LOGIC SPOKEN ARABIC

ASSIMILATIVE LETTERS al + taajir التاجر = at-taajir the 'l' is assimilated and changed to 't' = 'at' because of the 't' in 'taajir'.  This process of assimilation can be seen in the following letters only (letters that are not mentioned do not assimilate e.g. al + kitaab = al-kitaab) al + tsarii  الثري  = ats-tsarii al + dajjaal  الدجال = ad-dajjaal YOU TRY 1) al + dzakii الذكي = 2) al + rajul  الرجل = 3) al + zaa'ir  الزائر = 4) al + safiir  السفير = 5) al + shaa^ir  الشاعر = 6) al + Saabir  الصابر = 7) al + Dolaal  الضلال = 8) al + Tawiil الطويل = 9) al + Zaalim الظالم = 10) al + naa'ib النائب =

UNFAMILIAR LETTERS ts ث  = ka ts iir كثير dz ذ = dz ahab ذهب kh خ  = kh araj خرج gh غ = gh anii غني H ح  = H aamil حامل S ص  = S aabir صابر D ض = D alaal ضلال T ط = T awiil طويل Z ظ = Z aalim ظالم Take note of the difference between ء ( ' ) and ع ( ^ ). e.g. sa'ala  سأل (small ء on ا ) sa^ala سعل saala سال e.g. ta'budu تأبد ta^budu تعبد  e.g. aabudu آبد a^budu  أعبد ^aalim عالم e.g. i^laan إعلان iqra'  اقرأ ^ulamaa' علماء e.g. notice that ء may not be transliterated if it is initial, beginning of a word. usbuu^ أسبوع iHsaan إحسان anwaar أنوار YOU TRY 1) to read = qara' قرأ book = kitaab كتاب in = fii في week = usbuu^ أسبوع a) She read (past tense) the book in a week. b) I read the book in a week. c) He read a book in a week. d) We read a book in a week. 2)  announcement = i^laan إعلان written = maktuub مكتوب notice board = lauHah لوحة on = ^alaa على The announcement is writt...

BAB 16 REVISION VOCAB to go out = kharaj خرج he = huwa هو mosque = masjid مسجد to = ilaa إلى teacher = mudarris مدرس Compare the translation of "HE" in these two sentences: a) He is a teacher. huwa mudarris. هو مدرس b) He went out to the mosque. kharaja ilaa al-masjid خرج إلى المسجد We see that in (b), the pronoun "he" is not translated. We avoid saying : huwa kharajnaa ilaa al-masjid. هو خرجنا إلى المسجد This is because kharaj is a VERB and pronouns are already built in verbs. We have already learnt about verbs in previous lessons and this grammatical point should not be difficult to be understood by now. This grammatical point also applicable to other pronouns such as you, they, we etc. YOU TRY he = huwa هو I = ana أنا we = naHnu نحن ambassador = safiir (sufaraa') سفير / سفراء coffee = qahwah قهوة  to drink = sharib شرب 1) He is an ambassador. 2) He drank coffee. 3) We are ambassadors. 4) We drank coffee. 5) I am an...

BAB 15 HOW TO SAY "IS,ARE" ×××××××××× VOCAB teacher = mudarris (mudarrisiin) مدرس  / مدرسين huwa = he هو hum = هم ×××××××××××× He is a teacher. = he + a teacher = huwa mudarris. هو مدرس He is the teacher. = he + the teacher = huwa al-mudarris. هو المدرس They are teachers. they + teachers = hum mudarrisiin. هم مدرسين Such sentences do not need "is,are" in Arabic. YOU TRY he = huwa هو minister = waziir (wuzaraa') وزير / وزراء they = hum هم mosque = masjid مسجد in = fii في writer = kaatib كاتب 1) He is a minister. 2) He is the minister. 3) They are ministers. 4) They are the ministers. 5) The minister is in the mosque. 6) The ministers are in the mosque. 7) The minister is a writer. 8) The writer is a minister. 9) They are in a mosque. 10) He is in a mosque.

BAB 14 We have learnt that from the given word "wajad" (to find), we can CONJUGATE into : wajadta = you found وجدت wajadti = you (f) found وجدت wajadtu = I found وجدت wajadnaa = we found وجدنا NOW HOW DO WE SAY "he found/she found/they found"? wajada = he found  وجد wajadat = she found وجدت wajaduu = they found وجدوا YOU TRY VOCAB to go out = kharaj خرج from = min من mosque = masjid مسجد Anwar = anwaar أنوار Zainab = zainab زينب 1) I went out from the mosque. 2) Did you go out from a mosque, Zainab? 3) Did you go out from a mosque, Anwar? 4) We went out from the mosque. 5) They went out from a mosque. 6) She went out from the mosque. 7) He went out from a mosque.

BAB 13 PLURALS teacher = mudarris (mudarrisiin)  (مدرس (مدرسين boy= walad (awlaad) (ولد (أولاد The plural is usually given in brackets. teacher = mudarris (singular) teachers = mudarrisiin (plural) boy = walad (singular) boys = awlaad (plural) TRANSLATE to understand = fahim فهم to meet = qaabal قابل singer = mughannii (mughanniyiin) (مغني (مغنيين girl = bint (banaat)  (بنت (بنات garden = Hadiiqah حديقة in = fii في 1) I understood the teachers. 2) I met a teacher. 3) I met teachers. 4) We met a girl in the garden. 5) We met girls in the garden. 6) We understood the girls.

