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Quiz Lesson 1 – Alphabet, Vowels, and Vocabulary

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ء	Hamza	‘	‘unable, ‘input, ‘oops		ش	Shīn	sh	Show
ا	Alif	ā	Armada		غ	Ghain	gh	Roulette
ب	Bā‘	b	Baba		ف	Fā’	f	Finland
ت	Tā‘	t	Tata		ك	Kāf	k	Kakao
ث	Thā’	th	Thank		ل	Lām	l	Laos
ج	Jīm	j	Jihad		م	Mīm	m	Miami
خ	Khā’	kh	Khaled		ن	Nūn	n	Nepal
د	Dāl	d	Don		ه	Hā’	h	Hongkong
ذ	Dhāl	dh	The		و	Wāw	w	Water
ر	Rā’	r	Rana		و	Wāw	ū	Pool
ز	Zāy	z	Zulu		ي	Yā’	y	Yes
س	Sīn	s	Sun		ي	Yā’	ī	Meeting

Hamza is almost always written on top of a vowel or „chair“. At the beginning of the word, the chair is always Alif (أ).

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Proper pronunication of the following sounds is important and can only be achieved by frequently repeating the listening and speaking exercises:

ص	Ṣād	ṣ			ظ	Ẓā’	ẓ
ṣadīq (صَدِيق)					naẓīf (نَظِيف)
ض	Ḍād	ḍ			ح	Ḥā’	ḥ
ḍamān (ضَمَان)					ḥalāl (حَلال)
ط	Ṭā’	ṭ			ع	‛Ain	‛
ṭālib (طَالِب)					‛uyūn (عُيُون)
ق	Qāf	q
al-Qāhira (أَلْقَاهِرَة)

Proper pronunciation of these letters affects the sound quality of adjacent vowels and diphthongs. 🙄 Inaccurate pronunciation can make the words incomprehensible or give them a completely different meaning:

ة (Tā’ marbūṭa)

A special form of the ت (Tā’) is the ة (Tā’ marbūṭa), written like ﻩ (Hā’) with two dots. It almost always indicates the feminine gender and only occurs at the end of a word (طَالِبَة، شَنْطَة).

Arabic alphabet exercise

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