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8 - The Definite Article ال

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The Definite Article ال

ال makes a noun definite. For example Baabun (door) is A door, any door, not a specific door whereas Al-Baabu is THE door - a specific door. More examples are as follows:

معرفة - Definite نكرة - Indefinite

البيت	بيت
الكتاب	كِتَاب
المَكتَب	مَكتَب
الوَالِدُ	وَالِدٌ
المِفتَاح	مِفتَاح
السَرِير	سََرِير
الطَالِب	طَالِب
المِنديل	مِندِيل
الحَجَر	حَجَر
السَُكّر	سكّر

Definite article is often used in place names –

القاهرة

This is true in English as well “The Netherlands”

“The Sudan” although the English definite wouldn’t match the Arabic definite.

So in Arabic each must be learnt with or without ال as the case may be.

7 - الأَسمَاء الاِشَارَة

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الأَسمَاء الاِشَارَة

It is what indicates something which is near or far

Example	Used for…	Ism al Isharah
هَذَا مَكتَب	مفرد, مذكّر,عاقل أو غير عاقل	هَذَا
هِذِهِ مَدينَة	مفردة, مؤنثة,عاقلة أو غير عاقلة	هَذِهِ
هَذِهِ كُتُب	جَمع مُذكّر أو مُؤَنَّث غير عَاقِل	هَذِهِ
هَذِهِ لُغَات
هَذِهِ مَناتِق
هَذَانِ كِتَابَان	مُثَنَّى, مُذكَّر عَاقِل أو غير عاقل	هَذَانِ
هَاتَانِ وَالِدَتَان	مُثَنَّى, مؤَنَّث عَاقِل أو غير عاقل	هَاتَانِ
هَؤُلاَءِ أولاد	جَمع مذَكَّر عاقِل	هَؤُلاَءِ
هَؤُلاَءِ طَالبات	جَمع مُؤنث عاقِل	هَؤُلاَءِ

6 - Masculine and Feminine Words

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المُذكّر و المُؤنّث

What do we know about feminine and masculine words?

All adjectives and nouns carry a gender
Proper nouns like سكرتيرة and مها take the obvious gender
There is no word for “it” in Arabic
ة almost always indicates femininity of a word
Nouns and adjectives must agree in gender

5 - The 3 Types of Arabic Words

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All Arabic words are from one of the following catogories:

حرف - This type of word does not have much of a meaning on its own but needs to be attached or with something else to make sense for example - لا - و - ب
اسم - This type of word is a noun - name of place or object or is a quality and it is not affected by time.
فعل - This is a word which indicates an action or occurance.

4- The Arabic Numbers

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zero = Sifer

one = Wahid

two = Ithinin

three = Thalatha

four = Arba'a

five = Khamsa

six = Sita

seven = Saba'a

eight = Thamania

nine = Tisa'a

ten = Ashara

eleven = Hidashar

twelve = Itnashar

thirteen = Talatashar

fourteen = Arbatashar

fifteen = Kamastashar

sixteen = Sitashar

seventeen = Sabatashar

eighteen = Tamantashar

nineteen = Tisatashar

twenty = Ishrin

twenty one = Wahid wa Ishrin

sixty = Sitin

one million = Millio'an]

To listen to the numbers in Arabic go to : http://muttaqun.com/arabic/numbers.html

3- Vowels

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Arabic Vowels

Short vowels (harakat) "a" "i" and "u"
Doubled short vowel represents nunation.
Long vowels "aa" "ii" and "uu" - Long voiwels lengthen the short vowels
Shaddah - doubled letter This is a repeater sign which indicates a double letter which must be distinctly pronounced twice, (double consonant)
Sukun (jazm) Link sign - Sukun (jazm) resembles a semi-circle which appears over a consonant. its function is to link its previous letter and form a single sound. No word can begin wiht a sukun.
Maddah - Elongation

Note for Lesson : Reading Vowel Practice Needed

2- Points of Articulation

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Makharij al-Huroof
Articulation points for the Arabic Letters

Makhraj means the place of exit or origin.
Every letter in Arabic has a special Makhraj from which a letter is pronounced.

Various Articulation Points

1 - The Arabic Alphabet

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Arabic Alphabets consists of 29 letter (28 if we consider letter Alif and Hamza as one)
Arabic is written from right to left.
Practice saying the alphabet with this game: http://www.islamicschool.net/Write.html

Letters which sound similar

To test yourself on the Arabic Alphabet and to practice your pronunciation play the three games here: Arabic Alphabet Games

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