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Ahlan wa sahlan !أهلاً وسهلاً Welcome to Arabic way, the easiest way to learn Arabic . In Arabic way we will try our best to make learning the language useful and amusing . Is Arabic difficult to learn? YES - and no. Learning Arabic certainly takes time and practice, but there are not many irregularities in the grammar. It's much less complicated than Latin, and probably simpler than German, too. Arabic is like any other language, easy in some aspects and hard in some others, depending on the learner's background, and ability to adapt to new rules. Arabic exists in two forms: The modern Standard Arabic used in schools, universities, etc.. and on formal occasions such as speeches, debates, etc... (it's what you'll learn here) The colloquial dialects which differ from one country to another. The colloquial dialect refers to the informal use of the language. * Please don't use us, do YOUR homework. Thanks for following and we hope you have a good time with us . In the past year we wrote our followers names in Arabic -we stopped it for lack of time-, here you will find the names that we published, if you're interested. Started: March 24, 2011 ~

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Change into plurals:

e.g: Programmer مُبرمِج  mubarmij>

programmers مُبرمِجون  mubarmijoon  /  programmers مبرمجين mubarmijeen.

ناشر Publisher Nasher.

ناجح Successful NajiH. 

سيّارة car saiyarah.

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Salams!

Hello strangers! how's life? I apologize for the unannounced hiatus, but you all know how ramadan is a busy month! Anyhow; Today I need your help, especially any Muslims living in Minnesota? A really nice sister is interested in Islam, but she knows no one.. so, if you're willing to help her out and do some good by teaching her some very basic things.. that would be amazing! Please pass this.. and inshaAllah she'll find some help through your reblogs.

@martyrsparadise she's really nice, help her out jazakum Allah khairan!

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Change the following words into duals:

e.g: زهرة zahrah Flower. => زهرتان zahrtan / زهرتين zahratayn. 

قط  QeT Cat.

قلم  Qalam Pen.

حجر Hajar Rock.

طالبة Talibah Student (S.F).

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* Note that: when you say Mother Waledah والدة followed by something like for example: Ruba's mother Waledat(u) Ruba والدةُ رُبى. the pronuncition change abit (see Taa Marboota (tide) التاء المربوطة) and also (vowels) (short vowels)and that applies on all words like this one.

Can you differentiate (Masculine مذكر Muthakkar) from (Feminine مؤنث Mu'annath) using this rule? 

A tree            Shajarah       شجرة. (M or F?).

A hat             Qobba'aah      قبعة. (M or F?).

A key             MeftaH            مفتاح.(M or F?).

Happy            Sa'aeedah      سعيدة.(M or F?).

Near              Qareeb            قريب.(M or F?).

And can you give one example of the exception of the rule? 

e.g:( Maleذكر / Female أُنثى).

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How do you say " I came, I saw, I conquered." In MSA? I always get a different answer for this. *quote by Julius Caesar

I see why you're confused..you see, the last word can give diffierent meanings and that's probably what you've been getting..

I came : ُأتيت 'Atayt(u).

I saw: رأيتُ ra'ayt(u).

I cnquered:

غزوت ghazot(u) [meanings; invade, infest, overrun, foray, pervade, maraud].

 إنتصرتُ 'IntaSart(u) [meanings; win, triumph, conquer, prevail, palm, overbear].

إحتليتُ 'IHtalayt(u) [meanings; occupy, take, conquer, overrun, take up, squat].

إنتزعتُ 'Intaza'at(u) [meanings; tear, grab, extract, snatch, wrest, conquer].

قهرتُ qahart(u) [meanings;  overcome, defeat, vanquish, subdue, beat].

أخضعتُ 'akhdh'at(u) [meanings; subject, undergo, submit, hew, succumb, conquer].

فتحتُ fataHt(u) [meanings; open, unlock, conquer, unblock, turn on, unseal].

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Test yourself;

Test on the subject of waw aljama'ah واو الجماعة:

Remember the rules- and the rules are simple- it must be: plural / masculine  / verb.

e.g: ذهب/went left, becomes ذهبوا. in these examples I'll put words in sentences and you'll say right or wrong and why.

خرج: الرجال خرجـوا اليوم.|went out: the men went out today.

درس: البنات درسـوا الإمتحان.| studied: the girls studied the exam.

جلس: الشباب جلسـو متحلقين.| sat: the guys sat in circles.

يدعو: يدعـوا أحمد بصدق.| prays: Ahmad prays in honesty.

اذهب: اذهبـوا للقائهم.| go: go meet them.

اخرج: اخرجـوا طعامكم.| take out: take out your foods.

لن يسمع: الجهلة لن يسمعـوا لكم.|wont listen: the ignorants will not listen to you.

لم ينم: الكبار لم ينامـوا .| did not sleep: the elderlies didn't sleep.

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Why we don't add alif al fariqah to:

1.واو الأصل\ waw al aSl\ the original waw:  the reason why we don't add it here, is that in these two examples يدعو or يسمو. the waw is originally in the verb, if we delete the waw the verb is broken and no longer means anything; يدعو becomes يدع which isn't right, يسمو becomes يسم which means a different thing.. etc... while in waw al jama'ah we can remove the waw and the verb maintain solid, e.g: فعلوا without the waw فعل, and خرجوا without the waw is خرج.

2. واو جمع المذكر السالم \waw jama' muthakkar salim\ the plural form of a masculine noun: to explain the difference between واو الجماعة waw al jama'ah and waw jama' muthakkar salim is that waw al jama'ah comes with verbs, and waw (the plural form of a masculine noun) comes with nouns.

