🧾 Intro / Reflection
Unfortunately, I didn’t pass Bronze 2 for Arabic this week. Honestly, I slacked a bit on studying, plus, Arabic is the first language I’m learning completely from scratch with my system, so I’m still figuring out the tools and strategies I’ll need to succeed. It’s a work in progress.
I’ve been using mnemonics to help memorize words, though I’ll admit I’m not very creative with that stuff. If you’ve got better mnemonic ideas, let me know.
I did take the test, but I bombed it, only answered about half the questions. The upside is, I now know exactly what I need to focus on, and I’ll be updating my notes since I realized I missed a few key things. It’s a good reminder that even when my system has holes, failure can still point me in the right direction.
I should be able to pass this rank next week, hopefully. In the meantime, still grinding some beermoney apps to make money online to help me cope with the frustration. The cash isn’t much, but it adds up. 👇
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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Bronze 2
| Category | Covered |
|---|---|
| Daily routine | ✅ |
| Food | ✅ |
| Feelings | ✅ |
| Weather | ✅ |
| Simple descriptions | ✅ |
| Present continuous | ✅ |
| Linking words (and / but) | ✅ |
🧠 Examples of What I Can Say Now
📝My Arabic notes
🔢 Age
- ʿUmrī khamsa wa ʿishrīn sana (om-ree kham-sa wa ish-reen sa-na) – I’m 25 years old
🎮 Hobbies
- Baḥibb ʾalb ʾel-ʿāb (ba-ḥib al-ʿaab) – I like video games
- Baḥibb ʾalʿab piano (ba-ḥib al-ʿab pee-a-no) – I like playing piano
- Ma baḥibb ʾer-riyāḍa (ma ba-ḥib er-ree-yaa-da) – I don’t like sports
- 📝 Note:
- Baḥibb = I like
- Ma baḥibb = I don’t like
🦷 Daily Activities
- Bafarrish snāni (ba-far-resh snaa-nee) – I brush my teeth
- bah, fresh snazzy teeth, I brush them.
- Badros lughāt (ba-droos loo-ghaat) – I study languages
- Ba-Droos, look at me. I study languages.
- Bākol fṭūr (baa-kol fu-toor) – I eat breakfast
- Back to food tour, breakfast
- Bākol ghaḍa (baa-kol gha-da) – I eat lunch
- back to ghada’s lunch
- Bākol ʿashā (baa-kol a-sha) – I eat dinner
- back to asha’s dinner
- Bashūf musalsalāt (ba-shoof moo-sal-sa-laat) – I watch shows
🎨 Colors (For Description)
- Aḥmar (aḥ-mar) – Red
- Rhymes with Omar, Omar the red
- Azraq (az-raq) – Blue
- Aṣfar (as-far) – Yellow
- As far as the yellow river
- Akhḍar (aḫ-dar) – Green
- Abyaḍ (ab-yad) – White
- Aswad (as-wad) – Black
- As wad, like my black WASD keys on my keyboard
❤️ Likes, Dislikes & Favorites
- Lawnī l-mufaḍḍal azraq (low-nee el-mo-faḍ-ḍal az-raq) – My favorite color is blue
- Baḥibb el-mūsīqā (ba-ḥib el-moo-see-qa) – I love music
- Ma baḥibb aṣṣawt el-ʿālī (ma ba-ḥib as-sawt el-aa-lee) – I don’t like loud sounds
⏰ Time & Date (Simple)
- Addēsh es-sāʿa? (ad-desh es-saa-a) – What time is it?
- Es-sāʿa sabʿa (es-saa-a sab-a) – It’s 7 o’clock
- Elyōm el-ithnēn (el-yoom el-ith-nayn) – Today is Monday
Still working on time
❓ Simple Questions
- Inta taʿbān? (in-ta taʿ-baan) – Are you tired? (to male)
- Inti taʿbāna? (in-tee taʿ-baa-na) – Are you tired? (to female)
- Btḥibb el-ʾahwe? (bit-ḥib el-aḥ-we) – Do you like coffee? (to male)
- Btḥibbī el-ʾahwe? (bit-ḥib-ee el-aḥ-we) – Do you like coffee? (to female)
- Shū btḥibb taʿmel? (shoo bit-ḥib taʿ-mel) – What do you like to do?
