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The Daily Derja
The Daily Derja
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Learn Arabic Here

It’s a daily journal first — but a lot of it is built to help you learn. Here’s the useful stuff, gathered in one place.

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اقرأ Short Shami reading Diary entries in everyday Levantine — most end with a glossary of key phrases · 74 posts كلمة Vocabulary & grammar Word and grammar guides with IPA, audio, and example sentences · 8 guides تونسي/شامي Tunisian vs Levantine 10 everyday differences side by side, from a learner who switched dialects — plus the Tunisian archive نغمة Music & listening Arabic songs I've used for ear training, with the phrases I picked up · 3 posts

Vocabulary & grammar guides

Scannable word and grammar guides with IPA, audio, and example sentences. My notes as a learner — not a textbook.

Expressions & proverbs

Set phrases and proverbs I've picked up, each with the literal image, what it really means, when to say it, and audio.

All expressions →

Tunisian vs Levantine

I learned Tunisian first, then switched to Shami. These posts put the two side by side — the comparison guide, why I switched, and word guides with a Tunisian version.

Browse by dialect

شامي Shami reading Everyday Levantine — what I write in now · 74 posts تونسي Tunisian archive Where Daily Derja began; no longer updated · 37 posts

Ear training

Real music, real listening — posts where I used Arabic songs (mostly Levantine) to sharpen my ear.

نسمة نغمة Melody Breeze · 3 ear training posts
  1. Bisaraha
  2. The Beginnings of My Levantine Playlist
  3. Plans to sleep before work and listen to Tunisian music.
All Melody Breeze posts (not all in Arabic) →

More ways to learn

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