There are many Internet sites offering free Arabic learning through many lessons. These lessons start off with the basics because the creators of the programs assume that those using the course have no prior knowledge of the language. If you do have some understanding of the language, you can browse through the lessons to determine where it would be best for you to start. It never hurts to start at the beginning because you can use these lessons to help refresh your learning and to give you added practice in using the language.

When you start learning the Arabic language, you will make mistakes. You should not become discouraged by this because every language learner makes mistakes. You have to review the material to see where you made the mistake and then learn how to correct it. It takes time and practice to learn a second language and you have to give yourself plenty of both.  You will find some aspects of learning Arabic easy, which enables you to get through the lessons quite quickly.

Other aspects of the language may be more challenging and you will have to spend more time on these lessons. It really depends on your native language. If you speak Hebrew, for example, you will have less difficulty learning Arabic than if your mother tongue is English or Spanish.

The Arabic language has more letters in the alphabet than the French or English language. There are 28 consonants and three vowels. The consonants have different sounds depending on the accent marks placed above them.  The language is written and read from right to left, which is different from Western languages. There are some sounds don't exist in English, which makes it difficult for native English speakers to pronounce them correctly. When pronouncing the sounds for q and gh, you have to make the sounds farther back in your throat.

Some of the rules of grammar for the Arabic language are easier to learn than others. Those who are native speakers in French or Spanish, for example, will have an easier time understanding the use of the feminine and masculine forms of words than native English speakers. In this case, you will have to learn the rules.

Learning numbers in Arabic often poses a problem for those learning the language. This is because there are rules associated with forming numbers and with using them in combination with nouns. The use of the subject pronoun is more specific in Arabic than in any other language. There are several ways of using the word  because it depends on whom you are addressing The words and do not exist in the Arabic language, so if you try to translate the words into English without understanding this fact, it may seem as if there are words omitted from a sentence.  When you take a free course in Arabic, you will learn the five subject pronouns and how to use them correctly.

Another aspect of learning Arabic that is covered in a free online course is how to make words plural and how to change the word for the appropriate gender. When you are speaking of animals, people and professions, you usually add the symbol for taa marbuta to the masculine form to make the feminine form of the noun.