Learn arbic: lesson 4

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This lesson is related to the previous lessons, please refer to them first >>>
throughout this lesson you can always listen to how the words are pronounced by clicking on this image .

In this lesson we will take the the shadda and three consonants :

'F' =

'SH'=

'Kh'=

.

1) Shaddah

Shadda is not a letter of the alphabet, it is just a mark written above a consonnant to indicate that it is stressed twice in the pronunciation of a given word.

Note: The fatha or dammah is written above the shadda while the kasrah is written below it or below the consonant:

'With fatha' =

'With damma' =

'With kasrah' = .

Check this:

Now we move to today's consonants:

As we mentioned in the last lessons the letters take different shape based on their position in the word.

Practice:

1) case of

a)in the begining of the word:

b)in the middle of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

c)at the end of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

2) case of

a)in the begining of the word:

b)in the middle of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

c)at the end of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

3) case of

Note: the picture below explains how we pronounce the letter

It is pronounced from the front of the throat

a)in the begining of the word:

b)in the middle of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

c)at the end of the word:

After a connector

After a non-connector

Reading exercise:

Writing exercise Join the letters below as in the following example:

Summary

All the letters are connective (change shape in order to connect to the letter following them).

Shadda occurs in uttering two consecutive syllables , the first of wich ends in a consonant and the second starts with the same consonant.

The following tables summarizes the various forms of the letter in different positions in a given word:

	Initial	Medial		Final
		After non-connecter	After connector	After non-connecter	After connector
F
SH
KH

Note:When at the end of the word and after a non connecter, all these letter take the basic shape .

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