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You speak Arabic (MSA) every week, with a native teacher
You join whichever slot suits you, with nothing to book. The joining link arrives by email, and the session is recorded.
- 4 slots this week, across all three levels
- 2 to 5 students per class, all at your level
- Replay available the same evening, with no time limit

Reconnect with Arabic
The language of your parents, your grandparents or your partner. The one you want to pass on to your children.





- Finally understand what is said at the table, and answer back.
- Your in-laws speak Arabic to you. Answer them in Arabic.
A language is passed down from generation to generation. Now it is your turn.
Start for freeProgress in Arabic (MSA) between classes, at your own pace
Interactive lessons with native audio, vocabulary, dialogues and quizzes. Everything you need to reinforce your skills between live sessions.
Between classes, you move forward twenty minutes a day
Lessons follow one another in order, with no evening to set aside. Every word is recorded by a native speaker.
- 273 lessons across 47 modules, from beginner to advanced
- Native audio on every word, with a slow-down button
- Your progress is kept, on phone and on computer alike
You hear the language as it is actually spoken
The recordings are made by native speakers, not by a synthetic voice. The slow-down button separates the sounds when it goes too fast.
- Every sentence can be played and slowed down
- The transcription and translation sit under the audio
- You replay it as many times as you need, with no limit
Every module ends with a quiz, not with a ticked box
You are corrected on the spot, with the explanation. A failed quiz can be retaken, with no penalty and no record.
- Immediate correction, with the right answer explained
- An end-of-level test opens the next level
- A level certificate at the end of the course
Your Arabic (MSA) level, certified in your name
- Issued once you have passed every lesson of a level: beginner, intermediate or advanced
- Downloadable as a PDF and shareable on LinkedIn
- A unique number, verifiable online on targumi.com
- Included in the plans with live classes, from the first payment: it is not issued during the trial
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Your Arabic (MSA) curriculum
Exactly what you'll find inside the platform: 47 modules, 273+ structured lessons, quizzes and exercises.
- As-salamu 3alaykum , The Islamic greeting18 min
- Sabah al-khayr , Good morning and good evening18 min
- Kayfa halak , How are you18 min
- Ahlan wa sahlan, Welcome18 min
- Shukran , Thank You and Gratitude18 min
- + 5 more
- السلام عليكم / مرحباً / أهلاً وسهلاً , First Greetings10 min
- كيف حالك؟ / الحمد لله / بخير - How Are You?10 min
- شكراً / عفواً / من فضلك / لو سمحت , Politeness10 min
- مع السلامة / إلى اللقاء / تصبح على خير , Saying Goodbye10 min
- أنا... / اسمي... , Saying Your Name10 min
- أنا من... / أنا + nationalité , Saying Where You're From10 min
- عمري... سنة / أعمل... , Age and Profession10 min
- هوايتي... / أحب... , Hobbies and Interests10 min
- al-usra - the immediate family18 min
- al-jaddu wa-l-jadda - the grandparents18 min
- al-a3mam wa-l-akhwal , Uncles and Aunts18 min
- al-zawaj - Marriage and In-Laws18 min
- al-atfal - children and ages18 min
- + 4 more
- أب / أم / أخ / أخت , Parents and Siblings10 min
- جد / جدة / عم / خال , Grandparents and Uncles10 min
- زوج / زوجة / ابن / ابنة, Spouse and children10 min
- كم فرداً في عائلتك؟ , Describing Your Family10 min
