Arabic with Imran Lum
43 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsArabic with Imran is all about getting people to love learning Arabic by speaking, making mistakes and just having a go!
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Intermediate Episode 10: Do people even speak FuS7a (formal Arabic) in the Arab world?
June 06, 2024 22:00 - 16 minutes - 11 MBSend us a Text Message. In 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 Money.
Intermediate Arabic Episode 9: A chat with Haidar a Turkomani Kurdi Iraqi who grew up in Iran
May 18, 2024 16:03 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Shaakumaaku?! 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 to give us a thumbs up, subscribe and leave us a rating! Shukran :)--- Send in a voice message: https://p...
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 16:02 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBSend us a Text Message. In 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 shukran jazeelan to all the listeners. If you’re enjoying them, please don’t forget to give us a ratin...
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 16:02 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBIn 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 shukran jazeelan to all the listeners. If you’re enjoying them, please don’t forget to give us a rating and please share with o...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 26: Good, Better, Best! The ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل)
September 14, 2023 23:00 - 7 minutes - 5.74 MBThis 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 share with other Arabic learners. For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, don’t forget to sign up to our E-mail list he...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 26: Good, Better, Best! The ism at-tafDeel (اسم تفضيل)
September 14, 2023 23:00 - 7 minutes - 4.93 MBSend us a Text Message. This 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 share with other Arabic learners. For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, don’t forget to sign...
'Intermediate Episode 7: On Singing, Studying at Oxford, Melayu and Kelantanese with Iman Farrer
June 25, 2023 00:30 - 42 minutes - 36.2 MBIn today’s Ep, we chat to the superstar singer/songwriter and activist Iman Farrer! 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, singer and songwriter. Iman lived across five countries while growing up; including England, Malaysia, and Australia. This early...
'Intermediate Episode 7: On Singing, Studying at Oxford, Melayu and Kelantanese with Iman Farrar
June 25, 2023 00:30 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBSend us a Text Message. In 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, singer and songwriter. Iman lived across five countries while growing up; including England, Malaysia, an...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 25: Using Basic Arabic to Memorise Hadith
June 06, 2023 05:02 - 10 minutes - 7.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Every 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 more special because the meaning hits different in its original language. Let me know if you like the episo...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 24: What are your Hobbies?
March 20, 2023 11:37 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBSend us a Text Message. What 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 Arabic Telegram Channel where I'll be sharing clips, quizzes and articles that will help you enga...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 23: Jom Belajar Bahasa Arab dengan Melati Lum! (In Malay)
March 12, 2023 01:39 - 10 minutes - 7.57 MBSend us a Text Message. In 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, Malay/Chinese, Muslim mum who loves getting lost in a good book, or equally lost exploring a new co...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 22: Tips on Learning Languages with Nejra - Part B
February 12, 2023 00:52 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Join 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 Telegram Channel where I'll be sharing clips, quizzes and articles that will help you engage with the Ara...
Intermediate Lesson 6: In Conversation with Nejra. On Identity, Sandžak and Learning Arabic - Part A
February 04, 2023 01:18 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Join us with the amazing Nejra, a writer and PhD Candidate at Monash University, specialising in poetry, philosophy, and Islamic intellectual history. In this chat, recorded in August 2022, we discuss our family origins, mutual love of languages and her journey into learning Arabic. This is the first part of our conversation, the second part will be in English (mostly) and we'll get some tips on how she learnt three languages at the same time; French, Arabic and Bosn...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 21: Shopping for Clothes in Arabic
September 19, 2022 13:58 - 12 minutes - 8.65 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, Mals joins us to chat about clothes in Arabic and how to ask for different clothes at a shop. If you like the podcast, please hit us up with a rating and comment. Don't forget to share it with other Arabic learners! Check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum and my new podcast series Muslim Money. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you ...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 20: Direction phrases with Chantelle En español!
August 02, 2022 02:46 - 9 minutes - 6.75 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, we chat to our friend Chantelle who also teaches us a little Spanish. For the non-Spanish speakers, just skip ahead and I'll break down some direction phrases discussed. If you like the podcast please share it with other Arabic learners and check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum ma3a as-salaama! Also, I'm launching a new podcast series called Muslim Money, so please follow and stay tuned for the launch! --- Send in a voice message: https://...
