I Love Arabic: A Guide For Beginners
I Love Arabic: A Guide For Beginners
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“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
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أحب العربية ث
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I love Arabic
A Guide for beginners
ع ح
ظ خ
Name:………………………………………
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ص ض ش س ز ر ذ
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Please note that some of these letters are very similar to English letter sounds e.g.
Baa is very close to the letter 'B' in the English language, this is a useful way to
Lesson 1
Alphabets
ر
Raa Dhaal Daal Khaa Haa Letter Name:
r dh d kh h’ Letter Sound:
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د أ ب ت ث ج ح خ
غ د
ط ج ي
ص ض ث ش
ظ س
ب ز
طذ ر
ق و كؤضلئ م
غ لفء ش
ق ز
ذظ ع
م ك ئس
خي فى رة ة ء ؤ
أنتهـع و
ن هـ صح ى ة ء ؤ ئ
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ج د ح ع هـ غ ع ف ق ث ص
ضصث ق ف غ ع هـ خ ح ج د
ة ل ب ي س ش ا طك م ن ت
ا ى ت ن م ك ط شس ي ب ل
ظ ز و ر ز ظ ء و ر ح هـ غ
ا ل ؤ ب ي سص كم ت ن
Test your alphabets:
ا ي ئ ث ق غ ق ف د ذ خ هـ
ة ع ى غ ؤ ي ئ ء خ فص
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Lesson 2
Joining letters
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The table below shows every scenario, i.e. how each letter
letter by itself.
a) All letters are written in their full form if they occur at the
however, there are six letters which do not join to any letter
ـة ة
Will come
only atinthe
groups of letters are very similar their joined forms, in most cases the only difference
end
is the position or number of dots used in the letters:
o سـand شـ
o صـand ضـ
o طـand ظـ
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قرأبابأرنبالعبأطباقبحرببنتأستاذتفاحتحرثكمثرىثعبانث
درجفنجانجملجملحيحملحصانحصاروخنخلةخروفخقردمدرسةدباب
ةدأستاذحذاءذرةذعصيرجرىرسمرخبزجزرزهرةزشمسمسبحسلةسم
فرشفرشاةشجرةشمقصقصرصيدص
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بيضمضربضربضقطمسطرةطاولةطيستيقظنظرظرفظرجع
يلعبعروسةعصمغيغنيغصنغوقفقفصفيلفسوقحقيبةقطارقسير
كسكينكتابكغزالكلبليمونلطعامرملموزمميزانعنبنارنوجهمهر
جهرمهـكيلوسورورقودبيبينيقيني
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ضطظعغفقكلمنهـوي
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Lesson 3
َا
Damma Kasra Fatha
Vowel Name:
u e a
Vowel Sound:
The
In'u' in put.there
Arabic, The 'i' in
are sit.
3 short vowel-marks
The 'a' in sat.
English word with
similar sound:
The vowel-marks are the marks below or above the letter Alif in
the examples below, the letter Alif has been used to give you an
َ Fatha
In the following 3 lessons, we will learn the Short vowel-marks
The Fatha is the short diagonal stroke above the letter which
ب
َ َا
Write all the
letters with
Fatha as
given:
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َعــشـَــ َر
اَبَـ َد
ِ Kasra
ِ ِا
The Kasra is the short diagonal stroke below the
Write all
ب
letters which gives the sound “e”.
the
letters with
Kasrah as given:
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ــس
لـَـبـِ َ َسـ ِمــ َع
كـَتِــف ب
ــر َ
شـَ ِ
ـز َم
لـ َ ِ ب
كـَـ ِذ َ
The double Vowel - Marks
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ِ َف
ــر َح ـب
َ َِر كـ
ُ Damma
The Damma is placed above the letter and
ب
ُ ُا
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ـب
كـُتِ َ َكـَـ ُر َم
ُـشــ َر
ح ِ ُس ِمـ َع
Lesson 4
the single vowel. Please see the letters below. The Daal has
form of any vowel, the specific name of the double vowel sign
e.g. double Fatha is also given below as this is unique for each
vowel.
