Learn Arabic with flashcards that actually stick

Audio-first Arabic vocabulary training with spaced repetition. Learn useful words and phrases, remember them long-term, and practise both understanding and speaking.

Arabic here means the learning content. Your interface language and translation language are separate settings, so you can learn Arabic in the setup that suits you.

Sample: Arabic you'll actually use

السلام عليكم (as-salāmu ʿalaykum) – hello شكراً (shukran) – thank you من فضلك (min faḍlak/faḍlik) – please كم السعر؟ (kam as-siʿr?) – how much is it?

What you'll train (quick)

Audio-first Arabic vocabulary training with spaced repetition.

  • 1
    Arabic words with audio (pronunciation in real phrases)

    Hear pronunciation inside real phrases.

  • 2
    A daily review queue (spaced repetition does the planning)

    Spaced repetition does the planning for you.

  • 3
    Two-way practice: Arabic → your language, then your language → Arabic

    Understand first, then flip to recall so you can speak.

Why

Why Arabic feels hard (and what we train)

Script and reading flow (right-to-left)

You'll get comfortable seeing Arabic quickly, without freezing at the first letter. The goal is recognition in real words, not isolated alphabet drills.

Short vowels are often not written

A lot of Arabic text omits short vowels, so guessing becomes a habit. We train sound and meaning together with audio and examples.

One language, many versions

Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the shared baseline for news, education, and cross-country communication. Dialects vary by region, so the safest start is MSA plus widely understood everyday phrasing.

Patterns matter (roots, forms, and families of words)

Arabic vocabulary becomes easier when you learn words in clusters (related meanings and common patterns), not as random lists.

What you get

What you get in My Lingua Cards

Audio-first Arabic flashcards

Hear the word, see it in context, and stop guessing pronunciation.

Spaced repetition (daily queue)

You get a realistic daily queue. The system brings back what you're about to forget.

Two-way practice

Recognise it first, then switch to recall so the vocabulary becomes usable when you speak.

Context on the card (not word = translation)

Each card can include audio, translation, short explanation, and examples with audio.

Sample: Arabic you'll actually use

You'll learn ready-to-use chunks, not textbook museum language.

  • السلام عليكم (as-salāmu ʿalaykum) – hello (lit. peace be upon you)
  • شكراً (shukran) – thank you
  • من فضلك (min faḍlak/faḍlik) – please
  • كم السعر؟ (kam as-siʿr?) – how much is it?
  • أين …؟ (ayna …?) – where is …?
  • أريد … (urīd …) – I want …
Goals

Choose your goal

Arabic for travel (fast survival kit)

For airports, taxis, hotels, shops, and simple social interactions.

  • Polite basics, directions, numbers, and money
  • Common questions and fixed phrases that come up daily
  • Listening-first: you hear it before you try to produce it
Arabic for work and everyday communication

For practical vocabulary that shows up in real life: services, admin, and simple workplace chat.

  • Work and admin basics (forms, appointments, requests)
  • Clear, neutral phrasing (useful across countries)
  • Vocabulary that helps you function, not impress
Arabic for media and understanding (news, podcasts, YouTube)

If you want to understand more without subtitles: higher-frequency vocabulary plus repeated exposure.

  • High-frequency MSA words that show up everywhere
  • Collocations and common phrasing patterns
  • Recognition first, then recall (so it becomes active)
How it works (in 2 minutes)

Register, pick Arabic, choose your translation language, and start training. Today's queue mixes reviews and new cards so you don't have to plan.

Register and choose Arabic as your learning language

Pick your translation language and interface language.

Pick your translation and interface languages

Start with the daily queue: reviews first, then new words.

Start training: today's queue = reviews → new words

Practise 5–15 minutes a day and let the spaced schedule do the heavy lifting.

Practise daily

Keep the streak: recall practice flips from your language → Arabic so you can speak.

Questions

FAQ

No. It's a vocabulary trainer: flashcards with audio, examples, and spaced repetition.
Primarily Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), because it's the most widely understood across countries. You'll also learn practical, widely used everyday phrasing.
No. You can start with audio and common words immediately, and your reading confidence will build naturally as you see the same patterns repeatedly.
Yes – because you switch from recognition to recall (your language → Arabic), which is the step most learners skip.
Not yet. You can't create custom dictionary entries, but you can organise the app's words into your own study sets.

Ready to learn Arabic the sensible way?

Start small, practise daily, and let spaced repetition keep the words in your head.