BAB 7

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

writer = kaatib كاتب

yesterday = ams أمس

there = hunaaka هناك

1) You asked the writer?

2) We read the book yesterday.

3) You left the writer there?

4) I read a book yesterday.