{"id":18248,"date":"2020-07-08T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=18248"},"modified":"2020-07-07T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:22:25","slug":"letter-of-the-week-%d9%84-laam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/letter-of-the-week-%d9%84-laam\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter of the Week (\u0644) laam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moving on to our twenty third letter of the Arabic alphabet (<strong>\u0644<\/strong>), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (<strong>\u0644<\/strong>) along with more culture\/language related facts.<\/p>\n<h3>Let\u2019s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter <strong>\u0644<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p>Initial <strong>\u0644\u0640<\/strong>\u200e, as in the word \u201c<strong>\u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0646<\/strong>\u201d meaning \u201ccolor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Medial <strong>\u0640\u0644\u0640<\/strong>\u200e\u200d, as in the word \u201c<strong>\u062a\u064e\u0639\u0644\u064a\u0645<\/strong>\u201d meaning \u201ceducation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Final <strong>\u0640\u0644<\/strong>\u200e, as in the word \u201c<strong>\u0633\u0624\u0627\u0644<\/strong>\u201d meaning \u201cquestion\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>Before looking at the following words, can you think of words beginning with <strong>\u0644<\/strong>?<\/h3>\n<p>Here are several short words that are good to remember.<\/p>\n<h3>(<strong>\u0644\u064e\u0648<\/strong>: if, <strong>\u0644\u064e\u0645<\/strong>: did not, <strong>\u0644\u064e\u0646<\/strong>: will not, <strong>\u0644\u0650\u0623\u0646<\/strong>: because, <strong>\u0644\u064e\u0643\u0650\u0646<\/strong>: but\/yet\/however, <strong>\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0633\u064e<\/strong>: not,)<\/h3>\n<p><strong>!\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u062e\u0627\u0641 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0631\u062a\u064e\u0641\u064e\u0639\u0627\u062a. \u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0644\u0648 \u0648\u064e\u0642\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062a<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I&#8217;m scared of heights. What if I fall!<\/p>\n<p>.<strong>\u0644\u064e\u0645 \u0623\u0641\u0647\u064e\u0645 \u0623\u064a \u0634\u064a\u0621 \u0642\u064f\u0644\u062a\u0647<\/strong>\u00a0 I did not understand anything you said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0644\u064e\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u062e\u064e\u0631\u064e\u062c \u0647\u064e\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064e\u0635\u0644 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u0650\u0631\u0627\u0633\u064a<\/strong>\u00a0 He will not graduate this semester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0623\u0646\u0627 \u0623\u062a\u064e\u0639\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064f\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064e\u0631\u064e\u0628\u064a\u0629 \u0644\u0623\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0623\u0639\u062a\u0642\u0650\u062f \u0623\u0646\u0647\u0627 \u0644\u064f\u063a\u0629 \u062c\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0629<\/strong>\u00a0 I&#8217;m learning Arabic because I think it&#8217;s a beautiful language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u064a\u064f\u0645\u0652\u0643\u0650\u0646\u064f\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u0647\u0627\u0628 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0637\u0626\u060c \u0648\u0644\u064e\u0643\u0646 \u0639\u0644\u064a\u0643 \u0623\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u062d\u064e\u0630\u0650\u0631\u0627\u064b<\/strong>\u00a0 You can go to the beach, but you have to be careful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>.\u0646\u064e\u062d\u0646\u064f \u0644\u064e\u0633\u0646\u0627 \u0648\u064e\u062d\u062f\u0646\u0627<\/strong>\u00a0 We are not alone.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u2728\u0644\u0627<\/strong> meaning \u201cno\u201d is probably one of the first words you learned in Arabic. Here are a few different grammatical functions of <strong>\u0644\u0627<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To answer a yes or no question.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u0647\u0644 \u0623\u0643\u0644\u062a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064f\u0637\u0648\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u064a\u064e\u0648\u0645\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>.\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u060c \u0644\u064e\u0645 \u0622\u0643\u0644\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0641\u064f\u0637\u0648\u0631<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you eat breakfast today?<\/p>\n<p>No, I did not eat breakfast.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To negate the present tense.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>.\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u062a\u0623\u0643\u0644\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064e\u062d\u0650\u0645\u060c \u0625\u0630\u0627\u064b \u0623\u0646\u062a\u064e \u0646\u064e\u0628\u0627\u062a\u064a\u00a0 <\/strong>You don\u2019t eat meat, then you are a vegetarian.