Arabic lessons online in Slovakia

Learning Arabic from Slovakia

In-person Arabic teaching is limited in Slovakia, so most learners look online. They include students, professionals working with the Gulf or North Africa, people with Moroccan partners, travellers and Muslim families who want regular Quran reading for their children.

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 Slovak

Arabic has three h-like sounds: ه (h), ح (ḥa) and خ (kha). Slovak speakers already distinguish two of them — h, as in hora, and ch, as in chlieb, which is the same sound as خ — so only ح is truly new. The other new elements are the right-to-left script and the emphatic letters such as ص and ط.

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 Slovakia

MSA lessons suit beginners who want to read and write, students who want speaking and grammar practice, and professionals who need formal Arabic. Lessons follow the six CEFR levels from A1.

Moroccan Darija lessons in Slovakia

Online Darija lessons suit learners with Moroccan partners or friends and people planning time in Morocco. Lessons start with greetings, getting around, prices and family conversation, in Latin letters first if you prefer.

Quran lessons online in Slovakia

With few in-person options, online Quran lessons let families keep regular reading or memorization revision for children at home, and let adults correct their Tajweed privately.

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 Bratislava

Many people in Bratislava work or study across the border in Vienna, and a fixed online lesson avoids adding another commute. You keep one regular weekly time with the same teacher where possible. Learners in Vienna have their own page.

Košice and the rest of Slovakia

Learners in Košice, Žilina, Banská Bystrica and smaller towns follow the same online arrangement, as long as the connection is stable enough for video.

Lesson times

Slovakia is on Central European Time. Central European Time is UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer. Morocco is on UTC+1 for most of the year and UTC+0 during Ramadan, so your clock usually matches your teacher’s in winter and is one hour 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 Slovakia; lessons are not explained in Slovak. 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.