# Essential Levantine Arabic — Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives +more > Comprehensive Levantine Arabic vocabulary reference with detailed verb conjugations. (iPhone/iPad app by Timothy Whiting.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essential-levantine-arabic/id1531583046 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Timothy Whiting](https://appshunter.io/developer/963111392) - Category: Reference, Education - Price: $7.99 - Rating: 4.35/5 from 23 App Store ratings · 10 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 22 MB - Languages: English - Released: 2020-09-13 - Data updated: 2026-06-10 - Monetization: paid - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essential-levantine-arabic/id1531583046/reviews.md ## What is Essential Levantine Arabic? This is the complete version of Essential Levantine Arabic - which combines in one app: Essential Levantine Verbs Essential Levantine Nouns Essential Levantine Functionals Essential Levantine Adjectives ______________________________________________________ View over 700 verbs, 1000 nouns, 300 conjunctions prepositions and adverbs, and 200 adjectives - all in colloquial Levantine Arabic. Vocabulary collected for the Levantine Arabic dialects: Lebanese・Syrian・Jordanian・Palestinian ● 700+ verbs grouped by verb form (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII,VIII, IIX, IX, X) ● 900+ nouns organised in 30+ categories ● 300+ Functionals - Conjunctions, prepositions adverbs ● 200+ Adjectives relating to moods, time, places, food, people, and more ● Search in English and Arabic ● Browse vocabulary grouped by category ● Save a list of your favourite words Each verb includes: ・English definition ・Associated subject, object, and preposition ・Active Participle ・Passive Participle ・Verbal Noun ・Imperatie ・Past tense ・Present tense (without ب) prefix ・Present tense (with ب prefix) (Conjugated for: I, You (masc), You (fem), You (plural), We, She, He , They) Please email arcopodev@gmail.com with any problems or suggestions. ## Key features - Over 2,000 Levantine Arabic words - Detailed verb conjugations - Vocabulary categorized by type - Search in English and Arabic - Save favorite words - Covers Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, Palestinian dialects ## Recent user reviews (10 of 10) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/essential-levantine-arabic/id1531583046/reviews.md ### 1/5 — Why? ليش؟ *2024-12-17, version 3.6* I used this up for about a year when I was first learning Levantine Arabic, and I keep asking myself, why? Why would a native speaker deliberately pronounce verbs incorrectly? Why would he pronounce the final alif on the second and third person plural when this is never pronounced? Why would he pronounce the verbs so strangely? Why would he pronounce انتهينا - and why would the harakat show it to be pronounced - ‘intáhyana’ instead of ‘intahéena’? My friends who are native speakers and teachers of Levantine Arabic listen to it and shake their heads, saying no, this is wrong. They can’t understand why anyone would pronounce the verbs like this either. I still sometimes open the app as a quick reference, knowing that the spelling and pronunciation are sometimes correct, sometimes incorrect. I know enough Levantine Arabic to be able to tell, at least sometimes, when a word is spelt and pronounced incorrectly. I still wonder why. Why? ### 4/5 — Overall great *2024-01-13, version 3.6* The interface is good and generally speaking everything else is. There’s only a few issues, I noticed in the audio pronunciation it’s not how they are actually pronounced in this dialect. For example it pronounces the ق instead of ء. A suggestion as well is that the app should include an example sentence for each word. Overall great app tho. ### 4/5 — Missing feature *2023-05-17, version 3.6* I think this app’s only missing an important feature which is the litteral reading, this can be really helpful for prononciation for someone who doesn’t read arabic. ### 1/5 — Problem with the audio *2022-10-30* Problem with the audio playback. Please fix. Thank you **Developer response:** Hi, I have just updated the app to fix the problem you encountered. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for bringing it to my attention. In the future send an email to arcopodev@gmail.com ### 5/5 — This is a gem *2022-04-16, version 2.0* This is the best app ever for anyone interested in learning and practicing Levantine spoken Arabic. 1. It is very resourceful - has most used verbs, nouns, adjectives, prepositions etc. to build simple and complex sentences. 2. It is very easy to use - the tool is very handy and allows the user to look up words rapidly and save some ‘favourites’ which can be accessed via shortcuts. Looking up words is no longer a rate limiting step and this minimises the chances of giving up practicing Arabic (like 20 other times in my life) because it’s too much of a hassle to build sentences. 3. Great neat graphics Thank you Timothy! ### 3/5 — First impressions *2021-09-06* A pro to this app is that the interface is better and cleaner looking than Lisaan Masry (a primarily Egyptian Arabic app) but I hope future versions will be more polished with true recordings of North/South Levantine Arabic and some more common words and example sentences. I do like the notes you can add which I’m taking from Wiktionary and when I get my Levantine books. I know native audio recordings would be a slog, but they would honestly take this app to the next level and it would be one of the few comprehensive and premier Levantine apps with others being pretty average. First thing I noticed was the audio is not great for the $12 price tag and seems to use what may be the standard text-to-speech Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) pronunciation — at the same time I guess it is technically better than nothing if you’re not confident with the