שشHebrabic

Grammar

Arabic grammar will feel oddly familiar: the same three-letter roots, a definite article glued to the front of the noun, and sentences that can drop the verb “to be” — just like Hebrew. These lessons walk through the machinery, one parallel at a time.

Nouns & the Noun Phrase

6 lessons · 33 min

  1. Gender: Two Teams, Same RulesMasculine and feminine work almost exactly like Hebrew — down to the same irregular words5 min
  2. The Definite Article: ال Meets ה־One prefixed article, no indefinite article, and agreement that copies Hebrew word for word5 min
  3. Plurals and the Dual־ים and ־וֹת have Arabic twins — and Hebrew's ־ַיִם is the Arabic dual, alive and well7 min
  4. Pronouns: You Already Know Theseאני, אתה, הוא, אנחנו — now hear them in Arabic4 min
  5. Possessive Suffixes: ביתי, ביתך, ביתו — in ArabicThe system Hebrew speakers already own, except Arabic uses it every single day6 min
  6. Iḍāfa: The Construct State IS Smichutבית המנהל = بيت المدير — Hebrew's smichut, running at full power in Arabic6 min

Roots & Verbs

5 lessons · 33 min

  1. The Root SystemTriliteral roots: the shared engine of Hebrew and Arabic6 min
  2. Awzān Meet BinyanimArabic's ten verb forms mapped onto the seven בניינים you already know8 min
  3. The Past Tenseكَتَبْتُ is כָּתַבְתִּי — the suffixes are nearly identical6 min
  4. The Present TenseArabic's present prefixes are Hebrew's future prefixes — א,ת,י,נ6 min
  5. Negation and the FutureOne Hebrew לא, several Arabic negators — plus سـ, سوف and Levantine رح7 min

Building Sentences

5 lessons · 32 min

  1. The Sentence With No VerbArabic drops "is" and "are" exactly where Hebrew does6 min
  2. Verb First: An Order You Already KnowMSA loves verb–subject–object — and so did the Hebrew of the Tanakh5 min
  3. Asking Questionsמה, מי, מתי — you already know most of the question words6 min
  4. The Little Words Are Cognates Tooבְּ, לְ, מִן, עַל, תַּחַת — Arabic's prepositions are the ones you grew up with7 min
  5. Counting ThingsArabic's strangest number rule is Hebrew's strangest number rule8 min