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29 Jul 2019 @ 19:00

MON
Abdelkrim Ben Yahya
Activity: 0OWM - HEBAA00A_v10 - Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet A

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New Word Shadda The shadda ⟨‫ﺷدﱠة‬

َ ⟩ is a diacritic shaped
like a small written Latin "w". It is
used to indicate gemination
(consonant doubling or extra length),

which is phonemic in Arabic. It is

written above the consonant which is
to be doubled.

New Word Fatha The fatḥa ⟨‫ ⟩ﻓَﺗْ َﺣﺔ‬is a small diagonal

line placed above a letter, and
represents a short /a/ (like the initial

sound in English word "up"). The

word fatḥah itself (‫ )ﻓَﺗْ َﺣﺔ‬means
opening and refers to the opening of

the mouth when producing an /a/

Hamza The hamza ‫( ھ َْﻣزَ ة‬hamzah, glottal

New Word
stop), often stands as a separate
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letter in writing, is written in

unpointed texts. It may appear as a

letter by itself or as a diacritic over or
under an alif, wāw, or yā. Which

letter is to be used to support the

hamzah depends on the quality of
the adjacent vowels.

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New Word Damma The ḍamma ⟨‫ﺿ ﱠﻣﺔ‬

َ ⟩ is a small curl-like
diacritic placed above a letter to
represent a short /u/ (as in "put")

New Word Tanwin The three vowel diacritics may be

doubled at the end of a word to
indicate that the vowel is followed by
the consonant n. They may or may
not be considered ḥarakāt and are
known as the tanwīn ⟨‫⟩ﺗ َ ْﻧ ِوﯾن‬, or

nunation. The signs indicate, from

right to left, -un, -in, -an.

New Word Al Harakat The vowel marks of Arabic

Pronunciation ‫ق‬ ‫[ ق‬Qaf] is one of the letters that

doesn’t really have a counterpart in
English. It can actually be

pronounced like a k with the tongue

farther back.

New Word Sukūn The sukun ⟨‫ﺳ ُﻛون‬

ُ ⟩ is a circle-shaped
diacritic placed above a letter. It
indicates that the consonant to which
it is attached is not followed by a

vowel.

Kasra A similar diagonal line below a letter

New Word
is called a kasra ⟨‫ ⟩ َﻛﺳ َْرة‬and designates
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a short /i/ (as in "Tim")

Follow-up Notes

Salam Aleykum Kristoff,

This session was a consolidation of the previous one where you have demonstrated equal interest and

motivation to learn in spite of the challenge that learning a new language based on a script totally different
from your own may entail . Producing the unfamiliar sounds of Arabic requires practice and exercise and
today the progress evident in the way you uttered the letters proves it. Way to go!

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