessara. sukoon no vowel sound. long vowel alif, waw, ya (a, e or u).all words 3 position...some letters connect short no spance they an not connetcted woth any thing after like alif, dal... dal is pronounce like D.other Dhal like mix of D and H little bit soun like there. Ra Is pronounce R. zay is an example of z. all are not connected at the end. waw like w use in worry, also not connected at the end. ba is pronounce is B. Ta is pronounce T. tha like Sa. ta is voiced version of T.za is a voiced version of z. nuun like N in English. ya as y in English same use in yellow.
Rowela Yu - Philippines
2013-05-01 09:05:18
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to ArabicCourse Topic: Root letters, verbs past tenseComment: In this lesson, i finally understood how words can be listed in the dictionary. I often get confused. As it was explained in this lesson, I have learned that those verb forms you find in the dictionary were in the 3rd person masculine singular form in the past tense because there is no proper equivalent of "to + verb" in Arabic. In order for you to conjugate, you need to find this form first and add a suffix to the verb to show who is doing the action.
Rowela Yu - Philippines
2013-05-01 07:05:29
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to ArabicCourse Topic: Numbers 1-10, colours, prepositionsComment: In general, numbers in Arabic have the masculine and feminine forms and can be easily identified by the marker, ta marbuuta. However, numbers 3-10 provides a different pattern. Gender agreement has been emphasized all throughout in the study but not in this particular case. It follows reversed gender. It can become confusing but at least, this is a rule in numbers. I think the very important thing is to know the gender of the word and always remember the rules.
Idris Abdullateef - Nigeria
2013-04-29 12:04:57
Course Module: Module 1: Introduction to ArabicCourse Topic: Arabic alphabetComment: It is awesome...!