Marhaba — Syrian Arabic
Real spoken Syrian Arabic
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Marhaba teaches Syrian Arabic — the everyday spoken Arabic of Damascus and the wider Levant. It is the dialect people actually use at home, at work and on the street, not the formal Modern Standard Arabic of news broadcasts and textbooks.
The app is built for absolute beginners. You start with a single word, hear it in a native voice, see it written in both Arabic script and phonetic transliteration, and meet it again over the following days through short quizzes that adapt to what you already know.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
• Essential words across categories — family, food, body, clothes, city, work, school, time, colours, animals, nature, directions and more
• Everyday sentences with word-by-word breakdowns
• Verbs with their dialect conjugations
• The letters of the Arabic alphabet, each with a clean recording
• Native audio clips — every word and sentence is voiced by a native speaker, not synthesized
HOW IT WORKS
• Two quiz formats: multiple-choice for recognition, typing for active recall
• Spaced repetition decides when each word comes back, so you spend your time on what you are about to forget rather than what you already know
• Clean, distraction-free interface — no ads, no streaks pressuring you, no cartoon mascot
• Works offline once the catalogue has been downloaded
WHY SYRIAN ARABIC
If you have family in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan or Palestine, want to travel to the region, or simply love the sound of Levantine Arabic, this is the dialect you want. It is understood across the Eastern Mediterranean and underlies most Arabic film, music and television produced in the region.
DESIGNED WITH CARE
Marhaba is built by a native speaker around the way real beginners learn. Typography respects Arabic script, transliteration is consistent throughout, and the right-to-left direction is honoured everywhere it should be.
SUBSCRIPTION
The app is free to download and includes a generous sample of the content. A single optional subscription unlocks the full catalogue with no ads and no third-party trackers — just more content. You can manage or cancel at any time from your Apple ID settings.
Questions or feedback? Write to syrianarabicapp@gmail.com.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://marhaba-syrian-arabic.web.app/privacy
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- New words
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Information
- Seller
- Wael Basille
- Size
- 76.9 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.3 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.3 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.3 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Marhaba Pro Yearly $29.99
- Marhaba Premium Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Wael Basille