Olive Arabic
Your everyday Arabic companion
Learn the Arabic people actually speak.
Olive Arabic teaches Levantine, the living dialect of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Jordan that your family actually speaks. Through warm, bite-size sessions, you learn it alongside the founder who's been on the same journey, whether you're reconnecting with your roots or starting from zero.
Free early access No card required Be first when we launch
You're not doing this alone
I spent years learning Arabic the hard way, hitting every frustration and dead end you probably have, until I worked out what actually sticks. Olive is everything I wish I'd had back then, and I keep adding to it as we go. This isn't a finished app handed down to you, it's something we build together. You're not on this journey alone. You're learning right alongside someone real, and a community growing with you.
How it works
A path that grows with you.
Learning is a living olive tree. You start at the roots and climb, leaf by leaf. Your core learning and progress isn't locked behind a paywall.
Several stages take you from your very first letters to holding a real conversation — and we keep adding lessons as the community grows, shaped by what helps people most.
Inside each stage, clusters group lessons by real situations — greetings, café & food, getting around, shopping.
No textbook explanations — just simplified lessons that show you how to piece together real sentences.
Say hello, introduce yourself, be polite.
Order coffee, snacks, and pay the bill.
Ask for directions and take a taxi.
Flashcards
Study your vocab right before you forget it.
Olive's flashcards use spaced repetition: each card comes back at the perfect moment to lock it into memory. Swipe through your daily review in a couple of minutes.
- Spaced repetition that adapts
Don't waste time reviewing things you already know well. Our algorithm prioritises your weakest points, right before you forget them.
- Swipe to study
"Got it" right, "Don't know" left. Tap to flip and hear native pronunciation.
- Track your progress
Your deep dive into analytics — see exactly how you're tracking and where to focus your efforts next.
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Questions
Everything you might be wondering.
No — and that's the point. Olive Arabic teaches Levantine, the spoken dialect of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan. It's the Arabic people actually use day to day, which textbooks and most apps skip over in favour of formal MSA.
Absolutely. The tree starts at the very roots: the alphabet, sounds, and your first greetings. Every Arabic word is shown with transliteration and audio, so you're never staring at a script you can't read.
Yes — heritage learners are at the heart of why we built this. If you understand more than you can say, you can skip ahead to conversation and flashcards, and use Olive to fill the gaps and finally read and write the language you grew up with.
We're rolling out to the waitlist in waves. Early-access members get in first and free while we build — join below and we'll email you the moment your spot opens.
Olive Arabic is a mobile app for iOS and Android, designed offline-first so your lessons and flashcards travel with you — on the bus, on a plane, anywhere.
Start growing your Arabic.
Join the waitlist for free early access — and be among the first to climb the tree.
No spam, ever. Just useful updates to help you start — and keep going — with Olive Arabic. أهلاً وسهلاً