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Lesson Transcript

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).

Congratulations! You arrived at the end of the series.

In the past three lessons, you learned many letters, but do you remember all of them? In this lesson we’re reviewing these letters.

In lesson 17, we learned و (waw) and ي (yāʾ)

The و (waw) is just like the English "U" in the word "rule," while the ي (yāʾ) is the English "I" in the word "win."

Let’s practice writing them together one more time:

First we have و (waw):

Initial and isolated: وَطَن (waṭan), "homeland"

Medial and final: فَوْق (fawq), "on top of"

Now let’s check ي (yāʾ):

Isolated: ي

Initial: يَسار (yasār), "left"

Medial: كيس (kīs), "plastic bag"

Final: صَبي (ṣabī), "boy"

That’s it for lesson 17! Let’s see lesson 18’s letters!

In lesson 18 we learned ى (alef layyena), and ا (alef).

These two vowels sound just like the "A" in the word "apple."

Let’s practice writing them together one more time:

First we have ا (alef):

Isolated and initial: ا

Medial and final: هُناك (hunāk), "there"

Now let’s review ى (alef layyena):

Isolated: ى

final: عَمى (ʿamā), "blindness"

As you can see, it only comes in the isolated form and the final form.

That’s it for lesson 18. Next, let’s see lesson 19.

In lesson 19 we learned ء (hamza),

ؤ (hamza on waw),

ئ (hamza on alef layyena)

These are all different versions of the glottal stop, or hamza.

Let’s practice writing them together one more time:

First we have ء (hamza) isolated:ء

Medial: عَباءة (ʿabāʾah), "cape"

final: حَمراء (ḥamrāʾ), "red"

It looks the same in both cases.

Now let’s check ؤ (hamza on waw):

Isolated: ؤ

Medial: مُؤامرَة (muʾāmrah), "conspiracy"

This one only comes in the isolated form and the medial form.

The last one is ئ (hamza on alef layyena):

Here it is in its three forms:

Isolated: ئ

medial: ثائِر ( ṯāʾir), "demonstrator"

final: مُبتَدِئ (mubtadiʾ), "beginner"

This one comes in the isolated, medial or final forms. They look quite different though.

And that’s it for lesson 20. We’re done!

Let’s check the list of all the letters we covered so far! (animation)

أ ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ك ل م ن ه ة و ي ى ء ؤ ئ

We’ve come a long way since the first lesson! Great job guys!

Now that you’ve learned all of the Arabic alphabet, and learned all about the Arabic vowelling system, you’re ready to write any word you like! Let’s celebrate by writing a cool new word!

أَحسَنت (ʾaḥsant),

which means "Great job!"

Now you’ll be able to read and write any Arabic word!

What are you going to write?

Salam!

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