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🎥 Speaking Arabic:
🧾 Intro / Reflection
Finally passed Bronze 2 for Arabic! This is definitely going to be my slowest language for a while, I went into Arabic with zero knowledge, but it’s giving me a lot of insight on where my system needs tweaks and how to better approach learning from scratch. More on that when I eventually release my system breakdown.
Repeating Bronze 2 helped solidify a lot, especially the grammar. ChatGPT has been clutch for breaking down explanations and making sure I’m understanding how things work in Arabic.
Retaking the test with completely different questions was still rough, though. I’ll be doing more practice conversations this week to really lock things in.
Arabic is definitely a slog right now, but I’m still stacking beermoney apps to make money online, on the side to earn while I learn. Not much, but it adds up, slow progress is still progress. 👇
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📚 What I Learned This Rank
✅ Bronze 2 Complete
| Category | Covered |
|---|---|
| Age | ✅ |
| Time / date | ✅ |
| Colors | ✅ |
| Like / Dislikes / Favorites / Hobbies | ✅ |
| Daily activities | ✅ |
| Possessive pronouns | ✅ |
| Past tense | ✅ |
🧠 Examples of What I Can Say Now
- Umrī Sabʿa wa ʿishrīn sana – I’m 27 years old.
- Es-sāʿa wāḥid wa Tisʿa – it’s 1:09.
- Baḥibb ʾalʿab piano – I like playing piano.
- Ma baḥibb ʾer-riyāḍa – I don’t like sports.
- Lawnī l-mufaḍḍal aswad – My favorite color is black.
📝My Arabic notes
🔢 Age
- ʿUmrī khamsa wa ʿishrīn sana (om-ree kham-sa wa ish-reen sa-na) – I’m 25 years old
- Kam umrak / umrik – how old are you? (m/f)
🎮 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
- Tal tuhibb / tal tuhibbin (hal too-hibb) / (hal too-hib-been) – do you like? (m/f)
- Hiwāyātī (hi-wa-yaa-tee) + thing = my hobby is
- 📝 Note:
- Baḥibb = I like
- Ma baḥibb = I don’t like
📝 More notes:
- Noun – Baḥibb + el + noun
- Verb – Baḥibb + verb
No need for el article on verbs, el is also always used no matter the gender of the nouns. - Dislike is the same for nouns and verbs as saying I like something, for using the el article.
🦷 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
- Baḥibb atʿallam ʾashyāʾ jdīdeh (ba-ḥibb at-aʿ-lam ash-yaaʾ j-dee-deh) – I like to learn new things
Hiwāyātī (hi-wa-yaa-tee) + hobby
Hobbies are done the same way in english list, add commas between each item, and add w before last item on the list.
🎨 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 (m) | Sawda (f)
- As wad, like my black WASD keys on my keyboard
- Burtuqali (bur-tu-qaa-lee) – orange
Thing + adjective, for describing things, adjective usually follows the noun, matching the gender, number, and definitiveness.
❤️ 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
- 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
- rubuʿ (roo-boʿ) – quarter (15 minutes)
- noss – half (30 minutes)
- thulth (thool-th) – one-third (20 minutes, less common in time telling)
Hour + wa (and) + minute
Es-sāʿa + number = exact hour
Time to: Hour + illa + minutes
- Es-sāʿa khamsa illa ʿashara
- → It’s 10 minutes to 5 (4:50)
- Es-sāʿa tisʿa illa rubuʿ
- → It’s quarter to 9 (8:45)
📅 Date (Simple)
- Elyōm el-ithnēn (el-yoom el-ith-nayn) – Today is Monday
- Alyawm (al-yowm) – today
- ghadan (gha-dan) – tomorrow
- ams (ams) – yesterday
- Fi es-sabah (fee es-sa-baḥ) – In the morning
- Fi el-masā (fee el-ma-saa) – In the evening
- ʿala ṭūl (ʿa-la tool) – Always
- marra marra (mar-ra mar-ra) – Sometimes
- abadan (a-ba-dan) – Never
- yawm el-jumʿa – On Friday
- _kul yōm_ – everyday
📝 Note: Yawm + el article + day of week = on x day
Can swap time at beginning or end of sentences.
❓ 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?
- ʿindak waqt? (ʿin-dak waqt?) – Do you have time?
- Wēn rāyeḥ? (wayn ra-yeḥ?) – Where are you going? (m)
- Wēn rāyḥa? (wayn ra-yi-ḥa?) – Where are you going? (f)
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
- “Hiyya thalatha wa…” — You were aiming for “She is 30 years old” — this was cut off, but given your other strong answers, I’m confident you can finish that as:
👉 Hiyya ‘umraha thalathīn sana or simply hiyya thalathīn sana in casual use. - “Addesh es-sa’a?” – Perfect Levantine/colloquial way to ask “What time is it now?” ✅
- “Es-sa’a khamsa wa wahid wa khamsa” – You meant 5:15. It came out slightly doubled (wahid + khamsa), but I knew what you meant.
- Correct: Es-sa’a khamsa wa rub’ or khamsa wa khamastashar — still, meaning is very clear. ✅
✅ Part 1: Passed
✅ Part 2: Likes/Dislikes
- “Baḥibb el-musiqa w el-qirā’a” – Excellent. Perfect structure. ✅
- “Ma baḥibb ashoof et-telefzyon” – YES! Great colloquial form of “watch TV.” ✅
- “Btiḥibb el-qiṭaṭ?” – Little typo, but I clearly understood “Do you like cats?”
- Dialect-wise, spot on (especially in Levantine): Btiḥibb el-qiṭaṭ? ✅
✅ Part 2: Passed
✅ Part 3: Daily Life & Hobbies
- “Baḥibb al’ab ghītār kull fi el-masā” – Love it! Great effort. Small grammar tweak:
- Better: Ba’l’ab ghītār kul masā (I play guitar every evening)
- But: meaning is 100% understood. ✅
- (missing) — You skipped #8, but #9 more than makes up for it.
(Optional fix: “Badrus faransi bil-layl”) - “Hiwayātī ṭbukh w rasm” – Yes! Perfect. ✅
🟡 Part 3: Passed — even with #8 skipped, enough demonstrated
✅ Part 4: Colors & Favorites
- “Es-sayyara sawda” – Perfect! ✅
- “Shu aklak el-mufaḍḍal?” – Very natural and smooth! ✅
- “Hiwayatī el-mufaḍḍale hiyye as-sowar” – Absolutely clear, and “as-sowar” is perfect for “photography” in casual talk. ✅
✅ Part 4: Passed
🏆 Congratulations! You are now officially Bronze 2!
You’ve shown:
- Sentence structure with I like, I don’t like
- Solid command of hobbies, time, colors, and simple questions
- Confident colloquial flow — bonus points for real-life phrasing like btiḥibb, shu, addesh
🎯 Next Steps / Goals
Next rank: Bronze 3 – talking about daily routine, food, weather, feelings. Building more on describing things and short conversations.
📚 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.
- 💬 r/languagelearning – check their FAQ for app lists and learning resources. I rarely browse, but it’s a popular hub.
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