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Arabic is an official language in more than twenty countries and is the language of the Islamic tradition, of a rich literature and of great historical advances in science and mathematics. It is also the source of many Portuguese words, such as açúcar, azeite, almofada and oxalá.

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The alphabet has 28 letters and is written from right to left, with letters that change shape depending on their position in the word. The big idea of the grammar is the three-consonant root, which generates families of words. There is also a difference between standard written Arabic and the spoken dialects.

Alphabet and right-to-left writing
Three-letter roots and word formation
Transliteration so you can read before mastering the alphabet

Grammar with 57 points explained, with examples, exercises and videos.
Vocabulary organized by topic and dialogues from real situations.
Conversation units in a learning path.
Verb conjugation in the main tenses.
Flashcards and games to help you memorize.
Audio and pronunciation practice with voice recognition.
Live TV and radio in the language, to train your listening.
Certificate of completion.

These are the topics you will find in Linguarudo's Arabic grammar:

Introdução

Introdução

Entrada

História da Língua
Alfabeto - أ ب ت ث ج ح خ (alif, bāʾ, tāʾ, thāʾ, jīm, ḥāʾ, khāʾ)
Pronúncia - ع ح خ غ ق ء (ʿayn, ḥāʾ, khāʾ, ghayn, qāf, hamza)

Artigo

Artigos Indefinidos - não existe artigo; ـٌ ـً ـٍ (tanwīn)
Artigos Definidos - ال (al-)

Substantivo

Masculino e Feminino - ـَة (-a), مُعَلِّمٌ / مُعَلِّمَةٌ
Nomes Abstratos - ـَة (-a), ـِيَّة (-iyya), مَصْدَرٌ (maṣdar)
Coletivos - قَطِيعٌ (qaṭīʿun), فَرِيقٌ (farīqun), جَيْشٌ (jayshun)
Compostos - إِضَافَة (iḍāfa): بَابُ الْبَيْتِ
Prefixos e Sufixos - مَ- (ma-), ـِيّ (-iyy), ـُونَ (-ūna), ـَات (-āt), وَ- (wa-)
Plural - ـُونَ (-ūna), ـَات (-āt), كُتُبٌ (kutubun)

Saudações e Conversação básica

Saudações - مَرْحَبًا (marḥaban), السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, مَعَ السَّلَامَةِ
Interjeições - يَا (yā), رَائِعٌ (rāʾiʿun), النَّجْدَةَ (an-najdata)

Adjetivos

Adjetivos Qualificativos - صِفَة (ṣifa): كَبِيرٌ، جَمِيلٌ، أَفْعَلُ (afʿalu)
Adjetivos Demonstrativos - هَذَا، هَذِهِ، ذَلِكَ، تِلْكَ (hādhā, hādhihi, dhālika, tilka)
Adjetivos Distributivos - كُلُّ (kullu), كِلَا (kilā), آخَرُ (ākharu), لَا (lā)
Adjetivos Quantitativos - كَثِيرٌ (kathīrun), قَلِيلٌ (qalīlun), بَعْضُ (baʿḍu), كَافٍ (kāfin)
Adjetivos Interrogativos - أَيُّ (ayyu), كَمْ (kam), مَا (mā)
Adjetivos Pátrios - ـِيٌّ (-iyyun): مِصْرِيٌّ، لُبْنَانِيٌّ، يَابَانِيٌّ
Adjetivos Numerais - وَاحِدٌ، اثْنَانِ، ثَلَاثَةٌ (wāḥidun, ithnāni, thalāthatun)
Adjetivos Comparativos e Superlativos - أَفْعَلُ (afʿalu) + مِنْ (min), مِثْلُ (mithlu)

Pronomes

Pronomes Demonstrativos - هَذَا، هَذِهِ، ذَلِكَ، تِلْكَ، هَؤُلَاءِ
Pronomes Relativos - الَّذِي، الَّتِي، الَّذِينَ، مَنْ، مَا
Pronomes Interrogativos - مَنْ، مَا، أَيْنَ، مَتَى، كَيْفَ، هَلْ
Pronomes Reflexivos - نَفْس (nafs): نَفْسِي، نَفْسُهُ، بِنَفْسِهِ
Pronomes Pessoais - أَنَا، أَنْتَ، هُوَ، هِيَ، نَحْنُ، هُمْ
Pronomes Possessivos - ـِي، ـكَ، ـهُ، ـهَا، ـنَا، ـهُمْ (-ī, -ka, -hu, -hā, -nā, -hum)
Pronomes Indefinidos - أَحَدٌ (aḥadun), شَيْءٌ (shayʾun), كُلُّ (kullu), بَعْضُ (baʿḍu)

