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Marhaba. مرحبا. Introduction to Studying ARABIC اللغة العربية. About ARABIC. Which countries use Arabic as an official language. Two main characteristics of Arabic:. Writing system. Sound system. a- Arabic is written from right to left مرحب ا اهلا وسهلا
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Marhaba مرحبا
Which countries use Arabic as an official language
Two main characteristics of Arabic: Writing system Sound system
a- Arabic is written from right to left مرحبا اهلا وسهلا b- The shape of many of its 28 letters change depending on their position within a word and the letters around them; some letters must be connected to other letters, others may stand alone.
c-Arabic vowels are indicated by marks above and below the consonants, in some texts such as newspapers and magazines, these marks are not often used. Parsing system d-There is no capitalization, i.e. there are no capital letters, such as those used in English, to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of a sentence.
Sound System • Arabic pronunciation includes a variety of distinctive guttural sounds that are formed in a different way than most sounds in European languages.
Learn some widely-used Arabic words and phrases
Hello marhaba • Good morning sabah elkhair • Good evening masaa elkhair • Good night tesbah alkhair • Goodbye maaslama • How are you? keef halek? • Fine ana bekhair
Thank you shookran . Yes naam • No la • Please minfadlak • Excuse esmahlee • Never mind la yahom
Where do you live? aiyn taesh? • I live in … ana aesh fi … • What do you do? maa wathefatak? • I’m a student ana taleb • I want ana oreed • I don’t want ana la oreed • I like ana oheb • I don’t like ana la oheb • I have ana endi • I don’t have ana layes endi
Say the words and phrases on the right • Hello مرحبا • Good morning صباح الخير • Goodbye مع السلامة • How are you? كيف حالك؟ • Thank you شكرا • Yes نعم • No لا
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Maaslama مع السلامة