Click on the letters to hear how the letter names are pronounced. The lesson is designed to teach the names of all the alphabets. In this lesson we will start learning the Arabic Alphabet In-Shā’-Allâh إِنْ شَاءَ الله (Allah Willing). This letter is mostly seen in its final position to indicate a feminine gender ending and is termed " tā̛ Marbutah".Learn Arabic Alphabet video teaches you how each Arabic letter is written and pronounced along with an illustration of a word using that letter and guides on pronunciation. Refer to the three Arabic Letters' Writing Forms (initial – medial – final).ġ0- Few Arabic Written Letters could be only differentiated by their dots :ġ1- There are Confusing Arabic Written Letters phonetically-wise:ġ2- The Letter tā̛ ت sometimes it is written like the letter hā̛ in its final form ـهyet with two dots above it ـة. Refer to the three Arabic Letters' Writing Forms (initial – medial – final) Change shape according to their position in the word. Then, all Arabic Letters in the Alphabet could be connected from both sides except the following mentioned Letters.(see table below) Ĝan be joined to a preceding letter but never to a following one. An elementary/ intermediate Reader/ Learner is advised to use /̛ān-naskh/ writing form.Ĩ- You can find the correct pronunciation in Arabic just from the spelling of the word which is considered a no-trouble-trick of Arabic pronunciation.ĩ- Arabic Letters can be divided into two groups according to their position different in shape according to their position.ĥ- Letters in isolation and final are mostly the same in shape.Ħ- Letters in the initial and medial positions are mostly the same in shape.ħ- There are many print forms, types of fonts and writing forms for Arabic yet most common of which is /̛ān-naskh/ (normal writing) النَسخ and /̛ār-ruqعa/ الرِقعة. Further, in the first column above, you can see some dashes or symbols on the Arabic Letter above or below them they are called Arabic vowels (Described later).Ĭonsider the following three Arabic Letters Characteristics:ī- Words have vowels on it (described later).ġ-Ěrabic structure is different in Alphabet from any other Language.Ģ-Ěrabic letters form words by connecting them together.ģ-Ěrabic Alphabet is written and read from right to left.Ĥ-Ěrabic Letters' writing has three forms: initial, medial, and final i.e. Now, you can deduce from the herein above Chart that Arabic letters are 29 with the letter hamza, sometimes is regarded as a separate Letter. Seen latter because it differs according to case and context Like the W in the reaction of astonishment saying: WAW! Like the Q in Queen yet heavy velar sound in pronunciation Has no real equivalent sometimes they replace its sound with the A sound like for example the name Ali for علي /عali/ Like the Z in Zorro yet heavy in pronunciation Like the T in Table yet heavy in pronunciation Like the D in Dead yet heavy in pronunciation Like the S in Sad yet heavy in pronunciation Like the h in he yet light in pronunciation Sometimes like the G in Girl or like the J in Jar Consider the absence of Alphabets then how we can form words and/or sentences?! It is used by many to begin any Language by teaching its Parts of Speech however, logically it is better to begin our trip by teaching the Arabic Alphabet (Arabic Letters) as it is the reasonable starting point. Lesson (2): The Arabic Alphabet (Writing Letters)
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