All letters (except the unfriendly letters) have four forms according to their position in the word: initial, middle, end or isolated.
Arabic is a cursive language, meaning all the letters are joined up in writing. However, there are six letters that don't join up with any letters that come after them. That's why we call them the unfriendly letters! 😒👽😉 أ - و - د - ذ - ر - ز In this lesson, we will learn about two of them أ - و in their isolated and joined forms. The names are written in Latin letters. Let's find out more about them! Letter name Isolated form Joined form Alif أ ــأ Waw و ـــو
You might know more Arabic than you think! It has influenced a lot of languages, with many common words that have origins in Arabic. For example, the word sukar/سكر (sugar) is originally an Arabic word!
Arabic has 28 letters, and some of these letters have sounds that don't exist in other languages.There are no capital letters in Arabic, and almost all letters join together when writing words.
We're going to learn some interesting facts about Arabic اللّغة العربيّة and some of the basic writing rules.
These basic rules are:
Shukran / شكرًا Thank you.
(Ma esmuki?) ''ما اسمكِ؟'' is how we ask a woman about her name
Kayfa haluki? Bi-khair shukran. How are you? (feminine) Good, thanks.
Ma'a s-salamah / مع السلامة is how we say goodbye, and it literally means "with safety".