Arabic-For-Beginners-Booklet

Arabic Language For Beginners

Introduction Unlike the English language, in Arabic the short vowels are not letters, they what we call ‘marks or movements’. The short vowels of the Arabic language look more like symbols that are put on top or under the letters.

Fatha Word Examples The fatha vowel is written on top of the letter English equivalent: Vowel A Damma The Damma vowel is written on top of the letter English equivalent: Vowel O, U Kasra The Kasra vowel is written on top of the letter English equivalent: Vowel E, I

Arabic letters: The Arabic alphabet, or Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as it is codified for writing Arabic. It is written from right to left in a cursive style and includes 28 letters. Most letters have contextual letterforms.

Letters and they’re pronunciation: Alif At the start of the word, the letter ( ‫ا‬alif) represents the consonant /ʔ/. In the middle or end of a word, ‫ا‬represents the vowel /ɑ/. Ba The Arabic letter Ba ( )‫ب‬is equivalent to the letter ‘B’ in the English alphabet. It is the second letter in Arabic. Taa The third letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ‫ (تَاء‬tāʾ) and it has the sound of English t. It is preceded by ‫ (ب‬b) and followed by ‫ (ث‬ṯ).

Tha The Arabic letter tha is a sun letter. ... For example the Arabic word for garment is pronounced thawb and written .‫ﺛَﻮﺏ‬ Jeem The Arabic letter Jeem is a Moon Letter. It has a basic shape that is common for the three letters; Jeem, Hha and Kha. Ha You will also see this letter transliterated as 7aa or Haa'. The Arabic letter Hha is a Moon Letter. It has the same basic shape of jeem after removing the dot.

Kha The Arabic letter kha is a moon letter. That means that the definite article is pronounced al and nothing else. Dal The Arabic letter dal is a sun letter. That means that the l in al is assimilated with dal and thereby pronounced as d In other words Thal The Arabic letter Thal is a Sun Letter. It has the same basic shape of Dal but with a dot on top.

Ra The Arabic letter ra is a sun letter. ... For example the Arabic word for fourth is pronounced rub3 and written .‫ُﺭﺑﻊ‬ Zay Zay is the counterpart of the English letter Z so it is pronounced like the Z in “Zoom”. Seen The fifteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ‫ ژ‬and followed by ‫ ش‬.Its name is ‫سین‬.

Sheen The Arabic letter Sheen is a Sun Letter. It follows the same basic shape of Seen but with three dots on top. Saud The fourteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ‫ (ش‬š) and followed by ‫ (ض‬ḍ) Daad Daad is the sound-mate of the letter Dal ( ) ‫د‬ and makes a gruff d sound that is not really found in English.

Tah The Arabic letter ( )‫ط‬is sometimes transliterated as tah in English, for example in Arabic script in Unicode. Dhaa The seventeenth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ‫ (ط‬ṭ) and followed by ‫ع‬.)ʿ) Ain From Arabic ‫ َعلَى‬ʿ) alā, “on, about”) by haplology before the article ‫ (ال‬al-).

Ghain The Arabic letter ‫غ‬is the nineteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, one of the six letters not in the twenty-two akin to the Phoenician alphabet, it represents the sound or. Fa The particle fa (‫ )ف‬is a connective particle that is usually translated as \"and\", \"then\" or \"so\". Qaaf This is one of the few Arabic letters which isn't found in the English alphabet and requires some imitation to pronounce.

Kaaf Kaaf is equivalent to the English letter K or C. Listening & Pronouncing. Laam When a ( ‫ل‬laam) comes before an ( ‫ا‬alif) in a word, they automatically come together and form laam-alif. Laam-alif is not a letter, It is how the two letters, laam and then alif are written together. Meem How the Arabic letter Meem is pronounced. Meem is the counterpart of the English letter M which is pronounced by pressing the lips together and making a sound blowing air out of the nose.

Noon Ya The Arabic letter ( ‫ن‬pronounced “noon”), is the 14th The Arabic letter ya is letter of the Arabic alphabet and the equivalent to the pronounce y like in the Roman letter N. English word 'yellow' Hamza Hamza is a letter in the Arabic alphabet, representing the glottal stop Waw Waw/Vav is the sixth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician wāw, Aramaic waw, Hebrew waw/vav ‫ ו‬,Syriac waw ‫ܘ‬and Arabic wāw .‫و‬

Arabic Vowels For Beginners

Arabic Vowels For Beginners

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