Arabic Reading Course Last Part

ARABIC READING PRACTICE 5

• In this lesson we will continue practising joining letters and reading, In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).

Meaning	Final Form	Changed Form (i.e. to see how each letter has changed - joined form)	Letters on their own
Nurse	اَلْمُمَرِّضَةُ	اَلْـ ـمُـ ـمَـ رِّ ضَـ ـةُ	اَلْ مُ مَ رِّ ضَ ةُ
Farmer	اَلْفَلاَّحُ	اَلْـ ـفَـ ـلاَّ حُ	اَلْ فَ ل اَّ حُ
Spoon	اَلْمِلْعَقَةُ	اَلْـ  ـمِـ ـلْـ ـعَـ ـقَـ  ـةُ	اَلْ مِ لْ عَ قَ ةُ
Iron (for ironing)	اَلْمِكْوَاةُ	اَلْـ  ـمِـ ـكْـ  ـوَا  ةُ	اَلْ مِ كْ وَا ةُ
Coffee	اَلْقَهْوَةُ	اَلْـ  ـقَـ  ـهْـ  ـوَ ـةُ	اَلْ قَ هْ وَ ةُ

• You have now completed the Arabic Reading Course. If you feel you need more practice before moving on to the Arabic Language Course then please revise the lessons where you feel you need improvement. In the Arabic Language Course the lessons begin with very basic words so if you have grasped the ability to read the Arabic script in this course then you should find the Arabic Language Course easier to understand In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).

Arabic Reading Course Part-17

ARABIC READING PRACTICE 4

• In this part we will continue practising joining letters and reading, In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing). 

Meaning	Final Form	Changed Form  (i.e. to see how each letter has changed - joined form)	Letters on their own
Rich	غَنِيٌّ	غَـ ـنِـ ـيٌّ	غَ    نِ    يٌّ
Chair	كُرْسِيٌّ	كُـ ـرْ سِـ ـيٌّ	كُ  رْ  سِ  يٌّ
Teacher	مُدَرَّسٌ	مُـ ـدَ رَّ سٌ	مُ  دَ  رَّ  سٌ
Sharp	حَادٌّ	حَا  دٌّ	حَ ا  دٌّ
City	اَلْمَدِيْنَةُ	اَلْـ ـمَـ ـدِيـ ـنَـ ـةُ	اَلْ مَ دِ ي نَ ةُ
Lazy	كَسْلاَنُ	كَـ ـسْـ ـلاَ نُ	كَ  سْ  ل اَ  نُ

• We shall continue reading one more group of words in the next lesson In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing). The words in the next lesson will be more difficult, however, the Arabic Language course will start with basic words so please try to familiarise yourself with the principles of reading the Arabic text as there will be an opportunity to practice further in the Arabic Language course.

Arabic Reading Course Part-16

ARABIC READING PRACTICE 3

• In this lesson we will continue practising joining letters and reading, In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing). We will also practice reading words with:
• /Sukūn/ - We should pronounce the letter sound with no vowel sound i.e. /Sukūn/ acts like a stop.
• /Shaddah/ - We should increase emphasis on the letter which has the /Shaddah/.
• Long vowel-marks - As we learnt in previous lessons there are 3 long vowel-marks; these lengthen the sound of the single vowel-marks.

Meaning	Final Form  (i.e. how the letters will look when joined)	Changed Form  (i.e. to see how each letter has changed - joined form)	Letters on their own
Mosque	مَسْجِدٌ	مَـ ـسْـ ـجِـ ـدٌ	مَ  سْ  جِ  دٌ
Star	نَجْمٌ	نَـ ـجْـ ـمٌ	نَ  جْ  مٌ
Cat	قِطٌ	قِـ ـطٌ	قِ  طٌ
Bed	سَرِيْرٌ	سَـ  ـرِيْـ ـرٌ	سَ  رِ  يْ  رٌ
Key	مِفْتَاحٌ	مِـ ـفْـ ـتَـ ـا  حٌ	مِ  فْ  تَ ا  حٌ
Donkey	حِمَارٌ	حِـ  ـمَـ ـا  رٌ	حِ  مَ ا  رٌ

• We shall continue practising reading more words in the next lesson. Remember, the more practice you do, the better your Arabic will be Insha'Allah (God willing).

Arabic Reading Course Part-15

ARABIC READING PRACTICE 2

• In this part we will continue practising joining letters and reading, In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).

Meaning	Final Form  (i.e. how the letters will look when joined)	Changed Form  (i.e. to see how each letter has changed - joined form)	Letters on their own
He went.	ذَهَـبَ	ذَ  هَـ ـبَ	ذَ  هَ  بَ
He took.	أَخَـذَ	أَ  خَـ ـذَ	أَ  خَ  ذَ
Pen	قَلَـمٌ	قَـ ـلَـ ـمٌ	قَ  لَ  مٌ
Boy	وَلَـدٌ	وَ  لَـ ـدٌ	وَ  لَ  دٌ
Man	رَجُـلٌ	رَ  جُـ ـلٌ	رَ  جُ  لٌ
Camel	جَمَـلٌ	جَـ ـمَـ ـلٌ	جَ  مَ  لٌ

• In this lesson we have covered some very basic words in Arabic to practise joining the letters and the sounds that they make. In the next lesson we will practice some more words which will include long vowel-marks, /Sukūn/ and /Shaddah/ which we covered in earlier lessons In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).

