Arabic lessons online in Bulgaria

Learning Arabic from Bulgaria

Arabic is studied at Sofia University, and students often want extra conversation practice. Bulgaria also has a long-established Muslim community — Turkish-speaking and Bulgarian-speaking (Pomak) Muslims, especially around Kardzhali, Shumen and the Rhodopes — where many families want Quran lessons with a teacher. Other learners include professionals and travellers heading to Morocco.

Lisanova Academy is an online academy run from Morocco. It has no classroom, branch, agent or locally based tutor in Central or Eastern Europe: every lesson is a live one-to-one video lesson with a Moroccan teacher.

Starting Arabic from Bulgarian

Bulgarian puts the definite article at the end of a word — книга (a book), книгата (the book). Arabic puts it at the start: كِتاب (kitāb, a book), الكِتاب (al-kitāb, the book). Bulgarian speakers already read Cyrillic, so a second script feels less foreign, and Bulgarian х matches Arabic خ (kha). The new challenges are right-to-left writing and the sounds ع (ʿayn) and ح (ḥa).

Lisanova teaches two kinds of Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA, Fusha) — the formal Arabic of books, news, documents and Islamic scholarship — and Moroccan Darija, the everyday spoken Arabic of Morocco. Quran lessons are a separate path. It does not teach Levantine, Egyptian, Gulf or other Arabic dialects, or Turkish.

Modern Standard Arabic lessons in Bulgaria

MSA lessons suit beginners who want to read and write, university students who want speaking and grammar practice, and adults who read the Quran and want to understand its Arabic. Lessons follow the six CEFR levels from A1.

Moroccan Darija lessons in Bulgaria

Online Moroccan Darija lessons suit learners with Moroccan partners or friends and travellers heading to Morocco. Darija is a spoken dialect, separate from Quranic and Modern Standard Arabic.

Quran lessons online in Bulgaria

Quran lessons with a teacher suit children learning to read from the first letters, adults who want Tajweed correction, and learners working on memorization with revision. The teacher listens to every verse in a private lesson.

Quran lessons available: reading from the first letters, recitation with correction, Tajweed rules, memorization (Hifz) with revision, and understanding the meanings. Lisanova’s Quran teachers hold Ijazah in recitation and Tajweed. Lessons are arranged on WhatsApp so the academy can confirm the teacher, the explanation language and a realistic scope; no memorization outcome is promised.

Quran and Islamic Studies: single class $12 per hour; Monthly Package 1, 8 hours per month, $80; Monthly Package 2, 12 hours per month, $110. Families get 15% off for each additional sibling. Discover Islam sessions are free.

An online Arabic tutor for Sofia

In Sofia, home to the sixteenth-century Banya Bashi Mosque, a private online tutor fits around work and university timetables. Students can bring course texts for guided reading; lessons do not give university credit.

Plovdiv, Varna and the Rhodopes

Learners in Plovdiv, Varna and Burgas follow the same online arrangement. In Kardzhali, Smolyan and the Rhodope villages, where travel to a teacher can be long, online Quran lessons keep children’s reading regular.

Lesson times

Bulgaria is on Eastern European Time. Eastern European Time is UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer. Morocco is on UTC+1 for most of the year and UTC+0 during Ramadan, so you are usually one hour ahead of your teacher in winter and two hours ahead in summer, with one hour more during Ramadan.

When you book the free trial or ask on WhatsApp, send your city and two or three preferred local times. The academy replies with a proposed time in your local time and in Morocco time; the lesson is fixed only once you both confirm. No timetable is published in advance and no hour is guaranteed.

Explanation language

Lisanova has teachers who explain lessons in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as in Arabic; not every teacher speaks every one of these languages. The Arabic you learn is a separate choice from the explanation language. English suits most learners in Bulgaria; lessons are not explained in Bulgarian or Turkish. Tell us your preference when you enquire and we match you with a suitable teacher.

Prices and getting started

Private Arabic and Moroccan Darija: one 60-minute lesson $20; 8 hours $120; 12 hours $170; 16 hours $200. Prices are in US dollars; no euro, koruna, forint, leu, hryvnia, rouble or other local-currency price is offered. The first trial lesson is free.

Book the free Arabic/Darija trial with your name, WhatsApp number and preferred package; the academy arranges the time with you on WhatsApp. You can pay by bank transfer, by card or through a money-transfer service such as Western Union. Quran enquiries are arranged on WhatsApp. Cancellation and refund conditions are on the Terms page.