Speak Arabic from day one — five-minute voice practice for real situations
Build useful Arabic out loud: مرحبا, أهلا وسهلا, السلام عليكم, name lines with اسمي…, and تشرفنا — short voice sessions with Gu where you say the full Arabic-script line out loud, and try again instead of drilling silent vocab tiles.
- 5-min sessions
- Speak with Gu
- First two units free
ابدأ تعلّم العربية على App Store أو Google Play. الوحدتان الأوليان مجانيتان.
Everyday Arabic, right-to-left script, and أنت versus أنتم.
What trips beginners up in Arabic — and how you practice it out loud. Early lessons use everyday MSA/فصحى-leaning forms like مرحبا, السلام عليكم and اسمي…
- Everyday MSA/فصحى-leaning Arabic
Early spoken greetings (مرحبا, السلام عليكم, صباح الخير) are MSA / Modern Standard–leaning everyday Arabic in one standard course.
- Arabic script reads right-to-left
Free early targets (مرحبا, السلام عليكم, اسمي, تشرفنا) use Arabic script, written right-to-left. Silent left-to-right flashcard apps hide that direction. Voice practice makes you say the full script line aloud.
- أنت / أنتم is the address gear — not حضرتك
Lessons use أنت (you) by default; plural أنتم comes later. Silent tiles skip the register choice and the full greeting breath (السلام عليكم as the most formal hello).
Say it out loud, then try it again.
Say an Arabic line out loud, and try it again.
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Say, retry
Practise a useful Arabic line in a short speaking loop tied to the MSA/فصحى-lean greeting breath in مرحبا / السلام عليكم, the full Arabic-script line before alphabet depth, or أنت address in name and origin asks.
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Real beginner situations
Greetings, introductions, and polite please, thank-you, and sorry are practised out loud, not only as silent tiles. Café قهوة, the station, the bathroom, repair lines, numbers, and alphabet literacy come later in the course.
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Protect tomorrow’s five minutes
Use the daily-habit guidance linked on this page so the next five-minute session still happens.
Six speaking scenes — not a fluency promise.
Voice-first scenarios, not a time-to-fluency promise. Free week one is units 1–2 only: greetings and introducing yourself, starting with مرحبا and أهلا وسهلا. السلام عليكم is the most formal greeting. Café, the station, the bathroom, repair, numbers, and alphabet literacy come later in the course.
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Greet across formality
مرحبا. أهلا وسهلا. السلام عليكم. وعليكم السلام. السلام عليكم is the most formal greeting (an MSA/فصحى cue). In the free early lessons.
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Day-part greetings
صباح الخير. مساء الخير. Soft replies صباح النور and مساء النور too. In the free early lessons.
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Close the exchange
مع السلامة. إلى اللقاء. In the free early lessons.
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Polite cluster
من فضلك. شكرا. عفوا. آسف. نعم. لا. Speak each as a full Arabic-script breath, not an isolated letter tile. Soft extras too: شكرا جزيلا and أنا آسف. In the free early lessons.
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Introduce yourself
اسمي ___. أنا ___. تشرفنا. For example: اسمي سارة, أنا طالب. In the free early lessons.
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Ask name and origin, then close
ما اسمك؟ من أين أنت؟ أنا من… Close with مع السلامة or إلى اللقاء. In the free early lessons.
Coming later in the course: café orders (قهوة من فضلك · أريد كوب قهوة من فضلك), the station and bathroom (أين المحطة؟ · لو سمحت أين الحمام؟ · كيف أصل إلى المحطة؟), لا أفهم, numbers 1–20, and alphabet / حروف literacy.
Greeting breath, script direction, and address.
