@Mas Deen always a pleasure!

@Mas Deen Thank you Mas, yes it would be good to do more listening. Try cartoons first like the one in this post from Spacetoon, you can find it on YouTube :)

@Habeeba J sorry for the delayed response! They're very similar but they are used differently. لي can mean “for me”, e.x. اقرأ لي قصة which translates to “read [for] me a story”, it can also mean “i have” in terms of ownership, لي متجر means I have/own a store, لي حق في هذا العالم means I have a right in this world عندي is “I have” but the thing is not with me and لدي is “I have” and the thing is on me. E.x . عندي قلم and لدي قلم are both I have a pencil but عندي says I have it but it’s somewhere not on me, and لدي is saying I have it on me right now Hope this clarifies the difference :)

@Habeeba J tbh I think my dialect is messing with my head on this one, because they all sound right. I presume they are interchangeable within certain contexts in fusha as well, but usually each context will prefer one over the others. The example you gave above: لي أخ واحد is more proper because your brother is not a thing, but he's a person with whom you have a special relationship/bond specific to you, لدي and عندي is more for objects I believe

@Mas Deen missed you too! Thanks hope to reboot this week :)

@Habeeba J Thank you for the kind words Habeeba, it really means a lot! 🙏Jazaki Allah khair

Welcome Marieke! In Arabic we’d say Ahlan Wa Sahlan أهلاً وسهلاً Arabic is indeed beautiful! Hope you’re taking a look at the classroom section and begin going through the basics like the alphabet. Let me know if you have questions or ask the community :) P.S. sorry for the delayed reply!

@Mas Deen different countries use them differently for milk and yoghurt. To look at it from the root, لبن is the main word that is used for milk products and milk from female animals. حليب comes from حَلَبَ meaning “to milk”, and حليب is the first product after milking and before fermenting into cheeses or yoghurt. But it can also be called لبن, why? لبن comes from لَبِنَ meaning reflexively that milk fills up. لَبِنَت الأُمُّ means the mothers milk increased or filled up. لَبَنَ is to drink لبن or to give someone to drink لبن. And لَبَنٌ (noun) is the proper term for milk inside the female animals.

@Mas Deen I’m glad you found it insightful!! Yes all good alhamdulillah thank you Mas 🙏