Study Lebanese

The new book has been out for some time and it has been doing well. I hope that this book will be a good companion to many, and I also hope that it will give a useful insight on the structure of the spoken Lebanese language. The Lebanese verbs have proven to follow a very systematic process in terms of conjugation, and this book will allow you to conjugate any (and I mean ANY) Lebanese verb in almost all the tenses.

What you will also notice is that Lebanese verbs are unique, highly structured and completely different from Arabic verbs in terms of their conjugation processes. To create a comprehensive categorical classification, the verbs have been classified into 68 categories, and any verb in the Lebanese language will fit under one of these categories and conjugate according to the rules that govern it. 

You cannot apply the rules that govern Arabic verbs to Lebanese verbs. These are totally two different processes.

A great development is coming in the coming days for all of you who are looking for Children’s Books in the Lebanese language. Study Lebanese is teaming up with Black Pinnacle publications to bring you children’s books written in the Lebanese language using the LLL system.

These books are great for children, as well as for people trying to study and learn the Lebanese language.

Hopefully,  within two weeks you will see the first Lebanese children story available for purchase online. It will be available on studylebanese.com store as well as on Amazon.

Stay posted.

So far, there are 3 interested students located in the New York/New Jersey Area, who want to learn Lebanese in a classroom environment. If you want to learn Lebanese and you are located in NY/NJ area, add your name to this list. I am considering giving a class in May/June/July of 2012 in this area if there are enough students.

To add your name to the list and find out who else is interested in your area, follow the following steps:

1- Find the latitude and longitude of your location by typing your address in the map below or dragging and dropping the location marker on your location.

2- Fill in the following form. You can copy the latitude and longitude of your location from the table above.

3- Reload page to see Map of interested students:

Due to the huge number of interested students, the online Lebanese language course will be changed from a course with a set date and meeting for lessons, to a fully automated set of lessons that the students can follow on their own pace.

When the course was launched the ambition was to give an online course that can handle a certain number of students. Because the amount of emails and interested people who want to learn the Lebanese language has become in the hundreds, this method would no longer be applicable or possible.

Therefore I am launching an automated curriculum that will teach the interested students the Lebanese language, without a necessity to attend a course or be available for lessons, whether online or in person. This means though that all resources have to be digitized, and presented in a proper format. Audio files will accompany all lessons, and video files will help students visualize the context of the language.

This means that students will be able to study at their own pace. The automated first level course is set to start hopefully in September. If anything changes, I will update this entry.

Maroun Kassab

The next Lebanese language Courses that will be offered in class will be in March 2011, in the Sydney suburb area in Australia. If you are interested in adding your name to the student list for any of these courses, please contact me. Dependant on the number of students in each level, we might have 2 or more sections in each level. These courses are extensive courses. A normal course duration is usually double or more this amount. These courses require student commitment and work. Check back in February 2011 for exact dates and location.

Level1: Learn the basics of the Lebanese language. A beginners guide to Lebanese, its history, letters and sounds, vocabulary, pronunciation, simple sentence structures, and genders . This level also comprises of an introduction to Lebanese pronouns and their use, and a variety of exercises to assist you develop a good grasp on the fundamentals. There is also in this course a large amount of vocabulary to help you build your syntax.

Duration: 8 Weeks, Once a week, 2 hours each
Tuition: $420
Instructor: Maroun Kassab
Study Material: Study Material will all be provided by the Instructor.

To pre-register for this course please contact: marounk@studylebanese.com

Level2: This course is for students who have successfully completed Level 1. It is an intermediate course in Lebanese, This level teaches more developed sentence structures, as well as simple past, present and imperative verbs, and their conjugation with the personal pronouns. In this level you will also be introduced to some of the Lebanese literature and poetry that will help you develop an understanding of the musical undertones that govern the Lebanese language. You will learn how to construct sentences using what you learned in level 1. There is also a list of most common phrases for you to memorize, and use.

Duration: 8 Weeks, Once a week, 2 hours each
Tuition: $420
Instructor: Maroun Kassab
Study Material: Study Material will all be provided by the Instructor.

To pre-register for this course please contact: marounk@studylebanese.com

Level3: This course is for students who have successfully completed Level 2. This course comprises of developing advanced grammar and verb conjugation, advanced literature and poetry reading, as well as composition. In this course, there is a significant amount of tables that will help you master the various structures in the Lebanese language.

Duration: 8 Weeks, Once a week, 2 hours each
Tuition: $420
Instructor: Maroun Kassab
Study Material: Study Material will all be provided by the Instructor.

To pre-register for this course please contact: marounk@studylebanese.com

Refunds:
Please also note that if you drop the class after the first session, you will be reimbursed 75% of the fees. No reimbursements will be made after attending the second class.

If you want to learn Lebanese through classroom sessions, that is, attending a Lebanese language course, and study Lebanese with other students, and you live in or around either:

- Manhattan/Northern New Jersey
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Sydney, Australia

Please contact me and I can point you in the right direction to where you can attend a class that teaches the Lebanese language.

If you are located in or around Sydney, and you would like to learn the Lebanese language, please contact me. A course will open next year in March 2011, and the fee for the beginners course is AUS$420 per course, and each course lasts 8 weeks, with once a week attendance.  The course will be given based on the number of interested students. All study material will be provided by the instructor.

Students that have taken the first level course or second level course with class attendance must complete their 2nd and 3rd level courses before the end of this year (2010). The class courses will be stopped in the New York and New Jersey areas. If these class courses are not completed before the end of this year, then you can register for the online course to finish your studies. If you are interested in a Lebanese language course that requires attendance, and do not mind another instructor, then please contact me and I can refer you to another Lebanese language instructor. This applies to the states of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Classes in Sydney, Australia will resume next year in March 2011, and the dates of course commencement will be made available on this website ahead of time.

The Lebanese language is not a complicated language. Learning Lebanese is a fairly easy process. In certain aspects, it is easier to learn than English, and in other aspects, it is more difficult, so learning Lebanese could be compared in difficulty to learning English or even Spanish.

Taking Lebanese language courses at studylebanese.com can help you achieve your goal of learning Lebanese, one course at a time. I have developed a complete curriculum to teach the Lebanese language based on over a decade of research and producing a wide variety of teaching resources from online lessons to exercises to audio and online interactive classes.

Be aware though that some sites that promote teaching Lebanese sometimes actually teach Arabic instead, or a variety of dialects that are spoken in the western Mediterranean. The only way to learn the Lebanese language is to specifically study the Lebanese language.