ﹱ Tanween al-fatha
In the following 3 lessons, we will learn the doubled forms of the three
in that there is an added 'n' sound e.g. whilst the Fatha makes the 'a'
In this lesson we will cover Tanween al fatha which makes the 'an'
sound. Tanween al fatha is written as two Fatha's above the letter and
added أ (alif) after it. If the word is ending with ى ة ء أ any of these
ٍ Tanween al-kasra
In this lesson we will cover Kasrah Tanween which represented by two
ٍ
ب ٍا
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ٌ Tanween al-Damma
Damma with a slight inward 'tail' and is written above the letter.
ج
ٌ ث
ٌ ت
ٌ ب
ٌ ٌا
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Lesson 5
Long vowels
In the following 3 lessons, we shall cover the long vowel-
Read
ص ِغير – فَائِز
َ – صالـُون – َخ ِريف – بَ ِعيد
َ – بَالـُـون
اسب – َوالِد – َربِيع – قَ ِريب – َج ِميل – قَارب
ِ َر
احد – ثَانِي – ثَالِث – َرابِع – َخا ِمس – َسا ِدس
ِ َو
بُو اُو
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Read
Lesson 6
ْ Sukoon
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ِم ْن
ٌ ْأَن
ف ت ي ب د ِ
ٌ ْ َ ٌ َم ْس
ج
mark (i.e. a mark added to a letter to
Nose
and is writtenFrom
above theHouse Mosque
letter to show
Translation:
Lesson 7
ّ Shadda
in emphasis.
ب
ٌّ ُد ٌبَطـَّة ٌقِـطـَّة Arabic Word:
Bear
Translation:
Duck Cat
Lesson 8
In this lesson we will practice some examples that we covered earlier.
Pay careful attention to how letters are joined. Remember letters can have
end of a word.
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He Sat. ـس
َ َ َجل ـس
َ ََجـ ـلـ س
َ َل َج
He wrote. ـب
َ َ َكت ـب
َ َكـ ـتَـ ب
َ ت
َ َك
He drank.
َ َشـ ِر
ب ب َ ِر ش
َ ـ ِر َشـ ب َ
He went out. َخ َـر َج َج َـر َخـ َج َر َخ
He went. ـب
َ ذَ َه ـب
َ َهـ َ ذ ب
َ َهـ َ ذ
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He took. أَ َخـ َذ ـ َذ َخـ َ أ َ ذ َخ َ أ
Man. ـل
ٌ َر ُج ـل
ٌ ُجـ َر ٌل ج
ُ َر
Camel. ـل
ٌ َج َم ـل
ٌ َجـ َـمـ ٌل َم َج
In this lesson we will continue practicing joining letters and reading, We will
a) Sukoon - We should pronounce the letter sound with no vowel sound i.e.
Shadda.
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Cat ٌ ِق
ط ٌ قِـ ـ
ط ٌ ِق
ط
Rich
غَنِ ٌّي غَـ ـنِـ ٌّـي ٌّ ي ِن غ
َ
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Teacher س
ٌ ُم َد َّر س
ٌ ُمـ ـ َد َّـر س
ٌ َّر َد ُم
City اَل َْم ِد ْينَةُـ ُاَلْـ َـمـ ِـديْـ ـنَـ ـة ُ ة َن ِد ْي اَ ْل َم
Nurse
ضةُـ
َ لم َم ِّر
ُ َا ُـة ضـ
َ اَلْـ ُـمـ َـمـ ِّـر ـ َ ِّر َم ُم اَ ْل
ُة ض
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Farmer
ُ َّاَلْ َفال
ح ُ َّـ َفـ ـال اَلْـ
ح ُ َّال ف
ح َ اَ ْل
Spoon ُاَل ِْمل َْع َقة ُـة ـ َقـ ِـم ْل َـعـ اَ ْل َ ْل ِم اَ ْل
ُ ة َق ع
Iron (for
ironing) اَل ِْم ْك َواةُـ ُة َوا ـ ْكـ ِـمـ اَلْـ ُ ة َوا ْك ِم اَ ْل
Coffee ُاَلْ َق ْه َوة ُ َـو ـة ْـهـ اَلْـ ـ َقـ ُة َو ْه َق اَ ْل
He Sat. ـس
َ َ َجل ـس
َ ََجـ ـلـ س
َ َل َج
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He wrote. ـب
َ َ َكت ـب
َ َكـ ـتَـ ب
َ ت
َ َك
He drank.
