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I'm taking Arabic 101 and I never want to study! I procrastinate on tumblr too much. Hopefully, with your blog, I can do both at the same time. :)

Oh cool, I hope it helps! Though I have been lacking in updates lately. I'll hopefully start updating too! Goodluck and contact me if you need any help with anything ;)

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Madd Bel Alef - مد بالألف

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Al- Madd

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أهلاً

Ok, so I've been remiss, I know, but you won't believe the months I've had! However I am promising you an update somewhere around this week :D

Here are some "Classical Arabic" phrases for now:

*Hello: أهلاً و سهلاً - مرحباً - السلام عليكم (Ahlan wa sahlan - marhaban - alsalamu alaikom)

*How are you? كيف حالك؟ / كيف حالكم؟ (kaifa haloka [boy] -haloki [girl] - Kaifa halokom [plural])

*How's life? كيف الحال؟ (Kaifa al hal?)

*I am good : أنا بخير (ana bikhair) <usually accompanied by thanks to God "الحمد لله" alhamdulellah>

*I am not good: أنا لست بخير ( ana lasto bikhair)

*Good morning: صباح الخير ( sabah alkhair )

*Good evening: مساء الخير (masa'a elkhair)

*Good bye: إلى اللقاء - مع السلامة (ila alliqa'a - ma'a alsalama)

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Marhaban! (مَرْحَباً)

Alright, so I just discovered a way to describe the vowels I have already explained to you : fathah (فَتْحَه) , dammah (ضَمَّه) and kasrah (كَسْرَه) in English. Short vowels :)

You may be wondering though, why are they called 'short' vowels? The thing is, those sounds (a, o/u and e/i ) can be extended into "oo" , "aa" and "ee" just like in English. Those would be the 'Long' vowels, which I'll be explaining soon!

In Arabic, the long vowels are called 'Madd' - مَدْ

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The Shaddah

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Al-Sokoon

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Hey guys!

So, as we know the fath'a (فتحه) dammah (ضمه) and kasrah (كسره) help out in the pronounciations of 'a', 'o/u' and 'i/e'.

However now, these two new signs also help with pronounciation, they're called Shaddah and Sokoon, I will be explaining them soon! They both appear on top of the letters as well, but with completely different purposes than the rest.

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Heyyyyy!

Alright, so I am off for two weeks, done with exams and whatnot, and hopefully will have 4 more updates up by the time I am back to university.

Also, is anyone interested in learning a dialect?

I am thinking of putting up pages with basic words and phrases in Egyptian Arabic if you're interested ;)

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Here's to everyone who seems to confuse those two letters when they're in words or on the keyboard, just make sure you know the differences!

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Just to make sure some of my codes are clear...

That's what I mean when saying the following:

Arabic Language - Alien

The Arabic letters - doodles

Fatha and Kasrah - sticks

Dammah - snails

Shaddah - worms

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Arabic Letters (sticks and snails) (by aliendoodles)

How each letter sounds with the sticks and snails theories applied!

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The sticks and snails theory!

Basically that's what my friend called them.

As I mentioned before, the Arabic language does not have vowels, HOWEVER, the letters can indeed have sounds that are equivalent to the English vowels. They're just signs put on the letter that give the specific sound. There's 'dammah', 'fat-hah' and 'kasrah'.

The sounds they cause (depending on which is closer to your interpretation):

FAT-HAH = 'A' sound

Dammah = 'O/U' sound

Karah = 'I/E' sound

How do they look like?

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Hey Guys!

I have a holiday coming up soon! Hopefully in it I'll explain the Arabic equivalent of vowels! Stay posted ;)

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Here is a video I made on how the letters are like at the beginning, middle and end of the words :)

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Alphabet = Horoof