:meow-bug: Yalla, let's learn some Arabic :meow-coffee:

خَلف = خَ + ل + ف

This   َ   is a short vowel.

Arabic has 3 long vowels and 3 short counterparts.

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The letter خ "khaa' " is pronounced like the Scottish pronunciation of loch and German ch in Bach - where is the dot placed?

Remember, the ح sound is produced without the vocal cords vibrating and so it does NOT have a dot.

ل makes an l sound

The letter's name is لام laam

ف makes an f sound

The letter's name is فاء *faa' *

This short vowel   َ  

is called a fat7a فَتحة and it is just a short diagonal stroke, which is placed above the letter it follows, e.g. بَ ba (remember, ب is b)

The fat7a   َ   , transliterated as a, is pronounced like the a in 'pat' or 'fat'.

So if you have a "meem" م (m sound) and you write a fat7a   َ   above the م it will look like this: مَ, pronounced ma

ب + َ + م = بَ + م = بَم

بَم is just bam

So خَلف is khalf, which actually means behind.

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ع + َ + ر + َ + ب = عَ + رَ + ب = عَرَب

So عَرَب, study the ع , is عarab (Arab)

Short vowels are not part of the alphabet. The length of short vowels corresponds to the length of most English vowels, and the length of the long vowels is twice that of their short counterparts.

These posts are kinda like sneak peeks, even though I’m putting a lot of effort in them, so it's okay if you feel lost :blob-no-thoughts: but do let me know if you have any questions!

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