Ahlan bikom, ana Carole! Welcome to Arabicpod101.com’s Abjadiyyah Made Easy! |
The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn the Arabic alphabet: the Abjadiyyah! |
In the last lesson, we did a recap of lessons 7-10, where we covered the most difficult letters in the Arabic alphabet. I hope you remember how to write and pronounce them. |
In this lesson, we’ll learn two new letters which are a little easier to pronounce and write. Plus, they also look alike. Ready to learn? Let’s go! |
The first letter we’re going to learn today is “ف”. “ف” is pronounced just like the English “F”. Notice how this letter has 1 dot on top of the circle-like part, because the next letter will look a bit like it, but not quite! |
Let’s write the isolated form: ف |
Here are the other forms of ف |
Initial: |
Medial: |
Final: |
Now, it’s time to write them: ف |
Let’s move on to the second letter: ق. The “ق” looks a bit like the previous letter “ف” except it has 2 dots and a shorter and more curved tail. It also dips beneath the line. Think about the word "Call", and notice how it comes from deep in the throat. It’s a stronger version of the letter K, said with the throat constricted like in "sad" and "dad". |
Now let's handwrite the isolated form. |
ق |
Here are the initial, medial, and final versions of ق |
Now we’ll write them. |
ق |
That’s it for our 2 letters. Now let’s learn a couple of words using them. |
Our first word is “فَرَح”. This word mean two things, “Happiness” or “Wedding”. ف is in the initial form with a fatha on top, a ر in the final form, also with a fatha on top, and then a ح in the isolated form. |
Let’s write it. فَرَح. |
Let’s learn another word. “فَرق” means “difference”. Here we have a ف in the initial form with a fatha on top, then we have a ر in the final form, followed by a ق in the isolated form. |
Here’s how to write it: فَرق. |
Now it's time for Carole’s Tips. |
While we are learning some very useful and important words along the way in this series, I hope you are also seeking out other opportunities to read, write, speak, and listen to Arabic. Check out the full range of ArabicPod101.com's lessons for more materials! |
I hope you’re enjoying learning how to write this beautiful alphabet. In the next lesson, we'll introduce two important letters in the Arabic language, and they also look similar. I hope you’re excited! See you in the next Abjadiyyah Made Easy Lesson. Take care! Salam! |
Comments
HideWhat Arabic words can you write using Fa or Qaf?
Hi Alex,
The parallels that you made are spot on! Needs some getting used to indeed. More reading should do the trick :)!
Nora
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Marhaban Arabicpod101, ismii Alex. Very grateful for what انا have been learning so far. Its going to be challenging spotting the difference between |Fa| |يفا| and |Ghayn| |سغل| when they're both in the medial form, since they almost are written the same except for the slightly circular form of |Fa|. But I guess we will get familiar with them the further we go with Arabic. I guess it is like u and v in English, when they are almost written the same with a difference is on the sharpness of the v, but we know how to use them without a problem. Alright! Let's continue learning!
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I tried learning it with other videos, but this is definitely the best material I can find on the internet!!! Thank you very much guys!!!
Hi Hank,
Well, practice makes perfect! Good luck.
Nora
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why do you use so many words with ر when its the hardest to pronounce because of the rolling r
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Levente (ليفينتي)
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Thank for for explaining a bit more about the pronunciation of ق. I feel that I often get it confused with ك, and this description helped a lot. I will also look forward to the next video to find out more about the difference.
My favorite word in this lesson:
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hello. this is my first post. this is a wonderful website and i am happy to have found it.i want to know why the alphabet is not free. i heard that it was. its hard to stay interested when cut off 3/4 way through the basic basics.
Very sorry that from now on you need a Premium membership to master the Arabic Alphabet. Because a couple of weeks ago i watched almost every Arabic alphabet video accept for the last 4 lessons but now i need to pay 10$ every month :sob::sob::sob::sob::sob::sob::sob:
Hi Noor,
Glad you did! They do look alike especially when you're writing in a hurry, but the main difference is the the faa is a circle, while the ghayn should look like an up-side-down triangle. Makes sense?
Nora
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Hi thank you for the great video lessons, I have learned a lot so far :-) I have one question: how can you distinguish the medial form of the letter ghayn and the medial form of the letter fa? They seem to look the same. Thank you.
Hi Adil,
Yes! The first chapter of the Quran. :grin:
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