* This is one of the most common misspellings among all, people always  get confused when to add alif al fariqah, they either add it to everything even to jam'a muthakkar salim (when they shouldn't), or don't add it at all when the should.

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I very much recommend this book  Arabic Primer by sir Arthur Cotton, to especially beginners and also to anyone whom hasn't been practicing on the pronunciation. This audio book is available on librivox, and on open library. Take your time while you listen and repeat, you can also record yourself and listen to see how you did.

In this audio file you'll listen to the alphabet, try to repeat with him if you have the time, or download the book and listen to it later.

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أُحِبُ أُمِي لِأنها ....؟ | Ohebu Ummi le-'anaha.....?

There aren't enough reasons to love your mother, but use the ones you know in Arabic. let me see some answers here?

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Test yourself;

Test on the subject Alif AlMaqSurah and Alif AlMamdodah  ( 1 /2 ) ;

e.g: مرحباً اسمي : رب(ـا\ى) رُبى : Hello my name is Ruba.. and yes, that is my name :)

 مرتضـ(ـا/ـى) name:Murtada.

علـ(ـا/ـى) verb: متواضع، مهما علـ؟ :Humbled, no matter how high he rose.

قضاي(ـا/ـى) noun: Cases.

عل(ـا/ـى)preposition: On, ضع القلم علـ؟ الطاولة:Put the pen on the table.

سلم(ـا/ـى) name:Salma.

ايطالي(ـا/ـى) country:Italy.

سندريل(ـا/ـى) name:Cinderella.

رج(ـا/ـى)verb: رجـ؟ العون منك: hoped some help from you.

زكري(ـا/ـى) name.:Zakariya.

مرايـ(ـا\ى) noun: Mirrors.

صح(ـا/ـى) verb:woke up. صحـ؟ باكراً: woke up early.

إلـ(ـا/ـى)preposition:To. إذهب إلـ؟ بيتك: go to your house.

ادّع(ـا/ـى)verb:Claimed. ادّعـ؟ أنه غادر: he claimed he left.

حت(ـا/ـى) conjunction:even. جميعنا حتـ؟ ريما: all of us even Reema.

بلو(ـا/ـى)noun:sorrow.

إلّ(ـا/ـى) but/except. كلنا إلـ؟ ريما: all of us except Reema.

بر(ـا/ـى)verb:cured/heal: بر؟ من جرحه:Recovered from his wound.

سيبيري(ـا/ـى)country:Siberia.

نجو(ـا/ـى)name:Najwa.

إل(ـا/ـى) To/till: من مكة إلـ؟ المدينة :from Mecca to/till Medina.

مستشف(ـا/ـى)noun:Hospital.

جر(ـا/ـى)verb: Happen/occur. ماذا جر؟ : what happened?

سق(ـا/ـى)verb:Quench/watered. سقـ؟ النبات: watered the planet.

حت(ـا/ـى) until: نمت حتـ؟ الفجر: slept until down.

عد(ـا/ـى)except: جميعهم ما عد؟ هذا:all of them except this one.

قرب(ـا/ـى)noun:kinship.

قض(ـا/ـى)verb:execute/spend.

زواي(ـا/ـى)noun:Angles.

قف(ـا/ـى)noun:Back.

نيقولـ(ـا/ـى name:Nicholas.

ديانـ(ـا/ـى) name: Diana.

كوريـ(ـا/ـى)country: Korea.

تركيـ(ـا/ـى) country:Turkey.

ألـ(ـا/ـى) if not.  ألـ؟ نفلح فقد هلكنا: if not we succeed we're doomed.

انتهـ(ـا\ى) verb: end/finished.

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*With all this being said and explained and tested, if you don't do very will and you still make mistakes on alif al maqSurah and mamdodah..I'll ask you not to worry because this is the hardest misspell in Arabic, and the only way to master this is by reading and writing and making mistakes. Don't give up ;)

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In short: Verbs that have more than 3 letters usually-but not always- have alif maqsorah. Verbs that have 3 letters are divided into two groups where the origin of the alif is either و or ي and to know that you have to form the masculine present tense of the verb , if it ends with و you have to write the alif mamdodah , and if it ends with ي you have to write the alif maqsorah.

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Can you believe it? I certainly can't!

شكراً جزيلاً to all the lovely 4k+ followers, for the support and love and everything.  And inshaAllah ( if God wills) we'll continue for another year(s?).

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Aren't we all tired of me apologizing for the lack of updates? well, if you don't know this yet.. keeping this blog alive is just really hard for me to do. But I wont give it up till there's absolutely nothing I can post about anymore.So, thank you all for asking about me, and for understanding and just shukran shukran shukran...and sorry. I'll get to your messages soon :)

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Can you please explain when and why ي sometimes become ى ? I have been struggling with this for some time.

Okay anon you are ready to talk about ى ? well, get this; it's actually not a ي yaa, it's ا alif.

It's called الألف المقصورة al-alif al-maqSura, and it's written like a yaa without dots and it comes at the end of the word. And it's pronounced aa آ.We'll talk further about this in the next post.

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 نعم\ بلى are both the answer to a yes-no questions that comes in positive and negative forms - along with (لا no)-, the difference between نعم (yes) and بلى (yes) is: بلى refers to the denial of the question, it comes only as an answer to the negative form to deny it. [Did you not? بلى yes I did]. While نعم is the approval.[Did you not? نعم I didn't.].  e.g.1:

ألم تتحرك منذ البارحة؟  | Did you not moved since yesterday?

-نعم | yes. ( I did not)

-بلى. | yes. (I did)

e.g.2:

ألن تمانع لو رافقتك اليوم؟ |  You wont mind if I come with you today?

- نعم| yes. (I wont)

- بلى | yes. (I would)