Alsalamo alykom wa rahmato Allah wa barakato dear sisters and brothers.
I will use this thread in shaa Allah to post simple Arabic lessons for beginners.
First here is Arabic alphabet with audio. http://arabic.speak7.com/arabic_alphabet.htm
Last edited by islamlover_girl; 04-06-2009 at 11:12 PM.
Here is a simple Arabic conversation
مَا اسمُكَ؟
pronounce: ma esmoka?
meaning : what`s your name ?(when I am talking to a male)
مَا اسمُكِ؟
pronounce: ma esmoky?
meaning : what`s your name ?(when I am talking to a female)
so ما means what
اسم means name
كَ (ka) at the end of the noun means your for a male.
كِ (ky) at the end of the noun means your for a female.
Here is another example
كًم عُمرُكَ؟
pronounce : kam `omroka?
meaning: how old are you? (when I am talking to a male)
كًم عُمرُكِ؟
pronounce : kam `omroky?
meaning: how old are you? (when I am talking to a female)
كًم means how how much or how many.
عُمرُ means age .
كَ (ka) at the end of the noun means your for a male.
كِ (ky) at the end of the noun means your for a female.
مَا اسمُكِ؟
اسمِى فاطِمَة
pronounce : esmy Fatima.
Meaning : my name is Fatima.
مَا اسمُكَ؟
اسمِى محمد
pronounce : esmy Mohammed.
Meaning : my name is mohammed.
so اسم means name .
ى at the end of the word means my (it`s the same whether if I am a male or a female).
كًم عُمرُكَ؟
عُمرِى عِشرُنَ عَام.
pronounce : 3omry 3eshrona 3am (I mean by 3 the letter ع as there isn`t a simillar letter in english).
meaning : I am 20 years old.
the answer will be the same if I am a male or a female.
عُمر means age.
ى means my .
عِشرُن means twenty.
عام means year.
lets add a new question:
مِن أَينَ أَنتَ؟
pronounce : men ayna anta ?
meaning : where are you from? (when I am talking to a male)
so مِن means from
أَينَ means where.
أَنتَ means you( when I am talking to a male).
مِن أَينَ أَنتِ؟
pronounce : men ayna anty ?
meaning : where are you from? (when I am talking to a female).
أَنتِ؟ means you for a female.
The answer:
أَنَا مِن مِصر.
pronounce :ana men masr.
meaning : I am from Egypt.
the answer will be the same whether if I am a male or a female .
أَنَا means I.
مِن means from.
مصر means Egypt.
If I am from America
أَنَا مِن أمرِيكَا
ana men Amrica.
If I am from Ingland
أَنَا مِن بريطانيا
ana men bretanya
If I am from Somalia
أَنَا مِن الصومال
ana men alsomal
If I am from Turkey
أَنَا مِن تُركِيا
ana men turkeya
If I am from Pakistan
أَنَا مِن باكِستان
ana men bakestan.
A simple test:
مَا اسمُكَ؟....................
كًم عُمرُكَ؟....................
مِن أَينَ أَنتَ؟....................
waiting for your answers in shaa Allah
Last edited by islamlover_girl; 04-05-2009 at 12:37 PM.
سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ - SubhanAllah (Glory be to Allah)
Whoever recites [the above] one Hundred times, a thousand good deeds are recorded for him or a thousand bad deeds are wiped away.Sahih Muslim; #4:2073.
هَذَا أَخِى ,هُوَ مُدَرِس
pronounce : hatha akhy hwa modares.
meaning : This is my brother,he is a teacher.
so هَذَا means this (for a male only)
أخِ means brother.
ى at the end of a word means my, it shows owner ship ( it is the same whether I am a male or female).
هُوَ means he.
مُدَرِس means a teacher.
another example:
هَذِهِ أُختِى ,هِىَ طَبِيبَة
pronounce : hathehy okhty heya tabiba.
meaning :this is my sister she is a doctor.
so هَذِهِ means this for a female .
أُخت means sister.
ى at the end of a word means my.
هِىَ means she.
طَبِيبَة means a medical doctor.
another example :
هَذَا أَخِى ,هُوَ طَالِب pronounce : hatha akhy hwa taleb.
this is may brother he is a student.
طَالِب means a male student.
هَذِهِ أُختِى ,هِىَ طَالِبَة
pronounce : hathehy okhty heya taleba.
this is may sister she is a student.
طَالِبَة means a female student.
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