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To give negative commands. .<strong>\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0634\u0631\u0628 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0621<\/strong><strong> \u00a0<\/strong>Don\u2019t drink this water.<\/li>\n<li>Used with nouns in compound forms. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0:<strong><u>\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u0634\u064a\u0621<\/strong> nothing<strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<strong><u>\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u0634\u064e\u0643\u0652<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>no doubt<\/li>\n<li>Common phrases and sayings with <strong><u>\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong>:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>.\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u0625\u0644\u0647 \u0625\u0644\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>There is no God but God.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>.\u0644\u0627<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u0634\u064f\u0643\u0631\u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0648\u0627\u062c\u0650\u0628<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Literal translation: Don\u2019t thank me for my duty.<\/p>\n<p>Meaning: (your welcome, don\u2019t mention it, no need to thank me, it was my pleasure)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Levantine Arabic, we add a <strong>\u0621<\/strong> to <strong>\u0644\u0627<\/strong> making it <strong>\u0644\u0623<\/strong>. So, you\u2019re just adding a glottal stop. In dialect, you will also hear speakers use the regular standard <strong>\u0644\u0627<\/strong> without a glottal stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is an example of a Levantine sentence with <strong>\u0644\u0623<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0631\u064f\u062d\u0652\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062f\u064f\u0643\u0627\u0646\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>.\u0644\u0623<\/u><\/strong><strong>\u060c \u0645\u0627 \u0631\u064f\u062d\u0650\u062a \u0644\u0633\u0627<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Did you go to the (small supermarket)?<\/p>\n<p>No, I didn\u2019t go yet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18249\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18249\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18249\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/juice-3175117_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I9NL_I1sz5Y&amp;t=19s\">\u0639\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0639\u0646\u0627\u0639<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0639\u064e\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u0644\u064e\u064a\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0646\u064e\u0639\u0646\u0627\u0639<\/strong> Lemonade and mint is a classic favorite drink throughout the Middle East served at cafes and at home. It\u2019s refreshing, healthy (if you go easy on the sugar ?), easy to make and perfect for the summer. Here is a video showing how to make <strong>\u0639\u0635\u064a\u0631 \u0644\u064a\u0645\u0648\u0646 \u0648\u0646\u0639\u0646\u0627\u0639<\/strong> in Levantine Arabic. It\u2019s really easy to make if you have <strong>\u0644\u064a\u0645\u0648\u0646<\/strong> and <strong>\u0646\u0639\u0646\u0627\u0639<\/strong> at home. I hope you&#8217;ll give it a try! ???<\/p>\n<h3>Let&#8217;s continue with more words beginning with <strong>\u0644<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0628\u0650\u0633\u064e<\/strong>: to wear <strong>\u00a0.<\/strong><strong>\u0627\u0634\u062a\u0631\u064a\u062a\u064f \u0642\u0645\u064a\u0635 \u062c\u064e\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0644\u0623\u0644\u0628\u0633\u0647 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u062f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I bought a new shirt to wear on Eid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645<\/strong>: meat <strong>\u0647\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0644\u064e\u062d\u0645 \u062d\u064e\u0644\u0627\u0644\u061f<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Is this meat halal?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064e\u0633\u064e<\/strong>: to touch\u00a0 !<strong>\u0644\u0627 \u062a\u064e\u0644\u0645\u064e\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0648\u0642\u0650\u062f<\/strong>\u00a0 Don&#8217;t touch the stove!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0650\u0626<\/strong>: refugee\u00a0 <strong>\u0643\u064e\u0645 \u0639\u064e\u062f\u064e\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0626\u064a\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a\u0646 \u064a\u064e\u0639\u064a\u0634\u0648\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u062e\u064e\u064a\u0645\u061f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many refugees are living in this camp?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0638\u0629<\/strong>: moment\/instant\u00a0 .