Advérbios

Advérbios de Modo - بِ (bi-) + اسم، ـًا (-an)، جِدًّا (jiddan)
Advérbios de Lugar - هُنَا، هُنَاكَ، فَوْقَ، تَحْتَ (hunā, hunāka, fawqa, taḥta)
Advérbios de Tempo - الْيَوْمَ، أَمْسِ، غَدًا، أَبَدًا (al-yawma, amsi, ghadan, abadan)
Advérbios de Frequência - دَائِمًا، أَحْيَانًا، نَادِرًا، أَبَدًا (dāʾiman, aḥyānan, nādiran, abadan)
Advérbios de Quantidade - جِدًّا، كَثِيرًا، قَلِيلًا، تَقْرِيبًا (jiddan, kathīran, qalīlan, taqrīban)
Advérbios Interrogativos - كَيْفَ، أَيْنَ، مَتَى، لِمَاذَا، كَمْ، أَيُّ (kayfa, ayna, matā, li-mādhā, kam, ayyu)
Advérbios Ordinais - الْأَوَّلُ، الثَّانِي، الثَّالِثُ، أَوَّلًا، ثَانِيًا (al-awwalu, ath-thānī, awwalan)
Advérbios de Afirmação, Probabilidade e Negação - نَعَمْ، بَلَى، رُبَّمَا، لَا، لَمْ، لَنْ، لَيْسَ (naʿam, balā, rubbamā, lā, lam, lan, laysa)

Preposições

Preposições - فِي، مِنْ، إِلَى، عَلَى، عَنْ، بِ، لِ، مَعَ (fī, min, ilā, ʿalā, ʿan, bi-, li-, maʿa)

Conjunções

Conjunções - وَ، أَوْ، لَكِنْ، لِأَنَّ، إِذَا، لَوْ (wa-, aw, lākin, li-anna, idhā, law)

Tempos Verbais

Verbo Ser e Estar - não existe no presente; كَانَ (kāna), لَيْسَ (laysa)
Presente do Indicativo - يَفْعَلُ: أَكْتُبُ، تَكْتُبُ، يَكْتُبُ (aktubu, taktubu, yaktubu)
Presente Contínuo - الْآنَ + مُضَارِع، ذَاهِبٌ (dhāhibun)، مَا زَالَ (mā zāla)
Passado Simples - فَعَلَ: كَتَبْتُ، كَتَبْتَ، كَتَبَ (katabtu, katabta, kataba)
Passado Progressivo - كَانَ + مُضَارِع: كَانَ يَكْتُبُ (kāna yaktubu)
Futuro Simples - سَـ / سَوْفَ + مُضَارِع: سَأَكْتُبُ (sa-aktubu)، لَنْ (lan)
Futuro Progressivo - سَيَكُونُ + مُضَارِع: سَأَكُونُ أَدْرُسُ (sa-akūnu adrusu)
Imperativo - اِفْتَحْ، قَرِّرْ، اُكْتُبْ، اِقْرَأْ، اِعْمَلْ (iftaḥ, qarrir, uktub, iqraʾ, iʿmal)
Verbos Modais - أَنْ + مُضَارِع: أَسْتَطِيعُ، يَجِبُ، يُمْكِنُ (astaṭīʿu, yajibu, yumkinu)
Particípio - قَدْ + مَاضٍ، مُنْذُ، كَاتِبٌ، مَكْتُوبٌ (qad, mundhu, kātibun, maktūbun)
Condicionais - لَوْ (law) + لَـ (la-), أَوَدُّ أَنْ (awaddu an), هَلْ يُمْكِنُ (hal yumkinu)
Verbos Irregulares - قَالَ يَقُولُ، وَصَلَ يَصِلُ، مَشَى يَمْشِي، أَخَذَ يَأْخُذُ (qāla, waṣala, mashā, akhadha)

