Frequently Asked Questions

Asslema is a small mobile app for learning Tunisian Arabic vocabulary. You get a curated list of useful words and phrases, native-recorded audio so you can hear how each one actually sounds, and a short multiple-choice quiz to help the words stick.

“Asslema” (عسلامة) is the everyday Tunisian greeting — roughly “hi” or “hello.”

Asslema is free. There are no ads, no in-app purchases, and no subscription.

Asslema is available on Android (via Google Play) and iOS (via the App Store). Direct links are on the home page.

No. Asslema works without sign-up, login, email, or password. Your progress is saved locally on your device.

Mostly. The vocabulary list, translations, and quiz are bundled with the app and work offline. Audio recordings are streamed from our server the first time you tap play, so playing a brand-new word requires a connection.

The app shows translations into English, French, and German, alongside the Tunisian Arabic word.

Audio is currently only available for Tunisian, since that is the language you are learning. We may add spoken translations in the other languages later.

No. Asslema teaches Tunisian Arabic (Tounsi, Derja) — the everyday spoken language of Tunisia. It is related to Modern Standard Arabic but uses different vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar in many places. If you want to chat with people in Tunisia, this is the variant you want.

The clips are recorded by native Tunisian speakers, so you hear the word the way it’s actually pronounced in conversation rather than a textbook reading.

We aim to give the most natural everyday equivalent, not a literal word-for-word translation. Some Tunisian expressions don’t map cleanly to a single English, French, or German word, and regional variants exist within Tunisia itself. Treat translations as a starting point, and always cross-check before relying on them in a situation where accuracy really matters.

The app needs to fetch the list of available recordings from our server the first time it runs. Make sure the device has an internet connection and reopen the app. Once the list is downloaded, it’s cached locally and the buttons should light up.

The app refreshes its list of available recordings about once a day to keep things light. If you just heard about a new addition, it can take up to 24 hours to show up. Clearing the app’s storage from your device settings will force a fresh fetch on next launch.

Yes please — feedback is the main way the word list grows. Drop us a note at info@getasslema.com with the word or phrase, the language, and any context you think is useful (e.g. how you’d use it in a sentence).

As little as possible. Asslema has no account, no advertising, and no third-party analytics. Your preferences and quiz progress stay on your device. When you play a recording, the app talks to our server to fetch the audio, using a random identifier that is not linked to your real identity.

The full details are in the Privacy Policy.

The recordings, the curated word list, and the “Asslema” name belong to the project and are licensed to you for personal learning inside the app only. Please don’t scrape the audio or repackage the content into another product. See the Terms & Conditions for the legal version.

Asslema is a small side project, built and maintained by a tiny team on personal time, with the help of native speakers for the recordings. It’s not backed by a company or a school.

The most useful things you can do are free: use the app, tell a friend, leave a review on the store you downloaded it from, and send us corrections or word suggestions when you spot something. That feedback directly shapes what gets added next.