The Alphabet and diacritics # lesson 1 #


The Alphabet and diacritics 

The Alphabet and diacritics
The Alphabet and diacritics

In this article I will provide help to all the students that want help in learning Arabic.

The first thing we are going to learn about is of course the Alphabet, and in Arabic we have 28 letters. And this is a picture of all the alphabets that we have in Arabic with their pronunciation beneath. And it’s very important to mention that Arabic writing is from right to left and even reading obviously**   

The Alphabet and diacritics
The Alphabet and diacritics

If you are reading this list of alphabet for the first time you will notice that some of the alphabet letters are the same except some have dots above or under\beneath.

After mastering the pronunciation of each letter you need to practice writing them and you can even find examples and exercises on the internet or in Pinterest:

The Alphabet and diacritics
The Alphabet and diacritics


This is a simple example; you can see how the letter is written and practice it beneath.
Quizlet will be a big help for you as well, and soon I will include the letters and their pronunciation and I will put the link in this blog.  
 In addition to the letters and sounds that we have in Arabic we have 14 symbols that we add to the letters either above or under\beneath, and it changes the way we pronounce it and we call them in arabic either Tachekil or Harakat in English they are called Diacritics and when you are a beginner you need them to make correct sounds and read the words or texts correctly, when you are advanced then you can stop using them.
But first let’s learn the simple Harakat or Tahchekil I’m including here a picture from pinterest that explain the Harakat:


The Alphabet and diacritics
The Alphabet and diacritics


Basically you do the same with every letter for example if you have ت = T
T+FATHA = TA
T+DAMMA= TU
T+KASERAH = TI
T+SUKUN= T
T+SHADDAH=TT and you stress on the letter when you pronounce it.

This all for today if you have a question or a comment please leave it in the section bellow and thank you so much.**















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I love teaching more than anything in the world and I believe that it a message that should be transmitted to the next generation. I got my BA in english studies I got a good years of experience in teaching now I teach Arabic for non native speakers and I loved this field I have been in USA for a training period in it was such a good experience therefore I’m qualified to teach in this field and I taught many American programs.