Common English mistakes Arabic speakers make, and how to fix them
If your first language is Arabic, your English mistakes follow Arabic grammar and sounds. They're transfer, not carelessness — and each one has a clear fix.
The big ones. 1) Missing "be" in the present: "She teacher", "He very tall" → "She's a teacher", "He's very tall". 2) Missing "a/an": "I am engineer" → "I'm an engineer". 3) Overusing "the" for general ideas: "The life is hard", "I like the music" → "Life is hard", "I like music". 4) Repeating the pronoun in relative clauses: "the man who I saw him" → "the man I saw". 5) Questions without inversion: "Where you go?" → "Where are you going?". 6) "Since" for "for": "I live here since three years" → "I've lived here for three years". 7) His/her for objects: "the car and his colour" → "its colour". 8) Adjective after the noun: "a book red" → "a red book". 9) Sounds: /p/ as /b/ ("barking" for "parking"), /v/ as /f/ ("fery"), and a helping vowel inside clusters ("sitreet", "isport") — practise the cluster without the vowel. 10) Vowel pairs: "bit/bet", "ship/sheep", "full/fool" — English vowels carry meaning, so make them distinct.
A list won't fix these; making them out loud and being corrected in the moment will. Airi is built for that: she hears the pattern, fixes the one mistake that matters in her reply, and keeps the conversation going. Speak with her daily and these stop being habits within a few weeks. Free to start, no card.
A quick example with Airi
How to get the most from it
Add 'is/are' and 'a/an'
She's a teacher. He's an engineer. Every time.
'The' only for specific things
Life is hard (general) vs. the life of a nurse (specific).
Puff the /p/
Park, people, paper — a burst of air. Hold a hand in front of your mouth to feel it.
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