July 15th, 2008 8 comments
Learn how to better pronounce some of those tough Arabic letters, as we talk you through the Arabic letters that have no English equivalent. Our mystery guest makes some great attempts at saying these tricky letters, be sure that you all keep practising them too! For a more demonstrative approach click on the accompanying 'Visual Tutorial'.

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8 Comments
Sal says
Wed 16th Jul 08@08:11 am

This is very useful, I am getting far better in pronouncing these letters, but I need to get used to it.
I have a problem in pronouncing the vowels, like the word علم/ Flag , I really don't how long should I stretch the ع, because sometimes when I stretch it a lot, people think I am saying عالم, is there a rule in pronouncing vowels?
sk8rgurl says
Thu 17th Jul 08@01:27 am

السلام عليكم،

شكرا لهذا الدرس! إنه مفيد جدا!

I really liked the visuals, they help.

Jazakallahukhairan,
nur wink
Ehab says
Thu 17th Jul 08@08:13 am

Shokran sk8rgurl for your nice words.
Sal, the length of stretching vowels is relative, like عالم you make sure that the (عا) is double the time that (لم) takes.
In Arabic, 7arakas (َ ُ ِ ) takes half the time that full vowels (ا و ي) take.
miguel99 says
Thu 24th Jul 08@06:35 am

Very useful lesson in pronuciation, which is very important in speaking Arabic. Excellent job!
Helen says
Sun 27th Jul 08@04:03 pm

Shukran,
A different and very useful lesson, with great grphics on the visual tutorial.
I recently completed a beginner course in Arabic and this is a great revision.
kirina says
Mon 13th Oct 08@03:04 am

hello, im new, i was just wondrin how do i say hello im kirina?
by the way this is a very useful site, i will be able to know more in your languagea nd culture.
thank you.
kirina says
Mon 13th Oct 08@03:06 am

and is it the same way to greet in Egypt?
Ehab says
Mon 13th Oct 08@07:10 am

Ahlan kirina;
To introduce yourself in Arabic, just say (mar7aba ana Kirina), we've used it in many lessons, in fact if you search in the lessons page for the word (names), you'll find one of our early lessons called (What is your name?).
Using this sentence to introduce yourself is understood all over the Arab countries including Egypt.
Hope you get the best of ArabicPod.
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