BAB 12 LETTERS: H ح & h ه H = ح h = ه I have differentiated these two letters by using a capital and a small letter. Whenever H is used, I refer to ح . And whenever h is used, I refer to ه . judge = Haakim حاكم joker = haazil هازل Click on the link. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UmaAZsjiIas TRANSLATE to meet = qaabal قابل judge = Haakim حاكم court = maHkamah محكمة to write = katab كتب letter = risaalah رسالة joker = haazil هازل Zainab = zainab زينب pig = khinziir خنزير like = kamaa كما to carry = Hamal حمل 1) I met the judge in the court. 2) We wrote a letter to the joker. 3) Oh Zainab! You carried the joker to the judge like you carried a pig?

BAB 11 The word COFFEE actually originated from the Arabic word "qahwah قهوة " because it was popularized by the Muslims. In the beginning, some Muslims considered it haram to drink it because the effect of coffee seems intoxicating like wine. So, they called this beverage as qahwah which means actually "a wine which intoxicates you to the extent you feel full and lose appetite". Yes, qahwah was once considered to be a type of a wine !! The Christian also forbade coffee in the beginning when coffee arrived at the Western world and considered coffee to be a satanic drink of the infidels before the Pope baptized it. This popular story regarding baptism of qahwah can be read here.   www.catholicgentleman.net/2014/04/blessed-beans-how-the-pope-baptized-coffee/ A more academic article is link below.   www.cafebabel.co.uk/sofia/article/the-story-of-coffee.html When the ban of qahwah was lifted by the ulama, coffeeshops or cafe like Starbucks were opened ev...

BAB 10 In English, the pronoun "you" can refer to masculine as well as feminine, a man or a woman. But in Arabic, wajadta "YOU found" refers to a man only, not woman. Oh Anwaar! You found the book? yaa anwaar! wajadTA al-kitaab? يا أنوار! وجدت الكتاب؟ Oh Maryam! You found the book? yaa maryam! wajadTI al-kitaab? يا مريم! وجدت الكتاب؟ When the pronoun "you" refers to Anwar (man), use the suffix "ta". When the pronoun "you" refers to Maryam (woman), use the suffix "ti". YOU TRANSLATE INTO ARABIC boy = walad ولد girl = bint بنت Amin = amiin أمين Aminah = amiinah أمينة to leave = tarak ترك to understand = fahim فهم book = kitaab كتاب 1) Oh Boy! You understood the book? 2) Oh Girl! You understood the book? 3) Oh Amin! You left Aminah? 4) Oh Aminah! You left Amin?

BAB 9 Exclamation "Oh!", can be translated as "yaa يا" Oh Malik! You met the singer? = Yaa Maalik! qaabalta al-mughannii? يا مالك! قابلت المغني ؟ YOU TRANSLATE Anwar = anwaar أنوار to go out = kharaj خرج from = min من bank = bank بنك yesterday = ams أمس boy = walad ولد to find = wajad وجد singer = mughannii مغني France = faransaa فرنسا in = fii في without = biduun بدون money = fuluus فلوس 1) Oh Anwar! You went out from the bank without money yesterday? 2) Oh Boy! You found the singer from France in the bank yesterday?

BAB 8 LETTERS KH & GH There are unfamiliar Arabic letters. "kh" خ such as "khabar خبر" which means "news". It is also  a Malay word "Apa KHABAR?" Again the 'a' can be pronounced as 'o'. So, khabar can be pronounced as kho + bar. http://youtu.be/BX4o57Gv0HM "gh" غ such as "mughannii مغني" which means "singer". Again the 'a' can be pronounced as 'o'. So, mughannii can be pronounced as mu + ghon + nii. http://youtu.be/7Thp8ZG_FbU Any additional info, ask in class. You translate the following into Arabic. to read = qara' قرأ news = khabar خبر yesterday = أمس to meet = qaabal قابل singer = mughanni مغني and = wa و 1) I read the news yesterday. 2) You met a singer. 3) You met the singer? 4) We read the news yesterday and met the singer.

BAB 7 PRONOUNCIATION OF RA, QA & APOSTROPHE '.  In spoken Arabic, you will hear people pronounce the word "tarak ترك (to leave)" in two ways: a) taRAK or b) taROK as in taROCK Even though it is spelt as tarAk, it can be pronounced as tarOk. Similarly, you hear people pronounce the syllable "qa" as "qo".  For instance, qaamuus قاموس (dictionary) can be pronounced as qOOmuus. The word "to read" is qara' قرأ . Break this word into two syllables qa + ra'. Notice the apostrophe '. We can pronounce this word as qo + rock. I read yesterday = qara'tu ams. قرأت أمس qara'tu can be pronounced as qo + rock + tu The word "to ask" is sa'al سأل. It can be pronounced as sa + al (as in ALkohol). Further questions can be discussed in class. You translate into Arabic: to ask = sa'al سأل to read = qara' قرأ  to leave = tarak ترك book = kitaab كتاب ...