Intermediate Lesson 5: Interview with Financial Journalist Hassan Jivraj
March 21, 2022 15:23 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Salams and ahlan! Apologies it has been ages since I've posted a new episode. I've been working on a new podcast series called Muslim Money which I'll be launching soon. In one of the episodes, I chat with the phenomenal Hassan Jivraj who is a London-based Financial journalist primarily focusing on Middle Eastern debt capital markets, Islamic finance and international political economy. We initially connected discussing Islamic financing issues but then quickly found...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 19: Introductory Phrases with Shaher
July 31, 2021 07:30 - 10 minutes - 7.38 MBSend us a Text Message. One of the beautiful things about Arabic and Arab culture is that when you meet someone you don't just say 'Hi'. You want to know everything about them and what's going on in their life. You want to know about their health, their family, their parents, their kids, their work etc. In this lesson Shaher will be teaching us some of these phrases. If you like the podcasts check our my website Arabic with Imran which has more free content and check out my Instagram page...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 18: What to say when you visit people on Eid with Silma Ihram
July 17, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 3.91 MBSend us a Text Message. Given Eid is in a couple of days, in this lesson we have a chat with my mother in law Silma Ihram and learn some phrases that you can use when you visit people or have people over. Here is a link to Silma's documentary Silma's School. If you like the podcasts check our my website Arabic with Imran which has more free content and check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum ma3a as-salaama! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arab...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 18: What to say when you visit people on Eid with Silma Ihram
July 17, 2021 00:00 - 5 minutes - 10.7 MBGiven Eid is in a couple of days, in this lesson we have a chat with my mother in law Silma Ihram and learn some phrases that you can use when you visit people or have people over. Here is a link to Silma's documentary Silma's School. If you like the podcasts check our my website Arabic with Imran which has more free content and check out my Instagram page @arabicwithimranlum ma3a as-salaama! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message
Beginners Arabic Lesson 17: Conjugating اكل or He Ate in the Past Tense with Melati Lum
April 19, 2021 01:52 - 6 minutes - 4.65 MBSend us a Text Message. I hope you all are enjoying Ramadan. In this beginners lesson I chat to my sister Melati Lum and we will be going through some sentences using the verb اكل or He Ate in the past tense. Melati is releasing her third book in the Ayesha Dean series called Ayesha Dean: The Lisbon Lawbreaker. Melati is a writer with a background in criminal law who has prosecuted a range of serious offences in the courts. She's an Australian, Malay/Chinese, Muslim mum who loves to read boo...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 16: Conjugating رجع or He Returned in the Past Tense with Jean
April 06, 2021 01:00 - 8 minutes - 5.86 MBSend us a Text Message. In this podcast we chat our friend Jean and fellow Co-Founder of Markaz in the beautiful city of Queenstown, NZ to learn how to conjugate the verb رجع. I hope you enjoy this episode and don't forget to check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets. If you have any feedback or if you find these useful I'd love to hear from you. Hit me up on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum ...
Intermediate Lesson 4: What to Say in Ramadan with Bahi
March 28, 2021 16:16 - 13 minutes - 9.31 MBSend us a Text Message. As Ramadan is fast approaching, in this podcast we chat to my Saudi bro Bahi from Makkah and learn some phrases we can use in Ramadan with our friends and family. Try them out this Ramadan and don't forget to keep us in your prayers! Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets. If you have any feedback or if you find these useful I'd love to hear from you. Hit me up o...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 15: Mixing up the Past Tense with Faruq
April 14, 2020 13:32 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MBSend us a Text Message. In this podcast we chat again to our friend Faruq and step through some past tense sentences. Remember to practise as if you're part of the conversation. Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students with over 70 instructional videos and 140 pages of worksheets. If you have any feedback or if you find these useful I'd love to hear from you. Hit me up on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum Imran --- Send in a voice message: https://podc...
Intermediate Lesson 3: Conversation with Kamal on his life and Algeria
March 30, 2020 23:37 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBSend us a Text Message. In this podcast we chat to a friend of mine Kamal about his life and and how he ended up in Australia. We talk about the different languages and cultures of Algeria. After the lesson, Anisa and I step through a few words and phrases. Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students for more videos and worksheets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message For our free 6-Part series on ba...
Intermediate Lesson 3: Conversation with Kamal on his life and Algeria
March 30, 2020 23:37 - 23 minutes - 44.4 MBIn this podcast we chat to a friend of mine Kamal about his life and and how he ended up in Australia. We talk about the different languages and cultures of Algeria. After the lesson, Anisa and I step through a few words and phrases. Check out my website arabicwithimranlum.com a free resource for Arabic students for more videos and worksheets. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message
Intermediate Lesson 2: Conversation with Shaykh Abdurrahman Mawar
February 04, 2020 13:19 - 15 minutes - 10.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Check out our second intermediate lesson with our teacher Shaykh Abdurrahman Mawar. Don't forget to sign up to our website for free and like our IG page! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.
Beginners Arabic Lesson 14: Mixing up the Past Tense with Yusra
January 07, 2020 09:29 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson, we chat with our student Yusra and go over some past tense sentences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.