- ٠ – ٢٠ , Eastern and Western Arabic Numerals10 min
- ٢٠ – ١٠٠٠ , Tens and hundreds10 min
- كم الساعة؟ , Telling the Time10 min
- كم يكلف؟ , Prices10 min
- al-a3dad (1-10) - Cardinal Numbers13 min
- ayyam al-usbu3 - the days of the week12 min
- al-shuhur wa al-fusul - Months and Seasons13 min
- huruf al-jarr - prepositions13 min
- asma' al-istifham - interrogative words12 min
- + 3 more
- أيام الأسبوع , Days of the Week10 min
- الأشهر والفصول , Months and Seasons10 min
- الألوان , Colors10 min
- الصفات , Qualifying Adjectives10 min
- الوجبات , Meals of the Day10 min
- في المطعم , At the Restaurant10 min
- المطبخ العربي , Arab Cuisine10 min
- الأذواق , Flavors10 min
- Basic Foods , الأطعمة الأساسية10 min
- Meals of the day, وَجَبَات اليَوْم10 min
- At the Restaurant , في المَطْعَم12 min
- Expressing tastes and preferences , التَّعْبِير عن الأذواق10 min
- Rooms of the House , غُرَف البيت10 min
- Furniture and Objects , الأثاث والأشياء10 min
- Prepositions of Place , حُرُوف الجَرّ المَكَانِيَّة12 min
- Describing Your Home, وَصْف البيت10 min
- The present tense form I, فَعَلَ يَفْعُلُ12 min
- All Present Tense Persons12 min
- يَفْعِلُ verbs , i-vowel in the present12 min
- Negation in the present , لا + مضارع10 min
- The Past Tense of Form I Verbs, فَعَلَ12 min
- Complete past tense conjugation12 min
- Time Markers , ظروف الزمان10 min
- Negating in the Past – لَمْ + المجزوم10 min
- al-fusha - the classical language12 min
- al-dama'ir - Personal Pronouns13 min
- al-jumla al-ismiyya - the nominal sentence13 min
- al-ta3rif - the definite article12 min
- al-mudhakkar wa al-mu'annath - Gender of Nouns13 min
- + 3 more
- al-ta3aruf - introducing yourself in MSA13 min
- al-su'al 3an al-tariq - asking for directions13 min
- fi al-mat3am - at the restaurant (MSA)13 min
- fi al-suq - at the Market (MSA)13 min
- Kāna and its sisters , كان وأخواتها13 min
- Inna and Its Sisters , إنَّ وأخواتها13 min
- Nominal sentences with adverbs , ظرف وجار ومجرور خبراً12 min
- Agreement of Tenses in the Nominal Sentence, توافق الأزمنة13 min
- Introduction to the broken plural , أوزان جمع التكسير13 min
- Advanced Broken Plural Patterns , أوزان متقدمة13 min
- Collective Nouns and Nouns of Unity , اسم الجنس والجنس12 min
- Plurals of Adjectives and Participles , جموع الصفات12 min
- Form VI , تَفَاعَلَ (reciprocal-reflexive)12 min
- Form VII, اِنْفَعَلَ (Spontaneous Passive)12 min
- Form VIII , اِفْتَعَلَ (reflexive, medio-passive)12 min
- Form IX , اِفْعَلَّ (colors and physical states)12 min
- Form X, اِسْتَفْعَلَ (request and estimation)12 min
- Personal pronouns, الضمائر المنفصلة12 min
- Relative Pronouns , الأسماء الموصولة12 min
- Demonstrative Pronouns , أسماء الإشارة12 min
- Interrogative Pronouns, أدوات الاستفهام12 min
- Indefinite and Totality Pronouns , ضمائر الشمول والإبهام12 min
- Numerals 11-19 , الأعداد من 11 إلى 1912 min
- The tens 20-99, الأعداد من 20 إلى 9912 min
- Hundreds and Thousands, المئات والآلاف12 min
- Ordinal Numbers , أعداد الترتيب12 min
- Dates and the Expression of Time , التاريخ والزمن12 min
- The conditional with إِنْ , الشرط بـ إن12 min
- The conditional with إِذَا, الشرط بـ إذا12 min
- The Counterfactual Conditional with لَوْ, الشرط الامتناعي12 min
- Summary and Comparison of Conditional Clauses , مقارنة أدوات الشرط12 min
- Conditionals in Texts , الشرط في الأساليب الفصحى12 min
- The Arabic Media Landscape , الإعلام العربي12 min
- The Arab League and Pan-Arab Institutions, جامعة الدول العربية12 min
- Contemporary Arab Society , المجتمع العربي المعاصر12 min
- Economic Issues of the Arab World, الاقتصاد العربي12 min
