How to Learn Arabic from Scratch - A Roadmap

📘 Resources to check out:

STAGE 1 - Learning the Arabic Alphabet:

STAGE 2 - Foundation in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA):

STAGE 3 - Learning Dialect for Immersion:

[QasimRazviArabic]

This is how I would approach learning Arabic from scratch - I've left some links to resources in the description for each stage so do check those out if you're not sure where to get started :)

[assiabns]

To everyone who wants to learn arabic, I just want to tell you that arabic is one of the most beautiful languages to exist, it will open doors for you to heaven and to a magical extraordinary world and a rich culture (despite all the stereotypes you hear)

[Arabicinuse]

I' m an a native Arabic speaker
and l agree with you completely
Keep it up brother قاسم!

[kgh]

JazakaAllah for making this video. I'm just halfway through it but the ease with which you are explaining is making me more motivated to learn it now

[Ummahmoud]

As someone who is learning Arabic with previously no exposure to the language at all and later married into an Arab family. I started off learning Levantine Arabic because SO MANY PEOPLE recommend staying away from fusha.
However, after having learned Fusha and being exposed to different dialects, I have so much better of an understanding of Arabic, including the dialects, as a whole.
So glad to see you recommending this since I think so many people advise against it.

[rashidah]

Qasim, thank you for this video; it's very inspiring and interesting to hear your perspective! I WISH that I could go to the Middle East for 6 months (or even for a month!) and immerse myself in the language, but I'm not a single twenty-something. Lol. I have made two short trips to the Middle East, and I really saw the benefits of even 2 weeks of speaking Arabic throughout the day every day. Thanks for pointing out that that's not realistic or even necessary for everyone. Many people in the West underestimate the size of the Arabic-speaking population in their own cities. I've found, for instance, that through volunteer work with refugee families from the Middle East, there are MANY opportunities to help people in your community who don't know the language or the culture AND make Arabic a part of your regular life. I love what you said about the importance of the dialects for connecting with the people and the culture(s). For this reason, some people (especially extroverts like me whose primary motivation for doing the grinding work of studying is connection) are better off to start with a dialect so that the language can become meaningful and alive for them and they don't give up on the language before they get to some of the cool stuff. Learning a dialect, of course, still involves learning the alphabet, learning how to read (as transcripts and subtitles will be in Arabic script), and learning how to spell (especially if you have friends or language exchange partners that you text with). And I highly recommend teaching platforms like iTalki for learning Arabic in a way that suits your personal goals, schedule, and budget. I look forward to watching more of your videos!

[mitrarahmatzadeh]

As a total beginner who wants to become fluent in Arabic, you have answered all my questions about learning Arabic! Thanks 👍🏻

[家奇白]

Thank you for sharing this! After learning Fusha for a couple of years, I finally got the chance to visit Jordan last month and realized what I learned is not that useful as I expected since I don’t understand what people in the streets are talking about and this is really discouraging for my learning. After watching this video, I just realized that I’ve always been ignoring the importance of Amiyya. I guess I might need to work on it more…

[ArabicTalker]

You are right with every thing, Reading is very important to start with, and some students are in rush and they want to start learning conversation without learning reading and that not good in Arabic as pronunciation depends on what you see, and sometimes it's different depending on the position of the word inside the sentences, or if you stop on this word or continuing, and so on.

also, MSA is very important at the beginning even if you want to start a dialect, as it helps you to build foundation and understanding the idea of the language, and Arabic culture too. also it makes learning dialects easier as all dialects come from the same root which is Arabic.

also, learning with a native professional teacher who knows how teach Arabic as a second language it helps a lot and save more time.

but here something until now I haven't found any mobile apps are useful in Arabic and their methods not organized and make a load on students as they give them a lot of grammar and conjugations and these should be built step by step

[real.syrian.arabic]

I agree that reading without the short vowels is one of the biggest challenges.
You can't know how to read a word that you haven't encountered before.
But it's actually kind of the same in English since there are no consistent rules of spelling or pronunciation.
I also agree that learning a dialect is essential to communicate with arabs.
I hope you'll go back to learning Syrian soon! 😂❤

[sairvh]

Commenting for the algorithm! Loved this video :) I'd love to learn Levantine Arabic - it might be the next language on my list!

[Seantorky]

Great video. I am already at stage 2. Workbook are hard ( I am using practice makes perfect) but lots of fun.

[gasalive]

such a high quality video brother, all the best. جزاك اللهُ خيرًا

[israaallam]

انا فخورة بك جدا يا قاسم انا مدرستك الاولى في مصر اسراء

[YoungSmirks]

Great advice, biggest regret is wasting too much time with transliteration

[beardedmo]

How do you only have 1k subs! You deserve way more. Subscribed!

[alnomadou]

You should have a lot more Subscribers - Keep pushing.

[eriksundblad]

Wow! Great video ‘Asim. I basically agree with every single point. Best regards /Erik from Arabeya

[adriantepesut]

Oh yeah. Good news is that because of the verb forms and root system someone at a b1 level can know how to pronounce 80-90 % of written words but there are always random nouns or form 1 verbs whose pronunciation they might have to look up in a muajam but if they’re at that point suddenly the way they study and practice is the same way they’re going to be looking up words at c2 years from now albeit less frequently. That’s me right now I’m at probably b1 and it’s a very long journey from here but it’s also straightforward

[OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

Peace be to you (Assalamualaikum)! I can read Quran but don't know what it is saying. However, with slow, CONSISTENT effort, I am getting there, insha'Allah! I greatly appreciate your insight. I just subscribed to your channel. ☺️👋🏽👨🏽‍⚕️