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Tech that works. Honest reviews of dictionaries, flashcards, and software to help you build a digital toolkit that actually helps you learn.
Dotless Arabic: Bypassing Social Media Censorship
Facing social media censorship, many Arabic activists now write without dots. This article provides tools like dotless.app to convert text, alongside a history of dotless Arabic script to help you understand this unique workaround.
The Best Hans Wehr App for Arabic Learners (Plus Lane’s Lexicon & Web Versions)
The Hans Wehr and Lane's Lexicon are crucial for Modern Standard Arabic. This article guides you to digital versions and apps for these top Arabic dictionaries, including features like root organization and full-text search.
How to Find Arabic Videos with Subtitles on YouTube
Utilize YouTube's vast Arabic content for language learning. This article details how to search for Arabic videos with subtitles, plus recommends top Egyptian, Levantine, Palestinian, and MSA channels offering English or Arabic captions.
How to Color Arabic Diacritics (Tashkeel) in LibreOffice: 3 Easy Methods
This guide offers solutions for coloring Arabic diacritical marks (tashkeel, تَشْكِيل) in LibreOffice and Microsoft Word. Learn to use macros, search-and-replace functions, and the Mishkallo extension to enhance Arabic text readability.
Special Arabic Characters: A Copy and Paste Guide – ﷺ, ٰ , ٱ
Arabic keyboards often lack essential symbols like the dagger aleph (ألف خنجرية) or isolated tashkeel. This guide provides Unicode characters for these special Arabic signs, along with keyboard shortcuts, to enhance your Arabic typing.
Why Do Arabs Use Numbers When Texting? The Arabic Chat Alphabet (Arabizi) Explained
Arabizi (عربيزي), the Arabic chat alphabet, uses numbers to stand in for Arabic letters lacking English equivalents. This guide explains which numbers correspond to specific Arabic characters, such as 3 for ع or 7 for ح, aiding digital communication.
The Easiest Way to Learn Numbers in Arabic: Rules & Tools
Arabic numbers can be complex due to their intricate rules for case endings and gender agreement. This article explains these challenges and introduces arabic.ba, a new online tool for practicing numbers from 1 to 999,999,999 with audio and exercises.
How to Get Dual Arabic & English Subtitles on Netflix with This Chrome Extension
Boost your Arabic studies on Netflix! This article introduces LLN, a Chrome extension enabling dual subtitles (Arabic and English) on desktop, with a popup dictionary and vocabulary highlighting.
Arabic Number to Word Converter: The Best Online Tools for Writing Numbers – tafqit
Struggling with Arabic numbers? This article presents top online tools and a mobile app that convert numerical digits into correctly written Arabic words, including gender considerations.
Beyond Duolingo: 2 Free Sites for Intermediate & Advanced Arabic Lessons
Discover two excellent resources for free Arabic lessons: Playaling, offering interactive dialect videos, and DLI GLOSS, with hundreds of MSA and dialect audio/video lessons.
