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:

Name	IPA	Letter
		Final	Medial	Initial	Isolated
ألف	/aː/, /ʔ/	ـا		ا
باء	/b/	ـب	ـبـ	بـ	ب
تاء	/t/	ـت	ـتـ	تـ	ت
ثاء	/θ/	ـث	ـثـ	ثـ	ث
جيم	/d͡ʒ/	ـج	ـجـ	جـ	ج
حاء	/ħ/	ـح	ـحـ	حـ	ح
خاء	/x/	ـخ	ـخـ	خـ	خ
دال	/d/	ـد		د
ذال	/ð/	ـذ		ذ
راء	/r/	ـر		ر
زاي	/z/	ـز		ز
سين	/s/	ـس	ـسـ	سـ	س
شين	/ʃ/	ـش	ـشـ	شـ	ش
صاد	/sˤ/	ـص	ـصـ	صـ	ص
ضاد	/dˤ/	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ	ض
طاء	/tˤ/	ـط	ـطـ	طـ	ط
ظاء	/ðˤ/	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ	ظ
عين	/ʕ/	ـع	ـعـ	عـ	ع
غين	/ɣ/	ـغ	ـغـ	غـ	غ
فاء	/f/	ـف	ـفـ	فـ	ف
قاف	/q/	ـق	ـقـ	قـ	ق
كاف	/k/	ـك	ـكـ	كـ	ك
لام	/l/	ـل	ـلـ	لـ	ل
ميم	/m/	ـم	ـمـ	مـ	م
نون	/n/	ـن	ـنـ	نـ	ن
هاء	/h/	ـه	ـهـ	هـ	ه
واو	/w/, /uː/	ـو		و
ياء	/j/, /iː/	ـي	ـيـ	يـ	ي

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 "Fat ha" 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 ). Its pronunciation becomes (Ba). Not a long "a", just a short one.
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add that Damma to it ( بُ ). Its pronunciation becomes (Bo). Not a long "o", just a short one.
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add that Kasra to it ( بِ ). Its pronunciation becomes (Be). Not a long "e", just a short one.

The table below will help you 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 (th here must pronounce as [th] in tee[th]	tha	tho	the
ج	jeem	ja	jo	je
ح	ha'a [h]	ha	Ho	He
خ	Kha'a [KH] must pronounce as [X letter in Russian]	Kha	Kho	Khe

and so on with All the letters.

Please note that the second letter you add has a very short pronunciation.

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 ...

See you soon.

part2 :

hello Again ...

well let's complete our lesson ....

we'll talk about these symbols ( ً )-( ٌ )-( ٍ )

• The first one is called in Arabic "Tanween Al Fat'h" and it means you should open your mouth while saying the letter then add N at the end of letter.
• The second one is called "Tanween Al Damm". Your mouth should have a round shape like you're pronouncing a "O" and add N at the End of the letter
• The third one is called "Tanween Al Kasr". Your mouth should have the same shape as when you're pronouncing a "E" .and add N at the End of the letter

Here are some examples:

• If we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add Tanween Al Fat'h to it ( بً ). Its pronunciation becomes (Ban). Not a long "a", just a short one.
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add Tanween Al Damm to it ( بٌ ). Its pronunciation becomes (Bon). Not a long "o", just a short one.
• if we want to say the letter ( ب ) in Arabic, let's add Tanween Al Kasr to it ( بٍ ). Its pronunciation becomes (Ben). Not a long "e", just a short one.

The table below will help you with other letters:

letter	name of the letter	pronunciation with Tanween Al Fat'h	pronunciation with Tanween Al Damm	pronunciation with Tanween Al Kasr
ا	Alif	An	On	Ee
ب	Ba'a	Ban	Bon	Ben
ت	Ta'a	Tan	Ton	Ten
ث	tha'a (th here must pronounce as [th] in tee[th]	than	thon	then
ج	jeem	jan	jon	jen
ح	ha'a	han	Hon	Hen
خ	Kha'a [KH] must pronounce as [X letter in Russian]	Khan	Khon	Khen

and so on with All the letters.