97738314 PIMSLEUR LANGUAGE PROGRAMS EGYPTIAN ARABIC SUPPLEMENTAL READING BOOKLET KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM. WATABLE OF CONTENTS Reading Lessons Introduction ..... ‘The Arabic Alphabet Diacritical Marks ee 13, Lesson 2 14 Lesson 3 ae Lesson 4 .. 16 Lesson 5 17 Lesson 6 18 Lesson 7 19 Lesson 8 20 Lesson 9 .. 21 Lesson 10... Baza Lesson I. an Lesson 12 24 Lesson 13 rca , 25 Lesson 14 oo eeeeeeeeeeees 26 Lesson 15.2... sniaT Lesson 16 . ee Lesson 17 .. 29 Lesson 18 .. i. 30 Acknowledgments ... deere| Egyptian Arabic Introduction Reading can be defined as “the act of decoding graphic material in order to determine its message.” To put it another way, reading consists of coming back to speech through its graphic symbols. In short, meanings reside in the sounds of the spoken language. Speaking a language is the necessary first step to acquiring the ability to read a language with meaning. Arabic is written in the Arabic alphabet which dates back to pre-Islamic periods. It is used today in any country where Arabic is spoken. It has also been adopted by neighboring countries whose Tanguage is not Arabic, such as Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Although Arabic dialects differ, they are all written using the same alphabet. ‘Acomplete listing of the Arabic alphabet has been included for your reference, beginning on page 8. It is shown in a 2-page spread, reading right to left. This is to be used only as a guide since all of the necessary information for beginning to read in Arabic will be given in the audio portion of the readings. In the reading lessons for this course, you will practice recognition and pronunciation of Arabic letters and combination of letters, as well as their use in different words and contexts.— Tgpimmanbie Tntrodaction (conned) “Te recnled portion ofthe reading materia for Egyptian Arabic will be found atthe end of the fpofam, You cin do the readings ait is most con- ‘ement for you Thy canbe dane individually after Chery other unit-or 20, OF done ently afer ‘Completing the fll 30 anit Kststions on how to proceed wih the readings ae contained on Cassette Pe sinter, i ——$— Fayptian Arable ‘The Arabie Alphabet “The Arabic wring sytem is easy to Harn and mum becuse the Arabic apbet has a high cor ‘Rapondence between sound. and symbol. This ‘Bedne that lners pronounced almost the same in ‘very word positon. ‘The Arbic alphabet contains 28 leters in ‘addtion othe maa (gota sop and wo variants existing eters aifandta)-Anumberof di ‘ica marks complement he alphabet. These are ‘fons weton above or below te Fetes they ae fied ‘on page 12. Each leer has four diferent representations, depending on i postion within & ‘word There an independent form, as well a5 & Fegiming. s mil, and an end frm, Arabic is writen cursivly, retin from righ to Ie with the tiers connect 0 one anotet. However, smelters connect nly preceding Toner from the right side: These are known a5 ‘Shay connectors Theater group is called two tony connectors they coanect to oter Fees from bth sis. ‘Te alphabet consis three long. vowels: aif (ea) wa (an, and ya (i, The later two function o> as termcvowele in wet and “yea” There Ie tvce shor counterpart of these vowels repreEgyptian Arabic ‘The Arabic Alphabet (continued) sented by diacritical marks: the fatha (a), the damma (u), and the kasra (i). They are about half as long. A tiny circle written above a consonant is called sukun and represents the absence of a vowel, ‘The mark that resembles a tiny w is called “shadda.” It signifies a doubled consonant. For ‘example, this mark over the letter t in the word for “six” makes the word pronounced /sit-tah/ rather than /sitab if it were not there. If you are not familiar with the Arabic alphabet, you may at first find that it takes some time to associate the appropriate sounds with each letter and/or group of letters. Therefore, we recommend that you take the Reading Lessons at your own pace, repeating each until. you. feel comfortable proceeding to the next. With a little effort, you will be astonished at how quickly you are reading Arabic.® ° Egyptian Arable Egyptian Arable ‘The Arabic Alphabet (continued) ‘The Arabic Alphabet Symbolin Final Medial Ind Name ‘Name Later ‘ramalsration Potion Wisin Pose rameration a t iB . a ali Hi b caer 4 | “4 at ’ o een ae 3 Pa thas . ® se + + em . 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