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Day 15 of 30: If you still need Google Translate for every second word you read in Arabic, do this instead Most Arabic words are built on three root letters, and the root carries one meaning ع ل م is about knowing: عَلِمَ he knew, عِلْم knowledge, عَالِم a scholar, مُعَلِّم a teacher, تَعَلَّمَ he learned Five words, one root, one meaning running through all of them So next time you see a new word, find the three root letters and ask: what do I already know with these letters? If you know دَرَسَ, he studied, you already know مَدْرَسَة, a school At Andalus Institute, every lesson brings a few new words, marked in red in the book, so you always know what's new and what you already know After the lesson, there's a short test in the app before your one-on-one call with an instructor #Shorts