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First Words: Algerian Arabic

A free ten-lesson email course in eastern Algerian Darja — one of the Algerian dialects that has stayed closest to Arabic's classical roots, with fewer French loanwords than the speech of the big coastal cities, so what you learn travels well across Algeria and even into Tunisia. The greetings, everyday phrases, and essential vocabulary you'd actually hear in an Algerian market or around a family table — each lesson below with audio recorded by a native speaker.

Lesson 1: Greetings and goodbyesHello, how are you, and goodbye — a complete Algerian conversation.
Lesson 2: Introducing yourselfSay who you are and where you're from — the first question every Algerian will ask.
Lesson 3: Politeness essentialsPlease, thank you, and the blessings that carry a conversation.
Lesson 4: Numbers 1–20 and asking pricesCount to twenty and never overpay in a souk again.
Lesson 5: FamilyThe words of the kitchen table, the phone call home, the photographs.
Lesson 6: Food and the marketBread, coffee, tea — and your first real transaction.
Lesson 7: Essential verbs IFive verbs, one simple pattern — from here, you build your own sentences.
Lesson 8: Essential verbs II and saying noFour new verbs, and the trick that turns any of them negative.
Lesson 9: QuestionsSeven question words — the keys that unlock everything you don't yet know how to say.
Lesson 10: The full conversationFrom salam to besslama — every word yours, built over ten lessons.

First Words: Algerian Arabic — an email course in eastern Algerian Darja.
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