january 2003
The Vouls in the Arabic Language
For the european languages speakers, there is some confussion when they search for the vouls in the arabic language. Some people told me that there are not vouls in the arabic, which is not true. The arabic has 3 main letters used as consonents and also as vouls, it depnds on the way we use them.
They are the letters ( ALEF ), ( WAW ) and ( YA'A ) which are the sounds of the vouls ( A), ( O, U ) and the ( E, I ) in english Besides, in arabic we use a group of signs over and under the letters, to controle the vouls. These signs are so many.
I'll show you here next, the most used of them over and under one of the letters :
Look at these example: حَ حِ حُ حً حٍ حٌ
الفتحة:
Al Fat'hah as in this (حَ): This sign (-) over the letter (ح), is the voul (a) in arabic, which means: If you put it over any letter, this changes the mentioned sound of the letter to be acompined or followd with the voul (a) .. for example To say (house) in arabic, we say: (BAYT) and to write it, it'll be this way: ( بَيت ) .. Notice the (fat'hah) over the letter (Ba'a) on the right side.
Here we've added the voul (a) to the letter B
الكسرة:
Al Kasrah as in this (حِ): This sign (-) under the letter (ح) is the voul (e) in arabic, which means: If you put it under any letter, that'll indicate us to mention the letter acompined with the voul (e).
For example; To say (Girl) in arabic, we say: ( Bent ) and it's written this way ( بِنت ).
Notice the (kasrah) under the first letter to the right (Ba'a). it's the same letter of the other example above, but here we add it down the letter cause it's the voul (e) in this case, and we call it "Kasrah".
الضمة:
( ’ ) Al Dummah: Looks like a coma, to be put over the letters and works as the voul (o) in english.
For example: To say (Tower) in arabic, you say (Borj) and the way to write it is ( بُرج ) .
You see the (Dummah) over the (Ba'a) which is the first letter to the right side .. We added the voul (o) to the letter.
As I said before, the signs are so many in arabic, but these 3 are the main and the most important to be known for the moment.
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