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Mentored Arabic Course Page

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Arabic Grammar Videos

List of Sections

1. Arabic Alphabet

2. Forming Plurals

3. Using the “maSdar”

4. Verbs and Verb Conjugation

5. Negating Verbs

6. Sentence Construction

7. The Arabic Root and Pattern System

8. Nouns and Pronouns

9. Adjectives




1. Arabic Alphabet

Writing the letters of the Arabic alphabet in their individual forms

Writing the letters of the Arabic alphabet in their connected forms

Pronouncing the Definite Article with Sun and Moon Letters الحروف الشمسية والقمرية

2. Forming Plurals

An Overview of Broken Plural Patterns in Arabic جمع التكسير

Constructing Regular Masculine Plurals in Arabic

Constructing Regular Feminine Plurals in Arabic

3. Using the “maSdar”

An Introduction to the 'maSdar' (Verbal Noun) and Form I patterns المصدر

The 'maSdar' (Verbal Noun), Part 2: Derived Forms II-V المصدر

The 'maSdar' (Verbal Noun), Part 3: Derived Forms VI-X المصدر

4. Verbs and Verb Conjugation

Conjugating Past-Tense Verbs in Arabic الفعل الماضي

Conjugating Present-tense verbs in Colloquial and Standard Arabic الفعل المضارع

Conjugating "to be" in the past tense with the verb 'kaana' كانَ

Conjugating ‫High-Frequency‬ "hollow verbs" in the Past Tense

Conjugating Verbs in the Future in Modern Standard and Colloquial Arabic

Variant ‬Present Tense Verb Forms in Modern Standard Arabic المضارع بالعربية الفصحى

Expressing "to want" in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic

Expressing 'to have' in Arabic

5. Negating Verbs

Negating Future Actions in Modern Standard Arabic using 'Lan' لن

Negating Past Actions in Modern Standard Arabic using 'Lam' لم

Negating Conjugated Verbs in Colloquial Egyptian and Levantine Arabic النفي بالعامية

Negating Conjugated Verbs in Modern Standard Arabic النفي بالعربية الفصحى

6. Sentence Construction

Using Demonstrative Pronouns in Modern Standard Arabic اسم الإشارة

Using Demonstrative Pronouns in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic اسم الإشارة

How to form Nominative Sentences in Arabic الجملة الاسمية

Constructing Verbal Sentences in Arabic الجملة الفعلية

Forming Conditional Sentences in Arabic الشرط

Answering 'Why?' and Giving Reasons in Arabic

Constructing Sentences with Multiple Verbs in Modern Standard Arabic using 'An' أَنْ

Constructing Sentences with Multiple Verbs in Egyptian and Levantine Arabic

Creating Multi-Clause Sentences With 'anna' and 'inna' in Standard Arabic أنَّ‫/إنَّ‬

Creating Multi-Clause Sentences With 'anna' and 'inna' in Colloquial Arabic أنَّ‫/إنَّ‬

Expressing Possibility and Necessity Using 'mumkin' and 'laazim' ممكن‫/لازم‬

Describing People, Places and Things with Adjectival Sentences جملة الصفة

7. The Arabic Root and Pattern System

An Introduction to the Arabic Root and Pattern System الجذر والوزن

Constructing and Using Active Participles in Arabic اسم الفاعل

Constructing and Using Passive Participles in Arabic اسم المفعول

8. Nouns and Pronouns

Possessive Pronoun Suffixes in Arabic

Using Object Pronouns in Arabic ضمائر النصب

Forming Dual Nouns in Arabic

Dual and Feminine Plural possessive pronouns in Modern Standard Arabic

Expressing Relation and Possession using "Idaafa" الإضافة

9. Adjectives

Forming Nisba Adjectives in Arabic النسبة

Forming Superlative Adjectives in Arabic أفعل التفضيل

Forming Comparative Adjectives in Arabic أفعَل

Using Ordinal Numbers in Arabic الأعداد الترتيبية