Learn Modern Standard Arabic with Loquus
Loquus focuses on Modern Standard Arabic, a form used in writing, news, and formal communication. Explore Arabic script alongside transliteration and audio, then connect words with grammar and phrases. Everyday spoken varieties differ by region, so keep that distinction in mind when choosing what you want to learn.
Start with a greeting. Keep going from there.
Arabic is written from right to left, and many letters change shape according to their position in a word. Use the alphabet reference to explore characters and examples. Read a word alongside its transliteration and audio, giving yourself time to recognize the joined letters.
Many Arabic words are connected through roots and patterns. Grammar Center introduces this structure along with other explanations you can revisit. Compare examples to see what stays familiar and what changes, then use the Dictionary when you want to check a word's meaning and available forms.
Modern Standard Arabic gives you a useful focus for reading and formal language. It does not represent every regional conversation you might hear. Explore the course's Phrasebook and guided exchanges within that scope, and listen closely to the wording when you practice an expression aloud.
35
Chapters on your journey
75
Grammar Center topics
75
Authored conversations
See it in the app
Real screens from the first day of the Modern Standard Arabic course in the iPhone app.
Open the app and today’s session is waiting. The Modern Standard Arabic course begins with Sounds & First Contact, and the first lesson is Greetings & Introductions.
Your first word is مرحبًا (marḥaban), meaning hello. Each new word comes with its meaning and audio at normal or very slow speed, plus a reading in Latin letters.
Right after a new word, you repeat it after the voice. This is called shadowing, and it builds speaking habits from your very first lesson.
Explore the course’s writing and sound reference. Tap an entry to hear it.
Grammar Center explains how Modern Standard Arabic works, with topics like Arabic at a Glance and Formal and Spoken Arabic.
A first taste
Tap a word to hear it, at normal speed or slowly.
Your path
The full course has 35 chapters. Your journey shows your progress in each one.
Grammar Center
A few of the topics you can open anytime, before or after you reach them in a lesson.
Alphabets & sounds
Tap an entry to hear it. Explore the writing and sound references included in this course.
In the app, start with three free lesson starts a day. Reference tools are included in free access. Loquus Plus adds unlimited lesson starts, section reviews, capstones and Arcade games.
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