Archive for 'Pronunciation'
Eid Al-fitr song: ‘We will sing’ 2 – سنُغنِّي (in spoken Arabic) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 27, 2018
Last week, we looked at an Eid-related song, produced by Zain (see clip below). As the song was in Standard Arabic, it’s a good idea to learn how to say each line of the song in both Syrian and Egyptian Arabic. Below, you will find the original lyrics of the song (in standard Arabic). Each…
Boost your listening skills: Vernacular Arabic Practice (2) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on Jun 6, 2018
This blog post is a chance to harness your Arabic listening skills, particularly the vernacular Arabic: Lebanese and Egyptian in this case. In the first part of this post, you had the chance to watch the clip and follow what is being said by looking at the transcript provided, with a translation of each line…
Boost your listening skills: Vernacular Arabic Practice (1) Posted by Hanan Ben Nafa on May 30, 2018
This blog post is a chance to harness your Arabic listening skills, particularly the vernacular Arabic: Lebanese and Egyptian in this case. In the first part of this post, you will have the chance to watch the clip and follow what is being said by looking at the transcript provided, with a translation of each…
Common Mistakes Among Learners of Arabic (1) Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on May 17, 2018
Our native language has a strong influence on our learning of another language. This influence is mainly due to the dissimilarities or similarities between the two languages. When similar, we learn the language faster. If dissimilar, we face difficulties and our learning is slowed down. This post is about the common mispronunciations of Arabic sounds…
A Vital Arabic Particle with Multiple Meanings Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 26, 2018
Arabic is full of words that are spelled the same but have different meanings and words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. One example is the Arabic particle ان – alif and nun, with no ء hamzah or diacritics. Their addition and position make the word versatile. When the ن has fahHah with…
What is Arabic Sentence Parsing? Posted by Ibnulyemen اِبْنُ اليَمَن on Apr 24, 2018
Arabic sentence parsing is called إِعْرَاب. It is a change in the way final letters of words, namely nouns and verbs, are assigned diacritical marks which are called parsing marks عَلَامَات الإِعْرَاب. They are فَتْحَة fatHah, ضَمَّة DHammah, كَسْرَة kasrah, and سُكُوْن sukuun. They have a grammatical value and cause a slight change in pronunciation…
Family Vocabulary Posted by aziza on Apr 20, 2018
In a comment on my last post, one of the readers asked for posts suitable for beginners, and in this post, I present a simple video which teaches reading words related to family relationships. The videos are from a YouTube site called (Learn with Zakaria). The transcription and translation of the video are provided below…