skywars: Assalamu-Alaykum! This is my very first masterpost, and I wanted to make it about a subject

skywars: Assalamu-Alaykum! This is my very first masterpost, and I wanted to make it about a subject I only know too well. Arabic is my mother tongue and I’ve been into the Arabic culture for like my entire life. I am really eager to help people get more familiar with it, as I understand it might not be easy at all. The letters are different, the spelling is different, the phonetic is different, the culture is different… Thus I really admire people who chose to learn it. You rock! Anyway, here are the basics (in my own opinion) for learning the language and the culture. I tried to give all the information I had, but I’ll edit this post and eventually add more stuff : free websites + apps madinaharabic (the best website really) salaam arabic (really handy for spelling and phonetic!) myeasyarabic (the best website to get familiar with grammar & letters) arabickeyboard (introduces you to not only the language, but also the history and culture of the arabic world) alison (contains evaluation tests that can help you progress in your learning) digitaldialects (funny games to help you memorize animals, numbers and colors) firdaous (really great for vocab!) as for apps (on itunes), we have AlphaBet Arabe (for alphabet learning), Astrid (motivational app), and Arabic Dictionary specific arabic learning egyptianarabiccourse (helps you get familiar with the egyptian dialect) speakmoroccan (learn to speak the moroccan dialect, aka mine!) abjadiye (learn lebanese arabic for free) useful links/docs arabic verbs arabic pronouns arabic alphabet (but also here) language exchange sources arabic proverbs (translated in english) arabic survival phrases here & here 5 beautiful arabic expressions arabic conjugator arabic keyboards lexilogos (i’ve been using it myself for all my essays and presentations) arabic-keyboard dictionaries lexilogos (yup again, but different section) arabic etymological dictionary (with torrent & word document download links) arabic dictionary + translator  islamic references Okay, i hesitated to put that one, but if you want to get into the arabic culture, it is very important to get to know the islamic side of it. (be careful, islamic culture does not necessarily mean arabic culture, but the two can easily be linked) searchtruth (helps you with grammar and vocab using qur’an sentences) legacyfordham (it’s the islamic section of the university of fordham website. it gives you a general look on the islamic world eras) music maghrebspace (the website is in french though) hibamusic arabic radio stations my top 3 classics (with free download links & online listening) fairouz oum kalthoum abdelhalim hafez here & here top 10 arabic songs of january 2016 short history of arabic music + top arabic songs of 2015 here my personal favorite songs ya rayah - rachid taha (music video + lyric video + english translation) aatini nay - fairouz (lyric video + english translation) fi madrasat al hob - kadem saher (lyric video + english translation) books easy short arabic stories popular arabic novels 5 recommended arabic books YA arabic books listed by genre my top novels : al ayyam (trilogy) - taha hussein (pdf of the first tome here) rihla jabaliyya rihla sa’ba - fadwa touqan arabic art resources historiansofislamicart (contains links to each type of art) metmuseum (history of calligraphy and useful links) arabartgallery (my personal favorite : all types of art listed by era, and description of each) a native speaker tips as I said before, arabic is a tricky language, because it does not originate (like most other popular languages) from latin roots. therefore when you come accross arabic words or names written in latin letters, you’ll find out different ways of writing the same word. any version is correct as long as the pronounciation is correct. there are no vowels in the arabic alphabet. (well, not really, we have letters referring to “o”, “a” or “i” but we only put them when we stress on those vowels) so arabic letters are referring to consonants, with some of them only existing in arabic (for ex: ض pronounced Ḍād). you’ll probably learn it throughout the websites I gave, but bear in mind that the vowel sounds of arabic are put by tiny symbols above or under the letters called chakl. chakl helps you know how to pronounce a letter, if you should say “a” or “o” or “i” after that letter. in most texts you’ll come accross - apart from language learning websites - you’ll find words and sentences without chakl. and that’s because we, as native arabic speakers, have gotten so used to how a word is pronounced that we kinda know what chakl should normally be put. you should get used to it as well, it will be so much easier for you to read any kind of text. practice arabic pronounciation and listening A LOT. it will be very useful for writing and reading, trust me. oh and most importantly, i’m open to anyone desiring to speak with a native arabic speaker! really, you can just message me, or email me (at [email protected]) or whatever you like. i’ll be glad to give you additional tips along the way! I think I said it all. I may or may not add stuff in the future, so feel free to follow me, or suggest me other things! I’ll probably do a moroccan masterpost later, ideas are welcome here as well! -- source link

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