َ َشـ ِر
ب ب َ ِر ش
َ ـ ِر َشـ ب َ
He went out. َخ َـر َج َج َـر َخـ َج َر َخ
He went. ـب
َ َذ َه ـب
َ َهـ َذ ب
َ َه َذ
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He took. أَ َخـ َذ ـ َذ َخـ َ أ َ ذ َخ َ أ
Man. ـل
ٌ َر ُج ـل
ٌ ُجـ َر ٌل ج
ُ َر
Camel. ـل
ٌ َج َم ـل
ٌ َجـ َـمـ ٌل َم َج
Rich
غَنِ ٌّي غَـ ـنِـ ٌّـي ٌّ ي ِن غ
َ
Teacher س
ُ م َد َّر ٌ س
ُ مـ ـ َد َّـر ٌ س
ُ م َ د َّ ر ٌ
City اَل َْم ِد ْينَةُـ اَلْـ َـمـ ِـديْـ ـنَـ ـةُ اَ ْل َم ِ د ْي َ ن ةُ
س
ٌ َّر َد ُم
ٌّد َح ا
ـب
َ ذَ َه
َقلَ ٌـم
َولَـ ٌد
ـل
ٌ َر ُج
ـل
ٌ َج َم
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Numbers
۱۰ ۹ ۸ ۷ ٦ ۵ ٤ ۳ ۲ ۱
َع َش َرة تِ ْس َعة ثَ َمانِيَة َس ْب َعة ِستَّة أرْ بَ َعة َخ ْم َسة ثَالثَة اِ ْثنَين احد
َو ِ
۱۰ ۹ ۸ ۷ ٦ ۵ ٤ ۳ ۲ ۱
۱۰ ۹ ۸ ۷ ٦ ۵ ٤ ۳ ۲ ۱
۱۰ ۹ ۸ ۷ ٦ ۵ ٤ ۳ ۲ ۱
۲۰ ۱۹ ۱۸ ۱۷ ۱٦ ۱۵ ۱٤ ۱۳ ۱۲ ۱۱
عشرين تسعة ثمانية سبعة ستة عشر خمسة أربعة ثالثة اثنا أحد
عشر عشر عشر عشر عشر عشر عشر عشر
۳۰ ۲۹ ۲۸ ۲۷ ۲٦ ۲۵ ۲٤ ۲۳ ۲۲ ۲۱
ثالثين تسع و ثماني و سبع و ست و خمس و أربع و ثالث و اثنان و واحد و
عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين عشرين
٤۰۰ ۳۰۰ ۲۰۰
۱۰۰ ۹۰ ۸۰ ۷۰ ٦۰ ۵۰ ٤۰
أربع ثالث ِمئـَتين ِمئـَة تسعين ثمانين سبعين ستين أربعين خمسين
مئة مئة
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Giraffeز َرافَة. َ 67
Box ُص ْن ُدوق.85 Oil زيت. َ 68
Friend َص ِديق.86 Fine زين. َ 69
Patienceصبْر َ .87 Flowerز ْه َرة. َ 70
Morningصبَاح َ .88 Butter ُز ْب َدة ز.71
ص
َ َّصف
Whistleارة َ .89
Zeroص ْفر ِ .90
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Weakيف
ضعيف ض ِع َ .91
Eye عـَيْـن.105 Lightضوءء
ض ْوَ .92
Grapes ِعـنَـب.106 Necessaryي
ضروري
ُور
ِ ضر َ .93
Scholar َعالِـم.107 Guestيف
ضيف ض َ .94
World عـَالـ َعـم.108 ض
To laugh ضحك
ك ض ِح َ .95
Arabsـرب َ َع.109
Treatment ِعالج.110
Cat قِـط.121
People ناس.140 Boatارب ِ َ ق.122
Plant نبات.141 Leader قَـائِد.123
Result نتيجة.142 Monkey قِرْ د.124
Star نجمة.143 Story قِصَّة.125
Song نشيد.144 ق
ن
Book ِكتـَاب.126
Goal هَـ َدف.145 Shoulder كـَتِـف.127
Gift هَـديَة.146 Ball كـ ُ َرة.128
leanـزيل ِ َ ه.147 Chairكـُرْ ِسي.129
Telephone هَاتِف.148 Cake كـَعْكـَةك.130
هـ
paper َورق.149 gum لبان.131
Dutyاجبِ َو.150 To playبَ لَ ِع.132
Face َوجْ ه.151 Dress لِـبَاس.133
Boy َولـَد.152 Meat لـ َ َحم.134
Hand يَـد.153
Day يـ َ ْوم.154 Water ماء.136
Right يمين.155 Money مال.137
Example مثال.138
ي School مدرسةم.139
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تكلم بالعربية
Speak Arabic
في المدرسة
In the School
School مدرسة
The Millennium School مدرسة األلفِية
Principal مديرة/ ُم ِدير
Supervisor شرفة
ِ ُم/ شرف ِ ُم
Teacher ُم َعلـ ِّ َمة/ ُم َعلـِّم
Student تِلمي َذة/ تِل ِميذ
Classroom فَصْ ـل
Diary يِو ِميات
Book ِكتاب
Notebook َد ْفتَر
Pen قَلَم
Chair ُكرْ ِسي
Office َم ْكتَب
Board َسبُّو َرة
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Bag َحقِيبَة
Timetable َجد َول
Bell َجرْ س
Chart لَ ْو َحة
Door بَاب
