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October 20, 2002

رمضان مبارك

رمضان مبارك

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Revision Notes

This is what we have covered in our Arabic class so far The Arabic Alphabet
أ ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه و ي

Alfathah: a signal that goes above a letter to give it an a sound: as the a in jack
الْفَتْحَة َ
أَ بَ تَ ثَ جَ حَ خَ دَ ذَ رَ زَ سَ شَ صَ ضَ طَ ظَ عَ غَ فَ قَ كَ لَ مَ نَ هَ وَ يَ
ضَرَبَ رَجَعَ كَتَبَ جَلَسَ

Alkasrah: a signal that goes below a letter to give it an e sound: as the e in we or he or she
الْكَسْرَة ِ
إِ بِ تِ ثِ جِ حِ خِ دِ ذِ رِ زِ سِ شِ صِ ضِ طِ ظِ عِ غِ فِ قِ كِ لِ مِ نِ هِ وِ يِ

رَكِبَ تَعِبَ فَهِمَ شَرِبَ

Adammah: a signal that goes above a letter to give it an o sound: as the o in to or shoe
الْضَّمَّة ُ
أُ بُ تُ ثُ جُ حُ خُ دُ ذُ رُ زُ سُ شُ صُ ضُ طُ ظُ عُ غُ فُ قُ كُ لُ مُ نُ هُ وُ يُ
حَلُمَ أُم حُب

Asukun: goes above a letter to give a stop to its sound...a letter with a sukun cannot be pronounced by itself alone, it needs another letter before it with a different sign on it than the sukun
الْسُّكُون ْ
أَبْ مِنْ كُنْتُ

Ashaddah: is a sign that goes above a letter to double its sound: so its pronounced with twice the intensity of one letter
الْشَّدَّة ّ
رُبَّمَا فَكِّرْ أُمُّك

Alhamzah: a sub-letter
الْهَمْزَة ٔ ٕ
أبَابِيل إنَّهُم سَائِل تَفَاؤُلْ تَشَاؤُمْ تُؤْمِنُون حِينَئِذٍ

Atanween: the noonation of letters: adding the un, in or un sound to the letter that has the tanween above or below it
الْتَّنْوِين ً ٍ ٌ
أً إٍ أٌ بً بٍ بٌ تً تٍ تٌ...يً يٍ يٌ

Almad bilAlif: Elongating the pronounciation of Alif or long vowel sounds twice as long as the a in tall
الْمَدْ بِالألِفْ
أٰ بَا تَا ثَا جَا حَا خَا دَا ذَا رَا زَا سَا شَا صَا ضَا طَا ظَا عَا غَا فَا قَا كَا ﻻَ مَا نَا هَا وَا يَا
أٰمَنْتُ كَامِل مَلائِكَة كَتَاب عَذَاب

Almad bilYaa: Elongating the pronounciation of Yaa or long vowel sounds twice as long as the e in feel
الْمَدْ بِالْيَاءْ
إِي بِي تِي ثِي جِي حِي خِي دِي ذِي رِي زِي سِي شِي صِي ضِي طِي ظِي عِي غِي فِي قِي كِي لِي مِي نِي هِي وِي يِي
جَمِيل طَوِيل كَرِيم

Almad bilWow: Elongating the pronounciation of Wow or long vowel sounds twice as long as the o in book
الْمَدْ بِالْوَاوْ
أُو بُو تُو ثُو جُو حُو خُو دُو ذُو رُو زُو سُو شُو صُو ضُو طُو ظُو عُو غُو فُو قُو كُو لُو مُو نُو هُو وُو يُو
مُسْلِمُون كَافِرُون بُيُوت

LamAlif: joined letters Lam and Alif
لاَم أَلِفْ
لاَإِلٰهَ إِلاَّ اﷲ أَعْلاَم إِسْلاَم

Taa Marbootah: closed Taa
تَاءْ مَرْبُوطَة
طَيِّبَة طَيَّارَة صُورَة أمْثِلَة

Haa Marbootah: closed Haa
هَاءْ مَرْبُوطَة
قَلَمَهُ كِتَابَهُ جَدَّهُ وَلَدُهُ

Yaa: the letter yaa يَاءْ
قَدِيم جَدِيد سَرِيع يَشْرَب يَلْعَب يَلْبِس رِيَال عِيَادَة صِيَام جَرَيٰ إِشْتَرَيٰ عَلَيٰ

أَنَا
أَنْتَ
أَنْتِ
هُوَ
هِيَ
نَحْنُ
أَنْتُم
أَنْتُنْ
هُمْ
هُنْ

مُهَنْدِس...مُهَنْدِسَة
وَزِير...وَزِيرَة
مَبْسُوط...مَبْسُوطَة
كَبِير...كَبِيرَة

فَنّاَن...فَنَّانِين...فَنَّانُون
نَاجِح...نَاجِحِين...نَاجَحُون

مُسْلِمَة...مُسْلِمَات
سَيَّارَة...سَيَّارَات

وَلَد...وَلَدَان...وَلَدَيْن
مُصَوِّر...مُصَوِّرَان...مُصَوِّرَيْن
بِنْت...بِنْتَان...بِنْتَيْن
أُخْت...أُخْتَان...أُخْتَيْن

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October 15, 2002

Ahlan Wa Sahlan - Welcome!

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuhu!

Welcome to our Arabic Class Notes blog.

We have an Arabic Language class being taught by a volunteer teacher here in our local mosque (we are a small Muslim community in Sarnia, a small town in South Western Ontario, Canada). I have decided to post our lecture notes, revisions, homework assignments, reading and writing exercises on this blog for the students that are attending the class as well as the rest of the world. Why not share this exciting opportunity to learn Arabic with all of you? Hope you will join us every week as I update this blog with fresh material. Hope you all will appreciate this humble effort and enjoy and make full use of this valuable resource to learn Arabic. Make sure your intentions are pure: learn Arabic for the purpose of understanding Islam better by understanding the Quraan and Hadith, inshaAllah.
P.S. Invite all your friends and family members to come and learn Arabic as well.
Good Luck and Happy Learning Arabic.
Wassalam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh!

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