- The Sahara and Deserts , الصحراء الكبرى12 min
- The Nile and Rivers , النيل والأنهار12 min
- The Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea , شبه الجزيرة العربية12 min
- The Cedars of Lebanon and the Mountains , أرز لبنان والجبال12 min
- One Thousand and One Nights , ألف ليلة وليلة12 min
- Classical and Modern Poetry , الشعر العربي12 min
- Naguib Mahfouz and the Arabic Novel , نجيب محفوظ12 min
- Music, Ramadan and Calligraphy – الموسيقى ورمضان والخط12 min
- The Digital World and the Internet , الإنترنت والرقمنة12 min
- The World of Work, عالم العمل12 min
- Gulf Economy and Arab Start-ups , اقتصاد الخليج والشركات الناشئة12 min
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future , الذكاء الاصطناعي والمستقبل12 min
- al-3amal - the world of work18 min
- al-mihan - occupations and professions18 min
- muqabalat al-3amal - the job interview18 min
- as-sira adh-dhatiyya - the CV18 min
- ar-ratib wa-l-3aqd - salary and contract18 min
- + 4 more
- al-bahth 3an sakan - searching for and renting accommodation18 min
- ghuraf al-bayt - rooms and furnishings18 min
- al-a3mal al-manziliyya - household chores and daily routine18 min
- al-jiwar wa al-hayy , the neighborhood18 min
- mashakil al-sakan - Housing Problems and Repairs18 min
- + 1 more
- al-Jazeera - the pan-Arab broadcaster14 min
- Asharq Al-Awsat - The Pan-Arab Daily14 min
- al-mufradat al-siyasiyya - political vocabulary14 min
- al-iqtisad - Economic Vocabulary14 min
- al-niza3 wa al-diblumasiyya - conflict and diplomacy14 min
- + 3 more
- Naguib Mahfouz - the Egyptian Nobel laureate14 min
- Adunis - the revolutionary poet14 min
- Mahmoud Darwish - the Palestinian poet14 min
- al-riwaya al-3arabiyya al-mu3asira , the contemporary Arab novel14 min
- al-masrah - Modern Arabic Theatre13 min
- + 3 more
- al-i3rab - the three grammatical cases14 min
- al-idafa , the construct state (genitive annexation)14 min
- al-af3al al-mu3raba - Verb Moods14 min
- al-awzan al-fi3liyya - verbal patterns (verb schemes)15 min
- al-mabni li-l-majhul - the passive voice13 min
- + 3 more
- + 5 more
- عَالَم الشَّرِكَة , The business world18 min
- التَّوْظِيف وَمُقَابَلَة العَمَل , Recruitment and the Job Interview18 min
- الرَّاتِب وَظُرُوف العَمَل - Salary and Working Conditions18 min
- الِاجْتِمَاع المِهَنِيّ , The Professional Meeting18 min
- فَنّ التَّفَاوُض , The Art of Negotiation18 min
- + 5 more
- مُصْطَلَحَات الاقْتِصَاد الكُلِّيّ , Macroeconomic Vocabulary18 min
- التَّضَخُّم وَالسِّيَاسَة النَّقْدِيَّة , Inflation and monetary policy18 min
- الخَدَمَات المَصْرِفِيَّة , Banking and Its Services18 min
- البُورْصَة وَالأَسْوَاق المَالِيَّة , The Stock Exchange and Financial Markets18 min
- التِّجَارَة وَالتَّفَاوُض , Commerce and negotiation18 min
- + 5 more
- al-taghayyur al-munakhi, Climate Change18 min
- al-taqa al-mutajaddida , Renewable Energy18 min
- al-tanawwu3 al-biyuluji - Biodiversity18 min
- al-talawwuth, Pollution18 min
- al-mawarid al-ma'iyya , Water Resources18 min
- + 5 more
- جِسْم الإِنْسَان , The body and anatomy18 min
- الأَعْرَاض وَالشَّكْوَى , Symptoms and complaints18 min
- الكَشْف الطِّبِّيّ - The Medical Consultation18 min
- الأَمْرَاض , Diseases and Pathologies18 min
- الصَّيْدَلِيَّة وَالعِلَاج , Pharmacy and Treatment18 min
- + 5 more
- Dawlat al-qanun , The Rule of Law18 min
- al-dustur wa al-mu'assasat - The Constitution and institutions18 min
- al-muwatana , Citizenship18 min
- al-qada' , Justice and the Judiciary18 min
- huquq al-insan , Human Rights and Freedoms18 min
- + 4 more
- حُقُول الأَدَب , The Field of Literature18 min