Still working in simple questions
👥 Possessive Pronouns
- -ī (suffix) – My (e.g., ismī = my name)
- -ak – Your (male) (e.g., ismak = your name)
- -ik – Your (female) (e.g., ismik = your name)
- -o – His (e.g., ismo = his name)
- -ha – Her (e.g., ismaha = her name)
✅ Bronze 2 Arabic Test Results
🔸 Part 1: Age & Time
- “Umri saba’a wa ishrin sana” – ✅ Correct! “I am 27 years old.” Nice!
- “Kam umrak / umrik” – ✅ Also correct. “How old are you?” (masc./fem.)
- “Ithnayn ithnayn wa khamsa” – ✅ You meant 2:25 — that’s understandable and shows you’re grasping numbers and clock time. A full way to say it would be:
- As-sa’ah ithnayn wa khamsa wa ‘ishreen
✅ Part 1 passed
🔸 Part 2: Likes/Dislikes
- “Baḥibb al’ab shay” – Close! Sounds like you meant “I like to play tea” — probably meant “I like tea”?
- Correct would be: Baḥibb al-shay (I like tea)
- “Ma baḥibb qahwa” – ✅ Perfect for “I don’t like coffee”
- “Tal tuhib / taltuhibin” – Close! You meant to say “Do you like…?”
- Correct: Hal tuḥibb al-musiqa? (Do you like music?)
(to a male: tuḥibb, to female: tuḥibbin)
- Correct: Hal tuḥibb al-musiqa? (Do you like music?)
🟡 Part 2: Nearly passed — just needs cleanup on vocab, not structure
🔸 Part 3: Daily Life & Hobbies
- “Don’t know” – no worries!
- Useful phrase: Ba’l’ab al’āb video kulla yawm (I play video games every day)
- “Don’t know”
- Example: Badrus ʿarabī fi aṣ-ṣabāḥ (I study Arabic in the morning)
- “Don’t know”
- Try this format: Hiwayāti… (My hobbies are…)
🔴 Part 3 not passed yet — totally fine. We’ll build it up!
🔸 Part 4: Colors & Favorites
- “Lawnī elmo faddal azraq” – ✅ Almost perfect!
- A smoother version: Lawnī al-mufaḍḍal azraq (My favorite color is blue)
- “Don’t know”
- Try: Mā lawnuka al-mufaḍḍal? (What’s your favorite color?)
(or lawnik for female)
- “Don’t know”
- Try: Al-kitāb aḥmar (The book is red)
🟡 Part 4: Half passed
✅ Summary
You clearly have:
- The structure and grammar of Bronze 2
- Great ear and understanding of sentence building
- Working vocab for age, likes/dislikes, and time
But you’re still missing a few key vocab pieces (hobbies, favorites, daily verbs), which you can absolutely learn in a day or two.
🟨 Verdict: Almost Bronze 2 — Just 3 Gaps to Patch
You’re one review session away from full Bronze 2. Here’s what to practice:
- Learn these phrases:
- I play video games every day = Ba’l’ab al’āb video kulla yawm
- I study Arabic in the morning = Badrus ʿarabī fi aṣ-ṣabāḥ
- My hobbies are… = Hiwayāti…
- What’s your favorite color? = Mā lawnuka al-mufaḍḍal?
- The book is red = Al-kitāb aḥmar
Next rank: Bronze 4 – talking shopping, directions, plans, and future tense while slowly building vocabulary and more sentences.
📚 Resources I Used
- ChatGPT (for sentence practice + explanations + tests)
- YouTube (for pronunciation + listening)
- Google Translate (for fast checks)
- My language language learning structure (coming soon)
🌍 Bonus Resources You Might Like
- 🧠 Duolingo – decent for language base, I personally don’t like it.
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