Arabic with Imran Lum
By Dr Imran Lum
Arabic with Imran LumSep 19, 2022
Beginners Arabic Lesson 26: Good, Better, Best! The ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل)
'Intermediate Episode 7: On Singing, Studying at Oxford, Melayu and Kelantanese with Iman Farrar
Beginners Arabic Lesson 25: Using Basic Arabic to Memorise Hadith
Beginners Arabic Lesson 24: What are your Hobbies?
What are your hobbies? It sounds like a question you'd ask when reviewing someone's biodata for marriage. I've never heard this question in a conversation and I've never used it. That said, there are some interesting vocab that you can learn from saying what your hobbies are.
So, what are your hobbies?
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 23: Jom Belajar Bahasa Arab dengan Melati Lum! (In Malay)
In this episode my sister Melati and I practise our sketchy Malay and at the same time learn how to say some phrases in Arabic on what Melati studied and where she worked. For non-Malay speakers skip to 7mins and 30secs for a short lesson.
Melati Lum has a background in criminal law having prosecuted a wide range of serious offences in the courts. She's an Australian, Malay/Chinese, Muslim mum who loves getting lost in a good book, or equally lost exploring a new country, learning about its people, food and culture. Melati hopes to help diversify the range of heroines and heroes available to readers young and old. She lives in Adelaide, Australia with her family (including two very fluffy, hypoallergenic, Siberian cats).
Check out Melati's books here: Amazon, Booktopia and follow on Instragram.
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 22: Tips on Learning Languages with Nejra - Part B
Join us again with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this episode we get some tips on how she learned three languages at the same time; French, Arabic and Bosnian so join us for that!
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Intermediate Lesson 6: In Conversation with Nejra. On Identity, Sandžak and Learning Arabic - Part A
Join us with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this chat, recorded in August 2022, we discuss our family origins, mutual love of languages and her journey into learning Arabic. This is the first part of our conversation, the second part will be in English (mostly) and we'll get some tips on how she learnt three languages at the same time; French, Arabic and Bosnian so join us for that!
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 21: Shopping for Clothes in Arabic
In this episode, Mals joins us to chat about clothes in Arabic and how to ask for different clothes at a shop. If you like the podcast, please hit us up with a rating and comment. Don't forget to share it with other Arabic learners!
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 20: Direction phrases with Chantelle En español!
In this episode, we chat to our friend Chantelle who also teaches us a little Spanish. For the non-Spanish speakers, just skip ahead and I'll break down some direction phrases discussed. If you like the podcast please share it with other Arabic learners and check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum ma3a as-salaama!
Also, I'm launching a new podcast series called Muslim Money, so please follow and stay tuned for the launch!
Intermediate Lesson 5: Interview with Financial Journalist Hassan Jivraj
Salams and ahlan! Apologies it has been ages since I've posted a new episode. I've been working on a new podcast series called Muslim Money which I'll be launching soon. In one of the episodes, I chat with the phenomenal Hassan Jivraj who is a London-based Financial journalist primarily focusing on Middle Eastern debt capital markets, Islamic finance and international political economy. We initially connected discussing Islamic financing issues but then quickly found out that we both have a love for the Arabic language! In this episode, Hassan talks about his background, how he studied Arabic and his career trajectory into the world of financial journalism. I hope you enjoy this Arab-inglisi episode and please share it with other Arabic students and people interested in Islamic finance.
For those of you who want that little bit extra, join our private Arabic Telegram Channel where I'll be sharing clips, quizzes and articles that will help you engage with the Arabic language and learn more. You'll also get access to unedited episodes covering different aspects of the Arabic language. Subscribe today: https://anchor.fm/arabicwithimran/subscribe
Beginners Arabic Lesson 19: Introductory Phrases with Shaher
One of the beautiful things about Arabic and Arab culture is that when you meet someone you don't just say 'Hi'. You want to know everything about them and what's going on in their life. You want to know about their health, their family, their parents, their kids, their work etc. In this lesson Shaher will be teaching us some of these phrases.
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 18: What to say when you visit people on Eid with Silma Ihram
Given Eid is in a couple of days, in this lesson we have a chat with my mother in law Silma Ihram and learn some phrases that you can use when you visit people or have people over. Here is a link to Silma's documentary Silma's School.
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 17: Conjugating اكل or He Ate in the Past Tense with Melati Lum
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 16: Conjugating رجع or He Returned in the Past Tense with Jean
In this podcast we chat our friend Jean and fellow Co-Founder of Markaz in the beautiful city of Queenstown, NZ to learn how to conjugate the verb رجع.
I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets.
