What's Your Palestinian Arabic Level? (Free 3-Minute Quiz)

Be honest with yourself as you go — there's no grade here, only a starting point. If you picked up words like يلا (yalla) from friends or family but never learned the alphabet, or you studied Modern Standard Arabic in a classroom and freeze when someone asks كيفك؟ (kifak), the quiz will catch that. Guessing right by luck just means you start a lesson too hard and bounce off it. Answer with what you actually know, take the recommendation at the end, and you'll spend your first week learning instead of reviewing.

How the placement works

The ten questions are ordered the way the course itself is ordered. The first two test whether you can read Arabic script at all — recognising letters and knowing the text runs right to left, which is what Unit 1 teaches alongside your first greetings. The middle questions test the social reflexes of the dialect: greeting pairs like صباح الخير / صباح النور (sabah il-kheir / sabah in-nur), how to answer kifak, and the everyday words — yalla, khalas, sitti — that carry half of any Palestinian conversation. The last two drop you into full dialect sentences with no scaffolding, the territory of Unit 3 and beyond.

So the bands are simple. Score 0–3 and you should start at Unit 1 — the alphabet and first phrases, no shame in it, everyone starts there. Score 4–7 and you have real foundations: skim Unit 1 to patch holes, then begin Unit 2. Score 8–10 and you're past the basics — start at Unit 3, or take the in-app placement to test out even further.

Ten questions is a snapshot, not a verdict; the app keeps adjusting as you learn. If you want the longer road map first, read our guide to learning Palestinian Arabic, or warm up with the essential Palestinian Arabic phrases before you press start.