Arabic Reading Course Part-14

ARABIC READING PRACTICE 1

• In this lesson we will practice some examples that we covered earlier. Please read from right to left. The first column shows the letters individually. To hear the sound of each letter which forms the word, click on the letter. To hear the full word pronounced, click on the word in the column Final Form.
• Pay careful attention to how letters are joined. Remember letters can have different shapes depending on whether they are in the beginning, middle or end of a word.

Meaning	Final Form  (i.e. how the letters will look when joined)	Changed Form  (i.e. to see how each letter has changed - joined form)	Letters on their own
He Sat.	جَلَـسَ	جَـ ـلـَ ـسَ	جَ  لَ  سَ
He wrote.	كَتَـبَ	كَـ ـتَـ ـبَ	كَ  تَ  بَ
He drank.	شَـرِبَ	شَـ  ـرِ  بَ	شَ  رِ  بَ
He went out.	خَـرَجَ	خَـ  ـرَ  جَ	خَ  رَ  جَ
He opened.	فَتَـحَ	فَـ ـتَـ ـحَ	فَ  تَ  حَ
He understood.	فَهِـمَ	فَـ ـهِـ ـمَ	فَ  هِ  مَ

• We will continue practicing joining letters and reading in the next lesson In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).

Arabic Reading Course Part-13

ARABIC ALPHABET- JOINED FORM

• The joining of the Arabic Alphabet can be a difficult subject to master. The reason for this is that the way a letter joins depends on:
• The letter being used (e.g.: /Alif/, /Baa/ etc.) as different rules apply to different letters.
• The position of the letter in the word (i.e. beginning, middle or end).
• Unique letters - i.e. there are 6 letters which do not join to any other letter (but can be joined to) - this is covered below.

• As there are so many different scenarios to remember, it is easier to remember the patterns. The table below shows every scenario, i.e.: how each letter will be written in the beginning, middle and end of a word as well as an example of its joined form and the shape of the letter by itself (as we learnt earlier).
• The most common patterns you will find below are:
• All letters are written in their full form if they occur at the end of a word, some may slightly change shape.
• Most letters do join to other letters in front of them, however, there are  six letters which do not join to any letter after them, these letters are:

و

ز

ر

ذ

د

ا

• There are groups of letters which have similar shapes in individual (i.e. as learnt earlier). These groups are also similar in joined form (e.g. /Bā’/, /Tā’/ and /Thā’/). The only difference in these letters is the number or positions of dots around the letter.

By Itself	Joined	End	Middle	Beginning	Letter
ا	ااا	ـا	ـا	ا	/Alif/
ب	ببب	ـب	ـبـ	بـ	/Bā’/
ت	تتت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ	/Tā’/
ث	ثثث	ـث	ـثـ	ثـ	/Thā’/
ج	ججج	ـج	ـجـ	جـ	/Ĵīm/
ح	ححح	ـح	ـحـ	حـ	/Ħā’/
خ	خخخ	ـخ	ـخـ	خـ	/Khâ’/
د	ددد	ـد	ـد	د	/Dāl/
ذ	ذذذ	ـذ	ـذ	ذ	/Dhāl/
ر	ررر	ـر	ـر	ر	/Râ’/
ز	ززز	ـز	ـز	ز	/Zāy/
س	سسس	ـس	ـسـ	سـ	/Sīn/
ش	ششش	ـش	ـشـ	شـ	/Shīn/
ص	صصص	ـص	ـصـ	صـ	/Ŝâd/
ض	ضضض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ	/Đâd/
ط	ططط	ـط	ـطـ	طـ	/Ŧâ’/
ظ	ظظظ	ـظ	ـظـ	ظـ	/Dhâ’/
ع	ععع	ـع	ـعـ	عـ	/ξayn/
غ	غغغ	ـغ	ـغـ	غـ	/Ghayn/
ف	ففف	ـف	ـفـ	فـ	/Fā’/
ق	ققق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ	/Qâf/
ك	ككك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ	/Kāf/
ل	للل	ـل	ـلـ	لـ	/Lām/
م	مـمـم	ـم	ـمـ	مـ	/Mīm/
ن	ننن	ـن	ـنـ	نـ	/Nūn/
ه	ههه	ـه	ـهـ	هـ	/Hā’/
و	ووو	ـو	ـو	و	/Wāw/
ي	ييي	ـي	ـي	يـ	/Yā’/

• Whilst it is important to make an effort to look at the forms above, it is sometimes easier to look for the patterns rather than each individual letter. For example, the following groups of letters are very similar in their joined forms, in most cases the only difference is the position or number of dots used in the letters:
• /Bā’/, /Taa/ and /Thā’/
• /Ĵīm/, /Ha/ and /Khâ’/
• /Sīn/ and /Shīn/
• /Ŝâd/ and /Đâd/
• /Ŧâ’/ and /Dhâ’/

• Finally, to master the different forms of joining will take some time and it is important to practice writing whilst learning the Arabic language to become familiar with the script. This will come with practice In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing), so it is not necessary to have mastered all the letters joining forms before moving on. Please move on to the next lesson after you have familiarised yourself to a reasonable level of the joined forms above. In the next lesson we will use some examples to practice and familiarise ourselves with the joined form of letters In-Shā’-Allâh (God willing).