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Arabic A0 — Letters and Sounds

Topic: ARABIC

5 levels 6 quizzes Difficulty: Beginner

Before you can read Arabic, you need to learn to decode it. This course starts from zero: the direction of writing, the 28 letters grouped into shape families (ب ت ث، ج ح خ، د ذ، ر ز، س ش، ص ض، ط ظ، ع غ، ف ق…), their names and sounds, the sounds English doesn't have (ح ع ق خ غ and the emphatics ص ض ط ظ), the short vowels (fatḥa, kasra, ḍamma), sukūn, shadda, tanwīn, the long vowels ا و ي and your first syllables (بَ بِ بُ، بَا بِي بُو). Transliteration in every prompt and every explanation. For absolute beginners (level A0, before A1).

What’s inside

Level 1 — Level 1
- First letters of the Arabic alphabet
Level 2 — Level 2
- Twin letters in Arabic: one dot makes the difference
Level 3 — Level 3
- The last letters of the Arabic alphabet
- Hard sounds in Arabic: throat letters and emphatics
Level 4 — Level 4
- Short vowels, sukūn and shadda in Arabic
- Long vowels and first syllables in Arabic
Level 5 — Boss

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