Language/Standard-arabic/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Hello everyone!

We are going to talk about the letters and how you spell them In Arabic ...

So let's start:

In Arabic we have Letters like ( ا ب ت ث ج ح ....). These letters have pronunciation. Then we have these small Symbols ( َ - ُ - ِ ) ( ً - ٌ - ٍ ) ( ّ ) ( ْ). When we add those Symbols to the Letter it will change their pronunciation ...... well not very different but it will look like we say the letter with a second letter or more ....

so I'll give Examples and see

We will start with the first three symbols: ( َ ) ( ُ ) ( ِ )

1. The first one is called in Arabic "Fatha" and it means you should open your mouth while saying the letter.
2. The second one is called "Damma". Your mouth should have a round shape like you're pronouncing a "O".
3. The third one is called "Kasra". Your mouth should have the same shape as when you're pronouncing a "E".

Here are some examples:

• If we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add that Fatha to it ( بَ ). After adding it ...... its pronunciation becomes (Ba) not long "a", just a short one
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add that Damma to it ( بُ ). After adding it ...... its pronunciation becomes (Bo) not long "o", just a short one
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add that Kasra to it ( بِ ). After adding it ...... its pronunciation becomes (Be) not long "e", just a short one

so the table can help with other letters

letter	name of the letter	pronunciation with Fatha	pronunciation with Damma	pronunciation with Kasra
ا	Alif	A	O	E
ب	Ba'a	Ba	Bo	Be
ت	Ta'a	Ta	To	Te
ث	tha'a	tha	tho	the
ج	jeem	ja	jo	je
ح	ha'a	ha	Ho	He
خ	Kha'a	Kha	Kho	Khe

and so on with All the letters.

You should know that the second letter you add when pronounce you shod say it so short ......

I hope this will help you.

A lot of people I talked to found this hard to understand but found it a little easier after this explanation... So I hope it will help you too.

See you soon.