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

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In today's lesson, we are going to talk about the letters and how to spell them In Arabic.

Name IPA Letter
Final Medial Initial Isolated
ألف (Alefun) /aː/, /ʔ/ ـا ا
باء (Ba'on) /b/ ـب ـبـ بـ ب
تاء ( Ta'on) /t/ ـت ـتـ تـ ت
ثاء (THa'on) like"therapy" /θ/ ـث ـثـ ثـ ث
جيم (Jeemun) /d͡ʒ/ ـج ـجـ جـ ج
حاء (ha'on) /ħ/ ـح ـحـ حـ ح
خاء (kha'on) /x/ ـخ ـخـ خـ خ
دال (dalun) /d/ ـد د
ذال (dalun ) like "the moon" /ð/ ـذ ذ
راء (ra'on) like "room" /r/ ـر ر
زاي (za'ye) /z/ ـز ز
سين (seenun) like "I see" /s/ ـس ـسـ سـ س
شين (sheenun) like"she" /ʃ/ ـش ـشـ شـ ش
صاد (Sad) like " Sound" /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 ..... Each letter has a specific pronunciation.


Then we have these small Symbols ( َ - ُ - ِ ) ( ً - ٌ - ٍ ) ( ّ ) ( ْ) we add to the Letter to change their pronunciation.


symbols: ( َ ) ( ُ ) ( ِ )

  1. The first one is called in Arabic "Fat ha" and it means you should open your mouth while saying the letter like "A" in french.
  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" .


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 of english & i in french
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
د daal da do de or di in french
ذ thaal like english word that tha tho the
ر raa like R in english ra ro re
ز zayn za zo ze
س siin sa so se
ش shiin sha sho she
ص saad magnify sa so se
ض daad magnify da do de
ع aayn as saying : iraq city aa ao ae
غ Rayn like R in french ra ro re
ف faa fa fo fe
ق qaaf close from grand g in french qa qo qe
ك kaaf ka ko ke
ل laam la lo le
م miim ma mo me
ن noon na no ne
هـ haa like hello ha ho he
و waaw wa wo we
ي yaa ya yo ye

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

symbols ( ً )-( ٌ )-( ٍ )

  • The first one is called in Arabic "Tanween Al Fat'h" and it means you should open your mouth while saying the letter like "A" in french 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


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" in french, 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

Long pronunciation

We can read an arabic letter with a long pronuciation by using three letters (alif-أ, yaa-ي, waaw) after the one that want to read as long :

  • we use alif-أ after the long letter who has "fatha" for example : ( سَ= sa ) long pronunciation is ( سَا=saaa )
  • we use waaw-و after the long letter who has "damma" for example : ( سُ= so ) long pronunciation is ( سُو=sooo )
  • we use yaa-ي after the long letter who has "kasra" for example : ( سِ= si ) long pronunciation is ( سِي=siii )


NOTE

When we use the 3 letters to make a long pronunciation, we don't give them any damma or kasra or... they have a name is :

horof al-aela حُرُوفُ الْعِلَةِ

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