BAB 6 (AL-QUR'AN 2) WHY GOD SAYS "WE", RATHER THAN "I"? anzal أنزل  = "to reveal" kitaab كتاب = "book" The Qur'an speaks about anzalnaa al-kitaab أنزلنا الكتاب which means "WE revealed the Book (al-Qur'an). It does not say anzaltu أنزلت which means "I revealed". As we have learnt suffix "naa" means "we" and "tu" means "I". It is WRONG to assume that there must be many GODs because the first person plural "naa" is used here, instead of the first person singular "tu". In Arabic actually, first person plural "we" or "naa" can be used as a PLURAL OF RESPECT just as we say in Malay "kamu" (instead of "awak") which can refer to a plurality of persons or to only one RESPECTED person. God has revealed the MIRACLE called the Qur'an, 100% preserved in the original language, inimitable, most beautiful linguist...

BAB 5 (AL-QUR'AN 1) 5.1 Do we say THE QUR'AN or THE AL-QUR'AN? It is wrong to say THE AL-QUR'AN because as we have learnt that "al" in Arabic already means "the". So, there is no need to put "al" since there is already the English word "the" in front. We should say as follows: 1) We believe in THE QUR'AN or, 2) We believe in AL-QUR'AN. Don't say: We believe in THE AL-QUR'AN 5.2 WHAT IS THE MEANING OF QUR'AN? The word "qur'aan" قرآن actually means "reading material". Any reading material can be a qur'aan. Newspaper is a qur'aan. Magazine is a qur'aan. The written words on a white board can be a qur'aan. However, THE qur'aan refers specifically to THE revelation sent by God in Arabic gradually to Prophet Muhammad through angel Gabriel. It is divided into 114 surahs or chapters. This why the definite article "al" ال is added to qur'...

BAB 4 I FOUND A BOOK How to say "a" or "an"? The "a" or "an" is called an INDEFINITE article. The DEFINITE article is "the ال" . There is NO indefinite article in Arabic. No "a", no "an". We make a word indefinite by not adding any accessories. the book = al-kitaab a book = kitaab the magazine = al-majallah a magazine = majallah I found a book. = wajadtu kitaab. YOU TRY letter = risaalah رسالة to write = katab كتب to = ilaa إلى girl = bint بنت 1)We wrote a letter to the girl. 2) I wrote the letter to a girl. 3) You wrote a letter to a girl. rabbit = arnab أرنب to leave = tarak ترك in = fii. في house = bait بيت 4) You left the rabbit in a house. 5) We left a rabbit in a house. 6) I left a rabbit in the house.

BAB 3 I FOUND THE BOOK . By now, based on the logic of Bab 1 and Bab 2, you should be able to understand the following logic on your own: I found = wajadtu the book = al-kitaab I found the book. = wajadtu al-kitaab. وجدت الكتاب Exercise 1: YOU TRANSLATE INTO ARAB 1) You found the book. 2) We found the book. Exercise 2: YOU TRANSLATE INTO ARABIC BASED ON THE GIVEN VOCAB HERE to understand = fahim فهم boy = walad ولد 1) I understood the boy. 2) You understood the boy. 3) We understood the boy. to sit = jalas جلس in = fii في library = maktabah مكتبة 4) We sat in the library. 5) I sat in the library. 6) You sat in the library. to send = arsal أرسل magazine = majallah مجلة to = ilaa  إلى teacher = mudarris مدرس yesterday = ams أمس 7) You sent the magazine to the teacher yesterday. 8) I sent the magazine to the teacher yesterday. 9) We sent the magazine to the teacher yesterday.

BAB 2 I FOUND the book. How do we say "I FOUND"? Here, you need to use your IQ a bit to guess the Arabic logic! You can! Observe the following: 1) wajadtu وجدت = I found 2) wajadta وجدت = you found 3) wajadnaa وجدنا = we found Yes, in English we need two words i.e. I + found. But in Arabic, we need ONE word only to say "I found" i.e. wajadtu. IQ QUESTION: By observing above, since Arabic only use one word in this case, how do you know when is it "I" or "you" or "we" found? I hope you have got it right. Use your own logic and YOU TRY the following: to write = katab كتب to drink = sharib شرب to sit = jalas جلس YOU TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH: katabtu كتبت = ? katabta كتبت = ? katabnaa كتبنا = ? sharibta شربت = ? sharibnaa شربنا =? sharibtu شربت = ? jalasnaa جلسنا = ? jalastu جلست = ? jalasta جلست = ? ...

BAB 1 I saw a magazine on the desk. The magazine is new. See the use of "the" in "the magazine"? This '"the"  = ال (al-) Examples book (kitaab كتاب) magazine (majallah مجلة) boy (walad ولد) USE al- (ال ) the book = الكتاب (al-kitaab) the magazine = المجلة (al-majallah) the boy = الولد (al-walad) YOU TRY teacher (mudarris مدرس) writer (kaatib كاتب) girl (bint بنت) the teacher = ? the writer = ? the girl = ?