Today's Arabic Lesson; July review

Congrats! You made it through the whole month of July and what I think is the hardest part of Arabic for beginners; learning the Arabic Script.

Keep practicing writing your letters and use today's calendar page as a review tool as we move forward through the year.

Tomorrow we begin learning numbers.
If you really want to blow someone's mind (or confuse them) try explaining that in the english-speaking world we are using Arabic numerals, and the Arab-speaking world uses Indian numeral forms.

Today's Arabic lesson is the vowels

Today's Arabic lesson is the 3 diacritic vowels, "ah", "ee" and "oo".
"Diacritics" are marks or symbols above or below the letters that signify the vowel sounds.

For our purposes today, we'll view 3 vowels with the letter "daal" د.

"ah" is a short line above the letter daal like so: دَ

"ee" is a short diagonal line below the letter daal like so: دِ

"oo" is a curly-que sybol above the letter daal like so: دُ

"hamza"  ء  was yesterday's character.
Today we covered the simple vowels.
Tomorrow, we'll review the whole months of July!

For a thorough explanation of diacritics, see here.

Today's Arabic letter is "hamza" ء

Today's Arabic letter is "hamza"  ء 
hamza is the 29th character in the Arabic Script.
She has no English language equivalent.
hamza is a "glottal stop"; like a catch in the throat.

Pronounce the phrase "Uh-Oh". Trying whispering it softly and saying it loudly. Do it several times until you can identify the glottal stop without forcing it.

"ya" ي was yesterday's letter.

"hamza"  ء is today's character.

Tomorrow we'll cover the 3 diacritic vowels. "Diacritics" are marks or symbols above or below the letters that signify the vowel sounds "ah", "ee" and "oo".

Today's Arabic letter is "ya" ي

Today's Arabic letter is "ya" ي
ya is the 28th and last letter in the Arabic Script. Her English language equivalent is the letter "Y".

"waaw" و  was yesterday's letter.

"ya" ي is today's letter.

Tomorrow we'll cover "hamza" ء

Today's Arabic letter is "waaw" و

Today's Arabic letter is "waaw" و
waaw is the 27th letter in the Arabic Script. Her English language equivalent is the letter "W", but sometimes the vowel sounds "oo" or uu" depending on where she is in the word.

"haa" ه  was yesterday's letter.

"waaw" و is today's letter.

"ya" ي is tomorrow's letter.

Today's Arabic letter is "haa" ه

Today's Arabic letter is "haa" ه
haa is the 26th letter in the Arabic Script and her English language equivalent is a regular "H" pronounced from the front of the mouth.

"nuun" ن was yesterday's letter.

"haa" ه is today's letter.

"waaw" و is tomorrow's letter.

Today's Arabic letter is "nuun" ن

Today's Arabic letter is "nuun" ن
nuun is the 25th letter in the Arabic Script and her English language equivalent is "N".

"miim" م was yesterday's letter.

"nuun" ن is today's letter.

"haa" ه is tomorrow's letter.