This document provides an overview of the Arabic alphabet including:
- Images of each letter in isolated, initial, medial, and final forms
- Lesson objectives to learn the shapes and associated vowel sounds of the letters
- The 29 letters of the Arabic alphabet are defined with examples of each in different positions
3. Lesson Objectives
In this part of the lesson#1 you will be learning the Arabic
alphabet and how they look like in different positions.
Part#1
Arabic Alphabet
34. Part #2
Arabic Vowel Sounds
Lesson Objectives
All of the Arabic alphabets must be associated with certain
vowel sounds. To help produce these sounds certain signs
had been invented, which are called حركات (Harakat).
There are also three letters that help to produce long
vowel sounds. In this part of the lesson# 1 you will be
learning the names and pronunciation ways of the
Harakat and vowel letters.
38. ــ
Fathatan, meaning two fathahs above a letter.
Tanwin of fathatn is pronounced like `an’, e.g. ( اب )
ــ
ــ
Dammatan, meaning two dammas above a letter.
Tanwin of dammatan is prononuced like `oon’ ,e.g.
( ُ( boon.
Kasratan, meaning two kasras under a letter.
Tanwin of kasratan is pronounce like `in’, e.g. ( ُ (
bin.
Tanwin is a ن with sukun ( ْـــ ) which is only pronounced orally and does
not appear in written form. When we pronounce two fathas, two dammas
and two kasras at a letter, the sounds that come up are Tanwins.
Tanwin always takes place at the last letter of a word. The shape of this
letter does not change except for the case of fathatan as it requires extra
alif ( ا ( to be connected to the left of the letter it would take place upon.
Tanwin
40. Arabic Vowel Letters
ا
Alif always comes as vowel preceded by a letter
with Fathah, e.g. ( اَب )
و
ي
Wow comes as vowel when preceded by a letter
with a Dammah e.g. ( وث(. In the other cases it
remains consonant.
Waww comes as vowel when preceded by a letter
with a Kasra, e.g. ( يِب (. In other cases it remains
consonant.
43. Shaddah and how to use it with
Sun Letters
Lesson Objectives
In this section of the lesson # 1 you will be learning how to pronounce
a letter with Shaddah.
44. Shaddah and how to use it with
sun letters
"Shadda" represents the doubling of a letter and it is a small shape that
looks like the letter "Seen" and is put over the letter. as in
َّبَه(habba). Shaddah is frequently used in Arabic language,
especially when we pronounce a noun with a sun letter at the
beginning which is preceded by the article .الـ Up coming two
slides will show you what letters are the sun letters and how to use
Shaddah with them.
45. ب اتثخ ح جدذرز
سشصضظ طغ ع
ك ق فلمني ء و ه
The sun letters and the moon letters
The letters coloured in red are Sun Letters. These letters at the beginning of a
world are pronounced like the Arabic س
ْ
ملشا ( meaning : the sun). This is why they
are called وفرج
ْ
لاةبِس
ْ
ملشا (The sun letters). While the remaining letters which are
coloured in black are moon letters because the are pronounced like the Arabic
word ار َم
َ
ق
ْ
ل (meaning: the moon).This is why they are called ِّير َم
َ
ق
ْ
لاوفْرج
ْ
لاة
(The moon letters)