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: ( َ ) ( ُ ) ( ِ )
- The first one is called in Arabic "Fat ha" and it means you should open your mouth while saying the letter.
- The second one is called "Damma". Your mouth should have a round shape like you're pronouncing a "O".
- 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.
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