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Imran
Intermediate Lesson 4: What to Say in Ramadan with Bahi
As Ramadan is fast approaching, in this podcast we chat to my Saudi bro Bahi from Makkah and learn some phrases we can use in Ramadan with our friends and family. Try them out this Ramadan and don't forget to keep us in your prayers!
Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets.
If you have any feedback or if you find these useful I'd love to hear from you. Hit me up on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum
Imran
Beginners Arabic Lesson 15: Mixing up the Past Tense with Faruq
In this podcast we chat again to our friend Faruq and step through some past tense sentences. Remember to practise as if you're part of the conversation.
Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets.
If you have any feedback or if you find these useful I'd love to hear from you. Hit me up on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum
Imran
Intermediate Lesson 3: Conversation with Kamal on his life and Algeria
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Intermediate Lesson 2: Conversation with Shaykh Abdurrahman Mawar
Beginners Arabic Lesson 14: Mixing up the Past Tense with Yusra
In this lesson, we chat with our student Yusra and go over some past tense sentences.
Intermediate Lesson 1: Introductory phrases when you greet or meet someone
Beginners Arabic Lesson 13: Conjugating سافر or He Travelled in the Past Tense with Barry Danielian
Check out my Arabic Podcast Lesson with the phenomenal brother Barry Danielian who is a retired former trumpet player for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He has toured and performed with many of the biggest names in the music industry, including Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, and James Taylor. He was one of New York City’s most in demand session players and arrangers, racking up hundreds of recordings with legendary producers Phil Ramone, Arif Mardin, Narada Michael Walden, and Nile Rodgers among others. In addition he also has a long list of Broadway, television and film credits to his name.
To add to that, he also proficient in Arabic! I caught him a few years ago while he was on tour in Australia to give us a short Arabic lesson on conjugating سافر or He Travelled in the past tense. In this lesson we learn the following phrases in Arabic.
He travelled
I travelled to London
We travelled to Paris
Did you travel to New York? (m)
Did you travel to New York? (f)
You travelled to the city (m/f)
You all travelled to the big mosque (m)
Did you girls travel to Sydney?
He travelled with his mother
She travelled with her mother
They didn’t travel to Australia (f-pl.)
Beginners Arabic Lesson 12: Basic Past Tense Sentences in Arabic with Faruq
In this lesson, we mix it up with our Arabic student Faruq. We're still focusing on the past tense verbs and developing basic sentences around them. Today we go through a day in the life of the great man himself Faruq; how he went to work, ate a banana with colleagues and of course going to Arabic class, exciting stuff! We also briefly talk about the times of the day. You can use the five prayers as time markers so before the Maghrib prayer or after it etc.
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 11: This and That - Demonstrative Pronouns
We did this lesson at like 11:30pm after all the kids finally went to sleep so apologies if it sounds like we’re going to sleep ourselves! In today's lesson Anisa will be taking you through the demonstrative pronouns or asmaa2 ul-isharah (أسماء الإشارة). You'll learn how to say 'This is a...' to masculine and feminine objects. We’ll also walk you through asking 'What is this?' ma hadha? ما هذا؟ (m) or ما هذه؟ (f) and the term 'that' dhalika / ذلك for (m) and tilka / تلك for (f).
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 10: The Sun (الشمس) and Moon (القمر) letters with Shaykh Abdurrahman
Beginners Arabic Lesson 9: Developing sentences around the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Nawal
Beginners Arabic Lesson 8: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Inty
In this lesson we chat to Anisa about her journey learning the Arabic language and she talks about the importance of finding someone that you are comfortable speaking Arabic with. Finally, I chat to our student and good mate Inty from Inty Chiropractic where she helps us practise conjugate the verb ذهب / he went in the past tense.
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 7: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb فعل with Faruq
In this lesson, Anisa and I talk about the importance of finding the جذر or the Arabic trilateral root in words and we chat to our student Faruq on conjugating the verb فعل or he went in the past tense.
Beginners Arabic Lesson 6: Arabic Pronouns with Zoe
Zoe is one of our buddies that is going to help us go through some basic Arabic pronouns. She has an interesting Arabic connection, her ‘jeddu’ was from Lebanon and migrated to Australia in the 1950s. Try to memorise all of the pronouns because we're going to keep referring to them throughout our lessons.
Beginners Arabic Lesson 5: Arabic Letters with Mawlana Abdurrahman and Yusuf from Chicago
In this lesson we go through how to pronounce Arabic letters correctly.
Beginners Arabic lesson 4: More Basic Phrases with Inty
Beginners Arabic Lesson 3: Basic Arabic introductions (in French)
This lesson is a little bit random, we got through basic Arabic introductions but in French with our friend Madina. Please excuse my dodgy French! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum
Beginners Arabic lesson 2: Asking 'How are you?'
