Vowels in Arabic

 Vowels in Arabic

In Arabic short vowels are not a part of the Arabic alphabet, instead they are written as marks over or below the consonant and sometimes over or below a long vowel.

There are just six vowels in Arabic. Three short vowels: a, i and u. The short vowels in Arabic are: a, i and u. They are normally not written.

The long vowels in Arabic are aa, ii and uu. They are written by using three of the letters in the Arabic alphabet.

The letter Alef is used in the long vowel aa

The letter yaa is used in the long vowel ii

The letter waw is used in the long vowel uu

The letters we just looked at, alef, ya and waw, has a double functionality. Sometimes they are consonants, and sometimes they are long vowels.

Alef functions as the long vowel "aa" when it comes after a and has no vowel after. Ya functions as the long vowel "ii" when it comes after i and has no vowel after. Waw functions as the long vowel "uu" when it comes after u and has no vowel after.

In all other cases, the letters functions as consonants. The letter ya sounds like "y" when it is a consonant and the letter waw sounds like "w" when it is a consonant.

【阿拉伯語】太陽字母以及月亮字母

阿拉伯語有許多對華語人來說怪奇的發音，比如各種彈舌、磨喉、咬舌等，因此阿拉伯語也有一套讓發音比較簡單的方法。太陽字母以及月亮字母就是這套偉大的方法。有些阿拉伯字母對舌頭非常的不友善，容易造成舌頭打結，尷尬的用大舌頭的方式講話，以此我稱它為「舌頭不友善派字母」，反之那些不干擾舌頭運作，讓人暢話如流水的，我稱它為「舌頭友善派單字」。了解太陽字母跟月亮字母是一個避免舌頭打結的方法。也就是說，你只要能注意到哪些字母會讓你舌頭打結，你就會分辨他到底是太陽字母還是月亮字母。

我們先來了解這兩者。

太陽字母（舌頭不友善派）：會令舌頭打結。

（發音時，舌頭位置會改變）

所以舉例來說 ر (Ra)、 د (Da) 、ت (Ta) 、س (Sa) ，這些音就是太陽字母，因為你可以發現你的舌頭在你的口腔裡巨幅地擺動著。

剩下的還有

ذ (Dha)、ز (Za)、ش (Shin)、ص (Sa)、ض(Da)、ط (Ta)、ظ (Dha)、ل (Lam)、 ن(Num)

月亮字母（舌頭友善派）：平平凡凡，讓舌頭安穩。

（發音時，舌頭位置不會改變）

這類的字母，舌頭就只是想稍微伸展筋骨的幅度移動

ج (Jin)、 ه (Ha) 、 ع (Ayn’) 、 ف (Fa) 

剩下的還有 أ (Alif)、ب (Ba)、 خ (Kha)、 غ (Gha) 、 ق (Qaf) 、 ك (Kaf) 、 ل (Lam)、 م (Mim)、 و (Wa)、 ي(Ya)

當阿拉伯語的冠詞 ال (AL) 遇到太陽字母的時候，比如說後面加了一個ز (Za) ，變成الز 。這時，我們不會念Alza ，而是省略AL的 L，直接念： A-zza。中間重複的Z就代表他是一個「促音」，也就是念完A的時候聽個半秒，在念Za，會變成「ㄚ（停頓）扎」。

反之，ال (AL) 遇到月亮字母的時候就不用管那麽多，儘管唸下去。比如遇到ق (Qaf) ，變成 الق ，儘管把他念AL-Qaf就可以了，中間不需要任何的遲疑以及停頓。

因為太陽叫做شمس（Shams），第一個字母的發音Shin讓舌頭容易打結，屬於舌頭不友善派。反之月亮قمر (Qamar)的第一個字母Qaf 屬於舌頭友善派。所以古阿拉伯文法學家就浪漫地把「舌頭不友善派字母」稱作為「太陽字母」，「舌頭友善派字母」稱作為「月亮字母」。

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Arabic Alphabet

Arabic alphabet consists of 30 letters. These letters are written from right to left. Each letter has its own unique sound. They change their shape according to their position in a word.

Classical Arabic - the language of the Qur'an and classical literature. It differs from Modern Standard Arabic mainly in style and vocabulary, some of which is archaic. All Muslims are expected to recite the Qur'an in the original language, however many rely on translations in order to understand the text.

Symbol in Qur'an (2)

م  We must stop here as meanings may change if we will not.

ط It is better to stop here.

ج You can stop or continue. It’s better to stop but if you will continue, no problem in it.

ز  You can stop or continue. But it’s better to continue here.

ص  It’s better to continue but if person get tired or can’t hold breath, he may stop as well.

ق  Its better to continue here.

لا Never stop here.

قف  We have to stop here.

سکته A person should stop here without breaking breath (For a while).

وقفه Similar to سکته but people have to stop more than سکته.

صل A person can stop or continue here.

صلے Its better to continue.

Three Dots (...) its up to person to stop at first dot and continue in second or vice versa.

Note:

If more than one symbol is used than that symbol which is at top is considered and if symbols are in line than that one which is at last is considered.

Symbol in Qur'an (1)