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Learning Arabic is a wonderful experience, isn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Of course it isn\u2019t. Arabic is a sick, twisted bitch who stands in front of you like an impenetrable fortress against which you muster all of your forces in the hopes of one day finding access through its impassable walls. And all the while she laughs in your face saying, \u201cMaybe next year you\u2019ll be able to master me.\u201d And at some point after you\u2019ve unleashed all of your heavy arsenal upon her and expended all of your strength trying to conquer her, you realize that you\u2019re no closer to gaining access than when you started. And so you give up for a while. But then eventually you look around you and realize, \u201cDamn, but there are real people who speak this language. So there\u2019s gotta be a way in!\u201d And so you go again. You give it everything you\u2019ve got and you chip away at that freaking stone wall until you\u2019ve made a small dent and you think, \u201cHah, see, it\u2019s not so invincible after all!\u201d But after hacking away for a little bit longer you realize that this sucks, and you\u2019ve still got four feet of solid rock wall standing in front of you, and there\u2019s no way you\u2019re going to ever get through it at this rate. And then you think, \u201cMan, I should have just stuck with learning Spanish instead. At least then I\u2019d be in Mexico ordering some authentic enchiladas and margaritas from a real Mexican right now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Okay, so maybe your experience with learning Arabic has been better than mine. Maybe not everyone has been whipped by this language as much as me. For those of you expats who already speak Arabic well, God bless you, and tell me your secret!<\/span><\/p>\n

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As for those of you foreigners who are just now embarking on the journey of learning Arabic, Godspeed. Your first hurdle to overcome is the fact that many Lebanese are fluent in both English and French and will insist on speaking to you in one of these two languages despite your efforts to speak with them in Arabic, since you are a foreigner, simply because the Lebanese have it programmed into their minds from childhood to never speak Arabic with a foreigner (unless, of course, they come from another Arabic-speaking country). Just forgive them and move on. Additionally, keep in mind that each region speaks their own dialect and every Lebanese person, no matter what you say in Arabic, will tell you, \u201cNo, we don\u2019t say it like that, we say it like this.\u201d Which will be the exact opposite of what the next Lebanese person will tell you is correct, leaving you wanting to bash your head against a wall and give up on Arabic altogether (oh wait, but I already talked about that). Keep going. If you don\u2019t give up you\u2019ll eventually speak all 1000 dialects of Lebanese Arabic! (This number is, of course, an exaggeration.) Despite all the time that I\u2019ve lived in Lebanon, my boyfriend and I still have the all-too-frequent conversation about how I\u2019m not pronouncing things the Keserwani way (our regional dialect), but rather like a Traublousi (Tripoli region) or a Syrian or a Palestinian or that I\u2019m using the MSA word for something. God help me, my Arabic is an ugly mutt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nevertheless, despite my personal opinion about the difficulties of learning an Arabic dialect (in addition to learning Modern Standard Arabic), in order to help you along your journey, I\u2019ve compiled a list of resources below that might be useful to you based on my own personal experience. If you know of any more good resources, though, feel free to pass them along to me via my contact form and I\u2019ll add them below.<\/p>\n

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Some Resources to Help You on Your Way<\/h2>\n

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1. https:\/\/learnarabiconline.ksu.edu.sa<\/a> – This is a fun, interactive site with topical lessons for high beginners using recorded dialogues and exercises.<\/p>\n

2. https:\/\/www.lingq.com\/<\/span><\/a> – This collective site contains a mix of materials for both dialect and MSA. With this application you can read and listen to a number of stories that have either audio recordings or videos and save new vocabulary words as flashcards as you read. You can later practice the vocabulary with quiz exercises. You can even upload your own materials here and share it with the community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. https:\/\/www.arabicpod101.com\/<\/a> – You may have seen ads for this one. This site offers courses in MSA ranging from beginner to advanced. However, there is a subscription fee to use this site. They also produce a number of YouTube videos that you can check out for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. https:\/\/www.languageguide.org\/arabic<\/a> – This site is an interactive picture dictionary vocabulary trainer. You can hover over words to hear them pronounced and do simple activities to practice the vocabulary.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. https:\/\/learning.aljazeera.net\/en<\/a> – Aljazeera has created a library of news articles for Arabic learners. Here you can find articles and videos ranging from absolute beginner to damn how did you get there super advanced. They have vocabulary lists with English translations on the side of each article plus several comprehension exercises at the bottom.<\/p>\n

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1. https:\/\/languagewave.com\/<\/a> – This site was publishing weekly Lebanese Arabic podcasts complete with audio recordings and texts in both Arabic and a translation in English. However, they stopped producing new podcasts in January of 2022, so don’t expect any new episodes to come out anymore.<\/p>\n

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1. https:\/\/www.livelingua.com\/arabic\/courses<\/a> – This site actually puts old Foreign Service Institute learning materials at your disposal. The materials are, of course, fairly outdated, but hey, they’re totally free and can still be useful! There are both dialect and MSA materials here.<\/p>\n

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