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Introduction to Arabic writing. You will learn to write and pronounce the first 4 letters, understand how vowel marks work, and master transcription.

Studying long vowels and new sounds that have no equivalents in English (interdental [ẕ] and labial [w]). The concept of noun endings (tanwin) is introduced.

The most important stage is the connected writing of letters. You will learn how to connect letters into words. You will also master writing Arabic numerals from 0 to 9 and learn new useful words.

Forming the correct rhythm of speech: studying syllables, stress, and diphthongs. You will learn how to build the simplest “noun + adjective” phrases.

Transition to meaningful sentences. You will learn to build possessive constructions (“I have...”), use the conjunction “and”, and read short texts without vowel marks.

Studying masculine and feminine genders. You will learn how to make feminine words from masculine ones using “ta marbuta” (ة), learn personal pronouns (he, she), and practice the [h] sound.

You will learn to ask questions (“What is this?”, “Who is this?”), use demonstrative pronouns (“this”), and find out how to read complex letter combinations (ligatures).

Uncovering the logic of the Arabic language – the word root. Introduction to the topic of plurals (how to say “books” instead of “book”) and the specifics of agreeing inanimate objects.

Learn to deny presence or possession using the word ليس (“no”, “not available”). Introduction to sibilant letters and reading a large text about school and professions.

Practicing important phonetic rules: doubling consonants and the glottal stop (hamza). Studying the complete table of personal pronouns and new possessive constructions.

A key topic in the Arabic language is the definite article Al. You will learn how to make objects specific, study sound assimilation, and the rules of connected reading (wasl).

Consolidating the structure of a nominal sentence taking articles into account. You will learn the difference between “This house” and “This is a house”. Practicing correct Arabic intonation in speech.

Introduction to the case system – the genitive case. You will learn to say “in”, “from”, “near” (prepositions في, من, قرب). Studying new guttural and labial sounds.

Practicing the classic Arabic sound [ḥ] and the madda sign. You will learn to describe the presence of objects in space using the verb “there is / there exists” and answer the question “Where?”.

Studying the most famous Arabic sound [‘ayn]. The most important grammar topic: attaching pronouns to prepositions – how to say “with me”, “he has”, “about us”.

A full transition to verb grammar. You will learn to build sentences (“I wrote a letter”) and create relative adjectives (English, Arabic).

How to talk about a group of people: conjugating verbs in the plural and negating actions (“we did not go”). Introduction to the “broken” plural and the sounds خ and غ.

Emphatic (deep) sounds ط and ض. Studying diptotes (two-case declension) and the exception verb “to see”. Learning to agree words in the plural across different cases.

The most important construction of Arabic syntax – “Idafa”. You will learn to say phrases like “the door of the house”, use possessive pronouns (“my house”), and build word chains.

Completing the alphabet (emphatic ص and ظ). Transition from academic reading to live speech: pronunciation styles and rules for “truncating” endings during pauses. A summary table of the alphabet.