Mohammed

Mohammed is an extremely helpful and talented teacher who is always willing to review work or answer questions outside of class time. He is incredibly knowledgeable about MSA grammar and uses a great combination of explanations and examples. I would highly recommend him!

As usual, today's lesson with Mohammed was great. We mainly just had a conversation, pausing sometimes for Mohammed to explain a new word I hadn't know before. I appreciate Mohammed's patience, depth of knowledge, and attention to detail when addressing grammatical mistakes or explaining a pattern in the language.

Arabisch, so sagt man, ist eine sehr schwierige Sprache. Mit Muhammad als Lehrer und Gesprächspartner macht man aber trotzdem recht mühelos Fortschritte. Seit etwa 2.5 Monaten machen wir jede Woche eine Stunde. Mein Wortschatz wird immer grösser, Verben sind kein Problem mehr, und Sprechen wird immer einfacher. Ich bin kein Sprachtalent, um so mehr freue ich mich solche Fortschritte zu spüren.

Today I had another great lesson with Mohammed, consisting both of conversation in Arabic and continuing where we left off in a short story written in Lebanese Arabic, set in Beirut. I learned multiple new words and concepts, including some interesting details about word origins, and how some terms differ between Lebanese and Syrian Arabic.

Today lesson with Mohammed was great and helpful for improving my Arabic skills. After conversing a bit we continued with the text we have been reading, a story written in Lebanese Arabic. Through the conversation and reading, I learned both new sentence structures and new words/phrases including جودة (quality), يمسخر (to mock / make fun of), and يسجع (to encourage [someone]).

Today was another great lesson with Mohammed. We chatted freely in Arabic for the beginning part, and then continued reading the Lebanese short story we have been reading. I learned new words and further developed my reading and speaking skills.