Habiibii, Hayaati, and Hayawaan all start with the letter ح, the sound does not exist in English.
With your mouth open, make a raspy, breathy sound as if you’re breathing on glass to fog it up. You wanna constrict the muscles inside your throat so that air can just barely squeeze through.
Your vocal cords should not vibrate.
We transliterate ح as a capital H, so as not to be confused with the h sound in English.
| Transliteration | Eng | عَرَبي |
|---|---|---|
| Habiibii | my love (masc.) | حَبيبي |
| Hayaatii | my life | حَياتي |
| ruHii | my soul | روحي |
| Hayawaan | animal (masc.) | حَيوان |
Imagine you just swallowed a spoonful of very hot chili. And yes when ح is the initial letter it looks like this حـ, so that we can connect the following letter to it. Remember, Arabic is written from Right to Left.
Possessive pronouns
In Arabic, possessive pronouns (like “my”) are attached to the end of the word. To say “my love” you just attach the letter ي to the word حَبيب (love, beloved) = حَبيبي
is there a good textbook you can recommend? I need some exercises or something to engage with, simply reading will not have me remember anything.
Also I love homework.
I’m gonna include exercises for sure, but for now it’s kinda too early for us to be able to do that.
is there a good textbook you can recommend?
I know this might be a bit shocking but I’d say no there ain’t, because Arabic gets very little attention from the language learning industry and a lot of the material is aimed at “diplomats” wink wink, that is why I make the material myself. But when it comes to the alphabet I guess any book will do, maybe check Alif Baa Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds.
Edit: By material I mean the pdfs I share with my students, not these posts.
This is our second Arabic lesson I guess
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Please add me, habibi.
Maybe ping me once we get past the alphabet/phonology lessons?
And me :)
Add me please fam
i’m not sure, what is this list?
It’s just a watchlist for work, nothing to worry about
/jkList of comrades who wanna be pinged when I post lessons.
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The first lesson in case you didn’t see it.
very nice of you, thank you
i love how you explained that and i knew what you were saying
Came for the post image, stayed for the fascinating lesson. Great job!
Is ح sounded like a ח in hebrew?
No, more like ה.
The difference between ה and ח is similar to the difference between ح and خ.
It sounds like ه in Arabic, not ح.
I found this in a reddit comment:
/ħ/ ח - ح.
In modern Hebrew most of the people pronounce the ח as /χ/, but still there are many people pronouncing it in the original way.
Obviously depends on where you are from but Hebrew speakers I know will pronounce ה like this (h) and ח like this (χ). The difference between these two sounds is similar (I’ve chosen this word carefully to avoid claiming it is the same) to the difference between ح and خ. There is no equivalent to the actual ح sound in Hebrew as far as I know.
Yeah I thought you meant they had the same sound.
I hope I didn’t confuse anyone, thank you for clarifying (and the lessons) ❤️
Well, it seems they share the same Semitic origin, but I think the answer to your question is probably no. I don’t know any Hebrew, but I know that Hebrew speakers have a hard time pronouncing ح .
@infuziSporg@hexbear.net iirc, you know (some) Hebrew?
lol no, maybe like 50 morphemes.
So the marker for possession ي is pronounced similar to the i like the i in sit? Are all possessive markers attached to the end of a word? (No need to go into depth if that’s gunna be a later lesson)
It’s pronounced like the ee in ‘feel’ or ‘beep’, and it’s just a letter. It’s transliterated as ii.
Are all possessive markers attached to the end of a word?
Yeah, they are actually called Attached Pronouns, and they are used for more than just expressing possession.
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