script. I am still a beginner in Arabic (having started and stopped multiple times) but I thought Levantine speakers don’t pronounce ق? Most dialects seem to swallow the sound or it becomes like a glottal stop or أ but the words I’ve been trying on here pronounce ق clearly. Will update this when I explore the app further. I do want to be fair and if I’m alerted to something I didn’t realise I will update that but as a reviewer it’s also my ‘job’ to inform prospective buyers of things that they may like or not like about an app and how to improve it. PS - I plan to add as much as I can to Forvo North/South Levantine Arabic dictionaries so we can hopefully get some external native speaker audio in the meantime. The Forvo app is a godsend to language learners and definitely recommend it when you can’t find how to pronounce words. Users add a word then native speakers pronounce them. It’s basically a collaborative world dictionary. شكرا كتير **Developer response:** Hi, my work on the Levantine learning apps has moved over to Learn Levantine Arabic. If you send me an email at arcopodev@gmail.com I’ll give you free access to that app as this one isn’t really being updated any more. ### 5/5 — Great app *2021-07-28, version 2.0* Awesome app — please add a flashcard function!! And/or allow export to anki-style spaced repetition apps ### 5/5 — Thank you for making my life easier! *2021-06-26* This app has saved me so much time in my spoken Arabic course, which uses transliteration instead of Arabic script. I find the original Arabic much less confusing, so I have been changing the words back. So far, so good! The verb conjugations also are especially helpful to me as a learner. The only words I haven’t been able to find in the app so far are related to feeling sick, neither the verb nor the adjective. Was I looking in the wrong place? Thanks again! ### 5/5 — Hopefully useful for you too! *2021-03-18, version 1.1* I made this app to help me with learning spoken Arabic. And whenever I forget a word I can check it on here. Hopefully it can be useful to you too, and get in touch if you have any feedback or issues :) ### 1/5 — Update *2021-03-01* It won’t let me open the categories. **Developer response:** Hi there, I’ve now fixed the problem where you couldn’t open the categories. Thank you for alerting me to that issue. Look out for the update in the next couple of days. And I’ve updated the app with audio pronunciation. Please get in touch if you want to ask any more questions or have any problems - at arcopodev@gmail.com ## Frequently asked questions about Essential Levantine Arabic ### What dialects of Levantine Arabic does Essential Levantine Arabic cover? Essential Levantine Arabic covers vocabulary from the Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian, and Palestinian dialects. This ensures a broad understanding of colloquial Levantine speech. ### How many words are included in Essential Levantine Arabic? The app features over 700 verbs, 900+ nouns, 300+ functional words (conjunctions, prepositions, adverbs), and 200+ adjectives, totaling over 2,000 words. ### What grammatical information is provided for verbs? Each verb includes its English definition, associated subject/object/preposition, active and passive participles, verbal noun, imperative, and past/present tenses (with and without the 'ب' prefix), conjugated for multiple pronouns. ### Can I search for words in both English and Arabic? Yes, Essential Levantine Arabic allows you to search for vocabulary in both English and Arabic. You can also browse words grouped by category. ### What is the price of Essential Levantine Arabic? Essential Levantine Arabic is available for a one-time purchase of $7.99. There are no in-app purchases or subscriptions required. ### What devices is Essential Levantine Arabic compatible with? Essential Levantine Arabic is designed for iOS devices, including iPhone, iPad, and iPod. It has an age rating of 4+. ### How often is Essential Levantine Arabic updated? The app was last updated on April 8, 2023, with version 3.6. This indicates regular maintenance and potential for future content additions or improvements. ### Does Essential Levantine Arabic have ads? No, Essential Levantine Arabic does not contain advertisements. It is a paid application that offers an ad-free learning experience. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.6 — 2023-04-08 • Added full search functionality. Now when you search - you search all vocabulary, not just in that word section. • Better dictionary syncing ### 3.5 — 2023-03-30 • Added full search functionality. Now when you search - you search all vocabulary, not just in that word section. ### 3.4 — 2023-03-12 • Fixed a critical bug for first time users unable to open the app - apologies! • Fixed problems with dark mode • General improvements Please email arcopodev@gmail.com with any feedback or problems ### 3.3 — 2023-03-11 • Fixed problems with dark mode • General improvements Please email arcopodev@gmail.com with any feedback or problems ### 3.2 — 2022-10-31 • Fixed problem with playing back audio of Arabic text in older versions of iOS ## More apps by Timothy Whiting - [Pieces Minimalist Writing](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pieces-minimalist-writing/id1104202678) - [Kontakt P1 35mm Film Camera](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kontakt-p1-35mm-film-camera/id1182463842) - [Kontakt Exposure Meter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kontakt-exposure-meter/id1325767456) - [Arabic Learning Companion](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/arabic-learning-companion/id1510979417) - [Levantine Arabic Verbs](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/levantine-arabic-verbs/id1531373353) All apps by Timothy Whiting: https://appshunter.io/developer/963111392 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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