ARABIC For Beginners

• First lesson for Arabic learners ..
  To learn how to pronounce the Arabic alphabelts , 
  As you know the Arabic letters or consonants are 28 or 29 .
  Each of these alphabets have what I call the scale in sound and these are:
  Each letter can have 3 different sounds (called short vowels) i.e
  A…..Ah 
  E……EH
  U…..Uh
  So lets say that these letters were Latin Alphabets for clearity sake: say A, B, C, D, E etc..etc.
  each of the A.B.and C will have a different sound of : Lets take the letter A for example, if
  this A was an arabic letter and had a stroke(/) like above the A…-, it would sound as Ah, if
  the same stroke was under the A (/) , it would be pronounced as Aee, if the A had a another curved
  stroke (which is called wow), it would Uhh….So this one letter A, could sound like Ahh, Ehh, Uhh.
  This I think is one of the major difference between Arabic and other latin Alphbets languages.
  As explained above one letter “A” can have about 7 to 8 sounds just by ; if you will , decorating
  the letter. Ones we keep this in minds and try to understand it, it makes the reading process much
  easier……Clear your mind of the English /French/Spanish way of reading that we are used to.
  This semitic language is like chinese…..it is different .Written from Right to Left. Puketo!

  Visit
  this link to practice…
  http://transliteration.org/quran/Pronunciation/Letters/TashP.htm
  next is the long Vowels  for the same letter A……
  And 3 long Vowels will be our next lesson.

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  Link to some Arabic Words. Click on grafix above.
  These words all have some relationship with writing, and most of  them contain the three consonants .”KTB.” This group of consonants k–t–b is called a “root.” Grammarians assume that this root carries a basic meaning of writing, which encompasses all objects or actions involving writing, and so, therefore, all the above words are regarded as modified forms of this root, and are “obtained” or “derived” in some way from it.

This page is the courtesy of MadinahArabic.com: http://www.madinaharabic.com.       

The Arabic Alphabets (Huruf hejaa) consist of 28 letters -29 if hamza is counted as a separate letter. I would refer to these as consonants.So we have 28 to 29 consonants.

Arabic also has 3 short vowels, these are signs on top or below the consonant to tell
the reader of what “sound” the consonant makes. The vowel sign is like a musical note
scale….Example:
A stroke above the consonant would sound “aa” or “fataha” in Arabic
A stroke below the consonant would sound like “ee”or “Kasara”
A sign like ” waw” above the consonant would sound like “oo” “Damma” 

  

Click on Letters to hear pronunciation

 

اُ	اِ	اَ	Arabic Consonants:
Damma	Kasra	Fatha	Vowel Name:
u	i	a	Vowel Sound:
The ‘u’ in put.	The ‘i’ in sit.	The ‘a’ in sat.	English word with similar

 Please note that some of these letters are very similar to English letter sounds e.g. Baa is very close to the letter ‘B’ in the English language, this is a useful way to remember the sounds of the letters.  However many letters have no equivalent sound in English e.g. ‘Ayn, and some letters have subtle but important differences in pronunciation, e.g. Ha which is pronounced with a lot more emphasis in the throat than the letter ‘H’ in English.  Please listen to the sound of the letters pronunciation also by clicking on the letters to hear the correct pronunciation. 

 

 

• Finally, please note that the Arabic script is read from right to left.   Please read the letters below starting from the right and reading each letter to the left. 

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ج	ث	ت	ب	ا	Arabic Character:
Jeem	Thaa	Taa	Baa	Alif	Letter Name:
j	th	t	b	a	Letter Sound:
ر	ذ	د	خ	ح	Arabic Character:
Raa	Dhaal	Daal	Kha	Ha	Letter Name:
r	dh	d	kh	h	Letter Sound:
ض	ص	ش	س	ز	Arabic Character:
Daad	Saad	Sheen	Seen	Zaa	Letter Name:
d	s	sh	s	z	Letter Sound:
ف	غ	ع	ظ	ط	Arabic Character:
Faa	Ghayn	‘Ayn	Za	Ta	Letter Name:
f	gh	`	z	t	Letter Sound:
ن	م	ل	ك	ق	Arabic Character:
Noon	Meem	Laam	Kaaf	Qaaf	Letter Name:
n	m	l	k	q	Letter Sound:
		ي	و	هـ	Arabic Character:
		Yaa	Waaw	Haa	Letter Name:
		y	w

• In Arabic, there are 3 short vowel-marks (we shall learn the long vowel-marks in a later lesson Insha’Allah – God willing).  The short vowel-marks enable the letter to make a sound in a similar way to the English language.  In the same way a word cannot be made in the English language without one of the 5 vowels (a, e, i, o or u), in Arabic one cannot make a word without a vowel being used. 

• We will cover the 3 vowel-marks in Arabic below Insha’Allah.  The vowel-marks are the marks below or above the letter Alif in the examples below, the letter Alif has been used to give you an idea of where the vowel is placed.

     The Single Vowel-Marks:

• The single vowel-marks are the basic vowel-marks which add a sound similar to that of a, i or u in the English language to the letter.  Please click on the letters with the vowel-marks to hear the pronunciation. 

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اُ	اِ	اَ	Arabic Character:
Damma	Kasra	Fatha	Vowel Name:
u	i	a	Vowel Sound:
The ‘u’ in put.	The ‘i’ in sit.	The ‘a’ in sat.	English word with similar sound:

      The Double Vowel-Marks:

• The double vowel-marks signs are an extension of the single vowel-marks.  The double vowel signs add the ‘-n’ sound to the single vowel.   Please see the letters below.  The Daal has been used to enable us to see the position of the double vowel sign which is called tanween.  Tanween refers to the double form of any vowel, the specific name of the double vowel sign e.g. double Fatha is also given below as this is unique for each vowel. Click on the letters with the vowel-marks to hear the pronunciation.

  Click on Letters to hear pronunciation

اٌ	اٍ	اً	Arabic Character:
Dammataan	Kasrataan	Fathataan	Vowel Name:
‘un‘	‘in‘	‘an‘	Vowel Sound:
The ‘un’ in sun.	The ‘in’ in sin.	The ‘an’ in ran.	English word with similar sound:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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