Root letters

Arabic words are based on root letters, which are building blocks for other words with a similar meaning or concept.

Greetings

Greetings are the same regardless of gender, but the reply is different to what comes first.

My classmates take the mickey, but this is the most useful vocabulary builder I’ve come across.

Singular nouns are pretty straight forward: ة shows that the word is feminine… most of the time.

My teacher’s name is Phil – which means ‘elephant’ in Arabic.

Numbers are crazy difficult in Arabic.