2. Introduction to Studying ARABIC اللغة العربية

8. a- Arabic is written from right to left مرحبا اهلا وسهلا b- The shape of many of its 28 letters change depending on their position within a word and the letters around them; some letters must be connected to other letters, others may stand alone.

10. c- Arabic vowels are indicated by marks above and below the consonants, in some texts such as newspapers and magazines, these marks are not often used. Parsing system d-There is no capitalization, i.e. there are no capital letters, such as those used in English, to indicate proper nouns or the beginning of a sentence.

11. Arabic pronunciation includes a variety of distinctive guttural sounds that are formed in a different way than most sounds in European languages.

14. Hello marhaba Good morning sabah elkhair Good evening masaa elkhair Good night tesbah alkhair Goodbye maaslama How are you? keef halek? Fine ana bekhair

15. Thank you shookran.Yes naam No la Please minfadlak Excuse esmahlee Never mind la yahom

16. Where do you live? aiyn taesh? I live in … ana aesh fi … What do you do? maa wathefatak? I’m a student ana taleb I want ana oreed I don’t want ana la oreed I like ana oheb I don’t like ana la oheb I have ana endi I don’t have ana layes endi

18. Say the words and phrases on the right Hello مرحبا Good morning صباح الخير Goodbye مع السلامة How are you? كيف حالك؟ Thank you شكرا Yes نعم No لا

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