Arabic with Imran Lum

Aug 23 2024 37 ep. 14 mins 1.1k
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Beginners Arabic Lesson 27: Practising the Past Tense with Singer Kulsoom Creates

Aug 23 2024 20 mins  
Send us a textAs part of a charity auction I owed the phenomenonal singer Kulsoom 3 Arabic classes and it took us 3 years to complete! In this lesson we practise the past tense and demonstrate that it doesn't take much to learn some sentences, even if you average 1 lesson a year! Check out Kulsoom's amazing songs, here is her pre-save link for her covers which will be released in S

Intermediate Episode 10: Do people even speak FuS7a (formal Arabic) in the Arab world?

Jun 06 2024 16 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode we speak to Omar who I randomly met at a protest. We have a chat about if anyone actually speaks formal Arabic in the Arab world. Should you learn formal Arabic? Or dialect?For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up to our E-mail list ⁠HERE⁠!Follow us on Instagram: arabicwithimranlum and check out my other podcast Muslim

Intermediate Arabic Episode 9: A chat with Haidar a Turkomani Kurdi Iraqi who grew up in Iran

May 18 2024 21 mins  
Send us a textShaakumaaku?! In this episode we talk with my mate Haidar someone who encompasses the whole Middle East! We talk about the beautiful diversity of Iraq, civilisation, Iraq under Saddam, languages and end with a few essential Iraqi phrases. Although this is an intermediate episode, stick around until the end and learn some interesting words and phrases. Don’t forget t

Intermediate Episode 8: On being Palestinian, Rangas, Surf Lifesaving, AFL and Racism - A conversation with Young South Australian of the Year, Layan Saadeh

May 05 2024 47 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode we speak to the proud Palestinian and the 2021 Young South Australian of the Year Layan Saadeh. Born in Saudi arabia, Layan moved to Australia at the age of ten in 2014. She shares her unique experiences of immersing herself into Surf Lifesaving and Aussie rules footy as young Palestinian Muslim woman. We’ve crossed over 400k downloads so a massive s

Beginners Arabic Lesson 26: Good, Better, Best! The ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل)

Sep 14 2023 7 mins  
Send us a textThis episode is on the ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل) which is part of Sarf. The best way to think about it is how to say something is better than something else. Or how to say good, better, best. We’ve just crossed 300k downloads so a massive shukran jazeelan to all the listeners. If you’re enjoying them, please don’t forget to give us a rating and please s

'Intermediate Episode 7: On Singing, Studying at Oxford, Melayu and Kelantanese with Iman Farrar

Jun 24 2023 42 mins  
Send us a textIn today’s Ep, we chat to the superstar singer/songwriter and activist Iman Farrar! We discuss how she learnt Arabic, what it’s like studying at Oxford University then for the Malay speakers we switch to Bahasa Melayu and talk about growing up in a multilingual household and learn or I attempt to learn some Kelantanese. Biography: Iman is a Muslim artist, student,

Beginners Arabic Lesson 25: Using Basic Arabic to Memorise Hadith

Jun 05 2023 10 mins  
Send us a textEvery Ramadan in Arabic class, we get students to come up with their favourite ayaat (verses) of the Quran or Hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad saw) and we translate it and try to memorise it. The key lesson here is with basic rudimentary Arabic, you’re able to break down the ayah or Hadith word for word and it makes your favourite ayah or Hadith that much mor

Beginners Arabic Lesson 24: What are your Hobbies?

Mar 20 2023 6 mins  
Send us a textWhat are your hobbies? It sounds like a question you'd ask when reviewing someone's biodata for marriage. I've never heard this question in a conversation and I've never used it. That said, there are some interesting vocab that you can learn from saying what your hobbies are. So, what are your hobbies? For those of you who want that little bit extra, join our private

Beginners Arabic Lesson 23: Jom Belajar Bahasa Arab dengan Melati Lum! (In Malay)

Mar 11 2023 10 mins  
Send us a textIn this episode my sister Melati and I practise our sketchy Malay and at the same time learn how to say some phrases in Arabic on what Melati studied and where she worked. For non-Malay speakers skip to 7mins and 30secs for a short lesson.Melati Lum has a background in criminal law having prosecuted a wide range of serious offences in the courts. She's an Australian,

Beginners Arabic Lesson 22: Tips on Learning Languages with Nejra - Part B

Feb 11 2023 18 mins  
Send us a textJoin us again with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this episode we get some tips on how she learned three languages at the same time; French, Arabic and Bosnian so join us for that! For those of you who want that little bit extra, join our private Arabic Telegr