Subjuntivos

Presente do Subjuntivo - أَنْ + يَفْعَلَ: أُرِيدُ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ (urīdu an taʾtiya)
Pretérito Imperfeito do Subjuntivo - لَوْ + مَاضٍ، لَيْتَ (layta)، كَأَنَّ (ka-anna)، وَدِدْتُ لَوْ (wadidtu law)
Futuro do Subjuntivo - إِذَا، إِنْ، عِنْدَمَا، كُلَّمَا + فَـ (idhā, in, ʿindamā, kullamā)

Outros

Uso do Gerúndio - não existe gerúndio; مَصْدَر (maṣdar)، حَال (ḥāl)، بَدَأَ يَكْتُبُ (badaʾa yaktubu)

Extra

Gírias e Expressões - يَلَّا، تَمَام، خَلَاص، مَعْلِش، يَعْنِي (yallā, tamām, khalāṣ, maʿlish, yaʿnī)
Erros Comuns

A path of 50 units to learn Arabic through conversation, each with dialogues, vocabulary and exercises:

Introductions and first contacts - name, origin, age, profession
Greetings and goodbyes - good morning, good afternoon, bye, thank you
Meeting people - work, housing, hobbies, questions
Family and relatives - parents, siblings, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins
My house - rooms, floors, address, describing the house
Objects and rooms of the house - furniture, appliances, where is it?
My daily routine - waking up, working, eating, sleeping
Times, days and dates - hours, days of the week, months, scheduling
School and classroom - teacher, student, school supplies, homework
Studying and learning - studying, practicing, making mistakes, study techniques
Professions and work - professions, company, salary, job
At the office - meeting, e-mail, deadline, equipment
At the supermarket - shopping list, groceries, checkout, sales
Buying clothes - clothes, sizes, fitting room, prices
In shops and businesses - shops, bakery, bookstore, opening hours
Money, prices and payments - prices, card, change, paying
At the restaurant - reservation, menu, ordering, bill
Food and drinks - food, drinks, fruit, tastes
Cooking and preparing food - recipes, ingredients, cooking verbs
At the café, bakery and snack bar - coffee, snack, cake, to go
Health and parts of the body - body, pain, well-being
At the doctor's - appointment, symptoms, tests, prescription
At the pharmacy - medicines, dosage, prescription, precautions
Sports and physical activities - sports, training, teams, matches
Leisure and free time - weekend, hobbies, outings
Cinema, television and music - movies, series, concerts, tickets
Friends and social life - friendship, getting along, trust, conversation
Invitations, meetups and events - invitations, parties, confirming, accepting, declining
Phone and conversations - calls, messages, notes, mobile phone
Internet, technology and social media - apps, passwords, social media, security
Transport and getting around - bus, subway, tickets, timetables
On the street and asking for directions - directions, addresses, maps, landmarks
In the city - places, sights, neighborhoods
Hotel and accommodation - reservation, check-in, rooms, services
Airport and travel - check-in, passport, boarding, customs
On the plane - seat, flight attendant, takeoff, connection
Tourism and tourist attractions - attractions, guide, photos, souvenirs
Car rental and transport - rental, insurance, gasoline, road
Emergency situations - help, police, ambulance, danger
Bank and financial services - account, balance, transfer, currency exchange
Post office, documents and public services - mail, parcels, forms, documents
Job interview - résumé, experience, strengths, vacancy
Meetings and the professional environment - agenda, goals, agreeing, disagreeing
Making plans for the future - plans, dreams, goals, intentions
Opinions, preferences and arguments - opinion, advantages, preferences, debate
Problems, complaints and solutions - complaining, refund, exchange, warranty
News, events and current affairs - newspaper, headlines, government, economy
Culture, customs and differences between countries - customs, traditions, etiquette, cuisine
Social situations and more advanced conversations - compliments, accent, politeness, sincerity
Communication in real situations: final mission - review, requests, reservations, thanks

Arabic	Reading	Portuguese
🔊 آلَة حَاسِبَة	ālat ḥāsiba	Calculadora
🔊 أَجَنْدَة	ʾaǧanda	Agenda
🔊 بَيْكَار	baykār	Compasso
🔊 حِبْر	ḥibr	Tinta
🔊 حَقِيبَةُ ظَهْر	ḥaqībatu ẓahr	Mochila

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