- البَلَاغَة وَالصُّوَر الأَدَبِيَّة , Rhetoric and Literary Figures18 min
- المَسْرَح العَرَبِيّ , Arabic Theatre18 min
- الفُنُون التَّشْكِيلِيَّة , Visual Arts18 min
- السِّينَمَا وَاللُّغَة الفِيلْمِيَّة , Cinema and the Language of Film18 min
- + 4 more
- مُعْجَم الرَّقْمَنَة وَالإِنْتَرْنِت, The Vocabulary of the Digital Age and the Internet18 min
- الذَّكَاء الاصْطِنَاعِيّ وَالخَوَارِزْمِيَّات, AI and Algorithms18 min
- al-Quran al-Karim - Structure and History16 min
- al-tafsir - schools of exegesis16 min
- al-balagha al-Quraniyya - Quranic Rhetoric16 min
- al-hadith - the science of hadith16 min
- al-fiqh - Islamic Jurisprudence16 min
- + 3 more
- al-Mu3allaqat - the Suspended Odes16 min
- Imru al-Qays - the wandering prince16 min
- 3Antara ibn Shaddad - The Warrior Poet16 min
- al-Khansa' - the lady of elegies16 min
- al-Mutanabbi - the poet of the century16 min
- + 3 more
- الْكِتَابَة الرَّسْمِيَّة , Writing Formal Arabic15 min
- الْمُنَاظَرَة وَالْخِطَابَة, Debate and the Art of Oratory15 min
- لُغَة الإِعْلَام – The Language of Arab Media and Journalism15 min
- الْمُعَلَّقَات , The Great Pre-Islamic Poetry15 min
- الْقُرْآن الْكَرِيم , Language and Style of the Quran15 min
- الشِّعْر الأَنْدَلُسِيّ , Arab Andalusia and Its Poetry12 min
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What you'll learn in Arabic (MSA)
A curriculum designed to get you speaking Arabic (MSA) in the situations that actually matter to you.
Start for free- 01Modern Standard Arabic (MSA): press, media, and official documents
- 02Regional dialects: Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan Darija, Gulf
- 03Arabic alphabet and calligraphy: 28 letters in 3 weeks
- 04Business and negotiation across the Arab world and the Gulf
- 05Arabic for the diaspora and multilingual families
- 06Listening comprehension for TV series, films, and Al Jazeera
Frequently asked questions about learning Arabic (MSA)
Which Arabic should you learn?
Modern Standard Arabic is read and written everywhere, but spoken in no street. Each country has its own dialect, and that is what you hear in the market, on the phone and in TV series. Pick the one your people actually speak.
Learn Egyptian Arabic
Égypte
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Maroc
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Tunisie
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Algérie
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Liban · Syrie
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Arabie Saoudite
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Soudan
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- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
- Every language included: over 100 languages, and you switch language whenever you like, at no extra cost.
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- 4 live classes a week with a native teacher: small groups of 3 to 5 people. Practise, ask your questions, improve your pronunciation, and let yourself be guided as you learn the language. No obligation, join in as you wish. There are classes for every level.
- A complete learning platform: learn to build sentences, listen to audio recorded by native speakers, practise with exercises.
- Every live class replay available, the ones held before you signed up and the upcoming ones, with their PDF, available to download.
- Learner discussion groups, with the teachers: practise writing, chat every day.
- Level certificate at the end of each learning path.
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