Window ُشـبَّاك
Colors ألوان
أسودBla
ck
Whit
e
أبيض
Blu Red
أزرقe أحمر
Pur Bro
بنفسجيple wn بني
The Definite
أداة التعريف
Article
the الـ
the book الـكتاب
In English we have definite nouns which are usually preceded by 'the' (i.e. the
student, the tables) as well as indefinite nouns (i.e. a student, tables). Arabic also
has definite and indefinite nouns. The Arabic definite article joins with the word
that it precedes with الـ.
Nouns preceded by the definite article are definite as well as the names of cities,
countries, regions, and people. Nouns without an article are usually indefinite.
a book كتاب
How to pronounce the definite article depends on the letter that comes after it. In the
case of the word below, it is pronounced as it is written- 'al'.
The letters that follow this pattern are known as moon letters ()الحروف القمرية.
الـأب
the father Father أب أ
When الـis attached to words that begin with certain letters, the لـwill not be
pronounced at all. Instead the first letter of the word is either pronounced twice or
stressed. This is the case in the example below.
Notice the symbol that resembles a slanted w that is appears immediately after
the first letter. This is a called a shadda. Whenever two identical consonants
appear right next to each other, only one consonant is written, and the shadda is
written after it, indicating that it is doubled. Remember that short vowels that
come within a sentence are never written.
The letters that follow this pattern are known as sun letters ()الحروفـ الشمسية.
الـشّمس
the sun sun شّمس ش
date
the date (fruit) الـتّـمـر تّـمـر ت
(fruit)
the snow الثّلج snow ثّلج ث
the hens الدّجاج hen دّجاج د
the gold ال ّذهب gold ّذهب ذ
the giraffe ال ّزرافة giraffe ّزرافة ز
the picture صورة
ّ ال picture صورة
ّ ص
the frog ضفدع
ّ ال frog ضفدع
ّ ض
the mud طينّ ال mud طين ّ ط
the back الظّهر back ظّهر ظ
Of the 28 consonants in the Arabic alphabet, one half are sun-letters and one half are
moon-letters.
Like كَ
With ب
ِ
For ِل
From ِمن
In فِي
About َعن
On علَى
To إلَى
Until َحتى
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He هُ َو
They(two-M) هُ َما
They(Three-M) هُ ْم
She ِه َي
They(two-F) هُ َما
They(Three-F) هُ َّن
You(M) ت َ أ ْن
You (two – M) أنتُما
You (three – M) أنتُم
You (F) ِ أ ْن
ت
You (two – F) أنتُما
You (two – F) أنتُ َّن
I أنَا
WE نَحْ ُن
?Do هَل؟
?Are? /Is أ؟
?What َما؟
?Where أي َْن؟
?When َمتـَى؟
How much كـَم؟
Small -?يرHow
ـغ
ِ صَ ْف؟
َ كـَي Big - كـَبـِير
Less ?–Who
قـَلِيل َم ْن؟ More - كـَثِير
Short – صير ِ َ قـ Tall - طـ َ ِويل
Wrong – خـَطـَأ Correct – ص ِحيح َ
Light – َخفِيف Heavy – ثَقِيل
Old– قَ ِديم New – َج ِديد
Far– بَعيد Near– قَريب
Cheap-َر ِخيص Expensive– غالِي
Hot– َحار Cold– بَارد
Ugly– قَبيح Beautiful– َجميل
َ َخ
Behind - لف In front – أ َما َم
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