Learn How to Read Arabic Sentences
The purpose of the 10 following reading lessons is to train letter recognition and reading. For this reason, these lessons do not contain any references to grammar.
marHaban. 'ismii juuziif
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Means: Hello. My name is Joseph
marHaban = Hello, 'ismii = my name
Non-Arabic names, like "Joseph", are written phonetically in Arabic, adjusted to the nearest equivalent Arabic sound. In the case of "Joseph", the "e" is written with ii, but pronounced like "e". Since the number of Arabic vowels is very limited, the "closest-match"-principle has to be followed. In this case, the "e" in Joseph, doesn't have an equivalent in Arabic, and is therefore replaced by ii.