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| مرحبا انا نورا! |
| (marhaban ana nora!) |
| Hi I'm Nora! |
| Welcome to Arabicpod101.com's Abjadiyyah Made Easy! |
| The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn the Arabic alphabet: the [أَبجَدِيَّة] (abjadiyyah). |
| In the last lesson, you studied the two remaining main vowels in Arabic. You're getting near the end! Let's move on! |
| In this lesson, we'll review a vowel you've previously learned, the ا (alef), and a variation of the alef, the ى (alef layyena). |
| You probably remember the Alef from the first lesson, but let's review it. |
| As you already know, the alef sounds like the English "A" in the word "apple." |
| Note that this alef is the vowel version, not the one with the hamza, or the glottal stop. |
| Make sure you don't confuse them! |
| Alef (ا) |
| Alef with Hamza (أ or إ or آ) |
| ا |
| أ / إ / آ |
| Let's write it. |
| Here's the isolated form: |
| and the final form: |
| Now let's see the next letter, the ى (alef layyena). It sounds just like the alef, but it only comes at the end of the word. That means it only has the final form and the isolated form. It does not have a medial form. |
| It looks like the ي (yāʾ) but without the dots beneath it. Sometimes, when the "A" sound is at the end of a word, the "alef layyena" is used instead of the normal alef. You'll get a better understanding of it when you advance in Arabic, but for the time being, we just want you to be able to write and pronounce it right when you see it. |
| Let's write it in both of its forms. |
| And that's it for this lesson's letters! Now, let's learn a couple of new words using these vowels. |
| Our first word is حِصان (ḥiṣān) which means "horse." Here we have an initial ح(ḥāʾ) with a kasra, connected to a medial ص (ṣād), connected to a final ا (alef) separated from the isolated ن (nūn) because of how it connects. |
| Let's try to write it together! |
| Next we have صدى (ṣadā) meaning "echo." We have a ص (ṣād) in the initial form, connected to a final د (dāl), then we have an isolated ى (alef layyena). |
| Let's write it. |
| Now it's time for Nora's tips. |
| Sometimes, Arabic speaking people write the ي (yāʾ) like the "alef layyena" (ى) ignoring the two dots that should be at the bottom. It could be confusing at first but you'll gradually learn to distinguish between them as you delve deeper into the Arabic language. |
| And that's it for this lesson. Next time, we'll learn about the glottal stops used in the Arabic Alphabet. |
| See you in the next Abjadiyyah Made Easy lesson. |
| Take care! Salam! |
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