Quick mouth cues for saying each line out loud.
| Focus | Arabic cue | Mouth / structure note |
|---|---|---|
| MSA/فصحى-lean greeting breath | السلام عليكم · وعليكم السلام | Say the full formal greeting as one spoken unit. Don’t chop it into an English “as-salaam… alaykum”. Say the whole line once, slowly, then again at speed. It is the most formal hello. |
| Casual hello and welcome | مرحبا · أهلا وسهلا | Everyday hello plus a warm welcome. |
| Right-to-left script (observation) | اسمي… · تشرفنا | Arabic script reads right-to-left. Say the full character line aloud. |
| Address register | أنت (default) · أنتم (plural, later) | Practise من أين أنت؟ as the default ask. Plural أنتم comes later in the course. |
Say these lines out loud.
Practice script — say these lines out loud. Café, station and bathroom lines come later in the course.
You: مرحبا!
Hi! / Hello!
You: أهلا وسهلا.
Welcome.
You: السلام عليكم.
Peace be upon you (formal hello).
You: وعليكم السلام.
And upon you peace (reply).
You: صباح الخير. / مساء الخير.
Good morning. / Good evening.
You: اسمي Alex.
My name is Alex.
You: أنا طالب. تشرفنا.
I’m a student. Nice to meet you.
You: ما اسمك؟
What’s your name?
You: من أين أنت؟ أنا من…
Where are you from? I’m from…
You: من فضلك. شكرا. عفوا. آسف. نعم. لا.
Please. Thank you. You’re welcome / excuse me. Sorry. Yes. No.
You: مع السلامة. / إلى اللقاء.
Goodbye. / See you.
Three people who open Arabic to speak.
- English-speaking beginners
You want MSA/فصحى-leaning greetings, name lines, and polite من فضلك / شكرا phrases you can say aloud in week one — without waiting for an alphabet literacy course.
- Returning learners
You recognise Arabic letters or dialect media but hesitate over the MSA greeting breath, right-to-left script direction, and أنت address when speaking.
- Travellers and culture-curious learners
You want a small daily voice habit for hellos, introductions, and soft please, thank-you, and sorry — not a silent conjugations marathon. Café قهوة, station and bathroom asks, exact repair, numbers, and alphabet depth arrive later in the structured path.
Arabic next steps, sibling courses, and the habit pieces.
All languages
Browse every VoiGu course, including the other speaking pages.
Chinese
Chinese speaking practice — tones, characters-first lines, and 你 versus 您.
Japanese
Japanese speaking practice — greetings, particles, and polite lines.
Korean
Korean speaking practice — syllable rhythm, soft requests, and 해요체.
Portuguese
Portuguese speaking practice — greetings, nasals, and polite senhor / senhora.
A daily language habit
How to protect a five-minute session so tomorrow’s Arabic still happens.
كيف تعمل ممارسة التحدث
قل كل جملة بصوت عالٍ ثم أعد المحاولة.
Get the app
Start speaking Arabic free. The download links are on the get-app page.
See what Plus unlocks
Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units.
Straight answers.
Do I need to master every Arabic sound (or diglossia) before speaking?
No. Start with useful complete phrases (مرحبا, السلام عليكم, اسمي…, من فضلك, شكرا). Rhythm and register become clearer through spoken practice; we do not promise pronunciation mastery in a fixed number of weeks. Alphabet / حروف literacy comes later in the course, not in the free early lessons.
Does VoiGu teach Egyptian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Gulf Arabic, or MSA?
The Arabic path is standard beginner Arabic, and early lessons use everyday MSA / فصحى-leaning forms (e.g. مرحبا, السلام عليكم, اسمي…). There are no separate Egyptian, Levantine or Gulf versions.
Can I practise Arabic pronunciation as a beginner?
Yes — use the voice-first practice loop and the page’s sound and structure examples (MSA greeting breath, right-to-left script direction, أنت address). Say the line out loud, then try it again. The free early lessons cover greetings and introducing yourself; the alphabet comes later. Arabic script is written right-to-left.
Are the first Arabic units free?
The first two units are free. They cover greetings and introducing yourself. Plus unlocks content beyond the first two free units; see /pricing. Start via /get-app.
Put a useful Arabic greeting into your voice practice.
Say مرحبا. اسمي ___. out loud today — five minutes is enough to start.
The first two units are free.
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