Beginning and Ending Verbs

Sidebar2
Written By Nora Charlotte

Every now and again, I notice my Arabic verb use getting stale. I’ll concentrate on learning verbs for actions that I don’t have the words to describe, but don’t always put in the time to diversify my vocabulary to include multiple ways to say the same actions. Understanding multiple verbs with similar meanings is a useful conversational skill though, and it helps us speak more naturally. So, let’s get started with some verbs that mean to start or to finish.

For a comprehensive overview of Levantine Arabic verbs, we recommend the book The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic.

More Arabic resources....
Top 5 Levantine Arabic Dictionaries
Top 5 Levantine Arabic Dictionaries

There are a lot of Arabic dictionary options available for formal Arabic, but it can be difficult to find a good one one for dialect words. In this post, we've put together a list with descriptions of our 5 favorite Levantine Arabic dictionaries.

How to Learn Arabic on YouTube
How to Learn Arabic on YouTube

YouTube is a great resource for Arabic learning videos, but it can be difficult to identify quality resources for intermediate learners. Here’s a list of our favorite Arabic learning channels with pros, cons, and links for each.

The 3 Best Apps for Learning Arabic
The 3 Best Apps for Learning Arabic

Is there such a thing as a good app for learning Arabic? With many distinct dialects, Arabic is a difficult language to make an effective language learning app for. Here are a few we’ve found useful!

Nora Charlotte
Previous

Arabic Conditional Tense
Next

Arabic Grammar Videos