<strong>\u0623\u0639\u0637\u064a\u0646\u064a \u0644\u064e\u062d\u0638\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u062d\u0650\u062f\u0629 \u062d\u062a\u0649 \u0623\u062a\u0645\u0643\u064e\u0646 \u0645\u0650\u0646 \u0625\u0631\u0633\u0627\u0644 \u0647\u0630\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u0628\u0631\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0625\u0644\u0643\u062a\u0631\u0648\u0646\u064a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give me one moment so I can send this email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0630\u064a\u0630<\/strong>: delicious\u00a0 .<strong>\u0643\u0644 \u0634\u064a\u0621 \u062a\u064e\u0637\u0628\u062e\u0647 \u0623\u0645\u0643 \u0644\u0630\u064a\u0630<\/strong><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Everything your mom cooks is delicious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0637\u064a\u0641<\/strong>: nice\/pleasant\/friendly\u00a0 .<strong>\u064a\u064f\u062d\u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0643\u0648\u0646 \u0644\u064e\u0637\u064a\u0641\u0627\u064b \u0648\u0645\u064f\u0641\u064a\u062f\u0627\u064b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He tries to be nice and helpful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u0639\u0650\u0628\u064e<\/strong>: to play\u00a0 .<strong>\u064a\u064f\u062d\u0628 \u0623\u0637\u0641\u0627\u0644\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0639\u0650\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u062d\u064e\u062f\u064a\u0642\u0629<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>My children love playing at the park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0644\u064f<\/strong>: night\u00a0 .<strong>\u062d\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0645\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u064a\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0636\u064a\u0629 \u0623\u0646\u0646\u064a \u0643\u064f\u0646\u0652\u062a\u064f \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0633\u064e\u0637\u0652\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0642\u064e\u0645\u0631<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last night I dreamt that I was on the moon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064f\u063a\u064e\u0629\u064c<\/strong>: language <strong>\u0643\u064e\u0645 \u0644\u064f\u063a\u0629 \u062a\u064e\u062a\u064e\u062d\u064e\u062f\u064e\u062b\u061f<\/strong>\u00a0 How many languages do you speak?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u0650\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627<\/strong>: why <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0630\u0627 \u0633\u062a\u0639\u0645\u0644 \u0641\u064a \u064a\u0648\u0645 \u0639\u0637\u0644\u0629\u061f<\/strong> \u00a0Why are you working on a holiday?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18250\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18250\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18250\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u0644\u064f\u0628\u0652\u0646\u0627\u0646<\/strong>: Lebanon<\/p>\n<p>I have never been to Lebanon and would one day love to go. Here is a video of a Jordanian visiting Beirut, Lebanon. Watch and listen as he speaks with Lebanese locals about Lebanese <strong>\u0627\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0637\u064e\u0639\u0627\u0645<\/strong> food, <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e<\/strong> history, <strong>\u0627\u0644\u062a\u064f\u0631\u0627\u062b<\/strong> heritage, \u0627<strong>\u0644<\/strong><strong>\u0647\u064e\u0646\u0652\u062f\u0633\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0650\u0639\u0652\u0645\u0627\u0631\u064a\u0629<\/strong> architecture, and <strong>\u0635\u064e\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064e\u0645\u0643<\/strong> fishing. This video is geared more towards advanced learners yet, no matter your level, it\u2019s always good to listen to the language being spoken in the real world. ?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=45oSQzQU1fc\">\u062c\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0641\u064a \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Till next week, happy Arabic learning! ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/07\/lebanon-2697377_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Moving on to our twenty third letter of the Arabic alphabet (\u0644), we will look at various words and phrases beginning with (\u0644) along with more culture\/language related facts. Let\u2019s begin with looking at your basic forms of the letter \u0644. Initial \u0644\u0640\u200e, as in the word \u201c\u0644\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0646\u201d meaning \u201ccolor\u201d. Medial \u0640\u0644\u0640\u200e\u200d, as in the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/letter-of-the-week-%d9%84-laam\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":18250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18248","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18248"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18254,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18248\/revisions\/18254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}