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| Hala: HI EVERYONE IN ARABIC "Hi, everyone!" |
| Mustu: Mustu here! Pronunciation Series Lesson 4 – Stressing Arabic letters |
| Hala: Hi, this is Hala, and I am joined here by Mustu. |
| Mustu: So we're progressing quickly with our pronunciation lessons, isn't that so? |
| Hala: So far we have covered the dark letters, and the soft letter for each one as well. |
| Mustu: We also covered similar sounds that might be little confusing, because many people will think they are the same. But now we know the difference! |
| Hala: And today, we will talk about a rule that says that when we have some letters that sound the same, we basically pronounce and stress one of them, because its hard to pronounce each one clearly. |
| Mustu: Ok, how does that work exactly? And with which letters? |
| Hala: Let me answer the second part first, letters like “ta” and “ṭa”, to give a more clear example, the words vaccination in Arabic is spelled “ta- ṭ-ʿ-ī-m”, when slowly it should be “taṭʿīm”, but in reality Its pronounced “taṭʿīm”. |
| Mustu: What I noticed here, is that you pronounced both as the dark “t” sound. |
| Hala: Yes, because it’s easier this way, another word is spelled “mu-ta-ṭā-wi-l” but pronounced “mutaṭāwil”. |
| Mustu: Same thing, you pronounced both with the dark “t” sound! |
| Hala: Yes, another two letters that could be pronounced nearly as one, are “da” and “ta”. |
| Mustu: I think we need examples for that! |
| Hala: The word “tadāwul”, its spelled “ta-dā-wu-l” but I pronounce it “tadāwul”, the “d” in this word is not very visible. |
| Mustu: Yes, I noticed that. Any more of these letters? |
| Hala: Hmm, well, this could also happen with words that have the dark and soft “s” sound, and they don’t even follow each other directly. |
| Mustu: So, there is a letter between them? |
| Hala: Yes, the idea here, is that both of them will be pronounced closer to the dark letter, not the soft one. |
| Mustu: And the example to support that? |
| Hala: One word is spelled “ mu-s-ta-ṣ-la-ḥ “, and its pronounced “mustaṣlaḥ”. |
| Mustu: Can you repeat it again please? |
| Hala: Sure thing! “mustaṣlaḥ”. |
| Mustu: Right, in all the words we did so far, the dark letter effected the soft one! |
| Hala: That’s a very good point Mustu, yes, because the dark letter is stronger and deeper, it actually effects the entire word! |
| Mustu: Any more examples for this case? |
| Hala: Sure! First we spell a word “ta-b-ṭ-ī-n”, but we pronounce it “tabṭīn”. |
| Mustu: And here it was the dark and soft “t”. |
| Hala: Yes, you’re picking up on this quickly! |
| Mustu: I will need more listening practice, but now I get how it works! |
| Hala: Great, I hope our listeners can hear the difference faster now! |
| Mustu: That just about does it for today. |
| Hala: Premium members, use the review track to perfect your pronunciation. |
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| Hala: the Review Track gives you vocabulary and phrases followed by a short pause so you can repeat the words aloud. |
| Mustu: The best way to get good fast! |
| Hala: Okay… |
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