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Da servo di Allah il Gio 09 Lug 2009, 11:59Vowel Marks:
In Arabic, there are 3 short vowel-marks
(we shall learn the long vowel-marks in a later lesson )
The short vowel-marks enable the letter to make a sound in a similar way to the English language. In the same way a word cannot be made in the English language without one of the 5 vowels (a, e, i, o or u), in Arabic one cannot make a word without a vowel being used.
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The Single Vowel-Marks:
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The single vowel-marks are the basic vowel-marks which add a sound similar to that of a, i or u in the English language to the letter. Please click on the letters with the vowel-marks to hear the pronunciation.
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In Arabic , we use vowel-marks with the letters especially in formal writings such as Quran, etc.
But in informal writings after being practiced well in Arabic language we don`t have to concentrate on them
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Let`s try letter Alif (A):
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Click on Letters to hear pronunciation
َُُ
Arabic Character
[b]اَ
Vowel Name Fat-ha
Vowel Sound A
English word with similar sound The “a” in Hat
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Arabic Character
اِ
Vowel Name Kasra
Vowel Sound I
English word with similar sound The “i” in Hit
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Arabic Character
اُ
Vowel Name Damma
Vowel Sound U
English word with similar sound The “u” in put
Thank you very much, till the next lesson insha`Allah (by the will of Allah)
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The Double Vowel-Marks:
The double vowel-marks signs are an extension of the single vowel-marks. The double vowel signs add the '-n' sound to the single vowel.
Please see the letters below. The Daal has been used to enable us to see the position of the double vowel sign which is called tanween.
Tanween refers to the double 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.
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Let`s try letter Alif (A):
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Click on the letters with the vowel-marks to hear the pronunciation.
َُُ
Arabic Character
Vowel Name Fathataan
Vowel Sound 'an'
English word with similar sound The 'an' in ran.
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Arabic Character
Vowel Name Kasrataan
Vowel Sound 'in'
English word with similar sound The 'in' in sin.
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Arabic Character
Vowel Name Dammataan
Vowel Sound 'un'
English word with similar sound The 'un' in sun.
Thank you very much, till the next lesson insha`Allah (by the will of Allah)
Salamu alaykum
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