Intermediate Lesson 1: Introductory phrases when you greet or meet someone
December 15, 2019 21:47 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Vary rarely do you meet an old friend and just say hi, how are you. In Arabic, you'd ask how their parents are, their kids, their spouse, work, life, health among many other things. In this intermediate lesson, we're going to go through these phrases. Before we start the interview, Anisa and I will be going through some tips and how we're going to teach these intermediate lessons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/mes...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 13: Conjugating سافر or He Travelled in the Past Tense with Barry Danielian
November 03, 2019 04:59 - 6 minutes - 4.34 MBSend us a Text Message. Check out my Arabic Podcast Lesson with the phenomenal brother Barry Danielian who is a retired former trumpet player for Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band. He has toured and performed with many of the biggest names in the music industry, including Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, and James Taylor. He was one of New York City’s most in demand session players and arrangers, racking up hundreds of recordings with legendary producers Phil Ramone, Arif Ma...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 12: Basic Past Tense Sentences in Arabic with Faruq
October 18, 2019 23:44 - 5 minutes - 3.64 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson, we mix it up with our Arabic student Faruq. We're still focusing on the past tense verbs and developing basic sentences around them. Today we go through a day in the life of the great man himself Faruq; how he went to work, ate a banana with colleagues and of course going to Arabic class, exciting stuff! We also briefly talk about the times of the day. You can use the five prayers as time markers so before the Maghrib prayer or after it etc. Don't fo...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 11: This and That - Demonstrative Pronouns
October 12, 2019 03:44 - 7 minutes - 5.24 MBSend us a Text Message. We did this lesson at like 11:30pm after all the kids finally went to sleep so apologies if it sounds like we’re going to sleep ourselves! In today's lesson Anisa will be taking you through the demonstrative pronouns or asmaa2 ul-isharah (أسماء الإشارة). You'll learn how to say 'This is a...' to masculine and feminine objects. We’ll also walk you through asking 'What is this?' ma hadha? ما هذا؟ (m) or ما هذه؟ (f) and the term 'that' dhalika / ذلك for (m) and tilka / ...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 10: The Sun (الشمس) and Moon (القمر) letters with Shaykh Abdurrahman
September 29, 2019 06:08 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson we’re going to learn the definite and indefinite construction with our main man Mawlana Abdurrahman. He is going to teach us how to pronounce words starting with the Sun and Moon letters.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Musl...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 9: Developing sentences around the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Nawal
September 21, 2019 22:33 - 6 minutes - 4.3 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson we expand on the verb ذهب / he went. We learn some sentences around the verb in the past tense with Nawal.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.
Beginners Arabic Lesson 8: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb ذهب / he went with Inty
September 16, 2019 12:50 - 13 minutes - 9.07 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson we chat to Anisa about her journey learning the Arabic language and she talks about the importance of finding someone that you are comfortable speaking Arabic with. Finally, I chat to our student and good mate Inty from Inty Chiropractic where she helps us practise conjugate the verb ذهب / he went in the past tense. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram and add us on Facebook! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ar...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 7: Conjugating the Past Tense Verb فعل with Faruq
September 09, 2019 16:31 - 10 minutes - 7.55 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson, Anisa and I talk about the importance of finding the جذر or the Arabic trilateral root in words and we chat to our student Faruq on conjugating the verb فعل or he went in the past tense. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Mu...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 6: Arabic Pronouns with Zoe
September 03, 2019 18:15 - 8 minutes - 5.95 MBSend us a Text Message. Zoe is one of our buddies that is going to help us go through some basic Arabic pronouns. She has an interesting Arabic connection, her ‘jeddu’ was from Lebanon and migrated to Australia in the 1950s. Try to memorise all of the pronouns because we're going to keep referring to them throughout our lessons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message For our free 6-Part series on basic Arabic to get you started, sign up ...
Beginners Arabic Lesson 6: Arabic Pronouns with Zoe
September 03, 2019 18:15 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MBZoe is one of our buddies that is going to help us go through some basic Arabic pronouns. She has an interesting Arabic connection, her ‘jeddu’ was from Lebanon and migrated to Australia in the 1950s. Try to memorise all of the pronouns because we're going to keep referring to them throughout our lessons. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message
Beginners Arabic Lesson 5: Arabic Letters with Mawlana Abdurrahman and Yusuf from Chicago
August 31, 2019 04:07 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson we go through how to pronounce Arabic letters correctly. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.
Beginners Arabic lesson 4: More Basic Phrases with Inty
August 27, 2019 06:12 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBSend us a Text Message. In this Arabic lesson we go though some more basic phrases.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.
Beginners Arabic Lesson 3: Basic Arabic introductions (in French)
August 24, 2019 03:39 - 6 minutes - 4.57 MBSend us a Text Message. This lesson is a little bit random, we got through basic Arabic introductions but in French with our friend Madina. Please excuse my dodgy French! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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...
Beginners Arabic lesson 2: Asking 'How are you?'
August 24, 2019 02:01 - 9 minutes - 17.7 MBIn this lesson, Anisa and I go through how to say 'How are you?' in Arabic and I have a chat to my friends Kareem and Shams from Chicago. Formal Arabic is often very different from colloquial Arabic so in this podcast we go through some of the regional differences. We'd love to hear your comments and remember to try and say the phrases out loud. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/m...
Beginners Arabic lesson 2: Asking 'How are you?'
August 24, 2019 02:01 - 9 minutes - 6.69 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson, Anisa and I go through how to say 'How are you?' in Arabic and I have a chat to my friends Kareem and Shams from Chicago. Formal Arabic is often very different from colloquial Arabic so in this podcast we go through some of the regional differences. We'd love to hear your comments and remember to try and say the phrases out loud. Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @arabicwithimranlum--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s...
Beginners Arabic lesson 1: Introduction and essential Arabic words
August 18, 2019 00:09 - 7 minutes - 5.07 MBSend us a Text Message. In this lesson, we introduce ourselves and go through some essential words.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arabicwithimran/message 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 Money.