Transliteration Table 3 ayn ' hamza d daal s seen D Daad S Saad r raa t taa R Rayn (ghayn) T Taa h haa k kaaf H Haa Kh Kha dh dhaal th thaa Dh Dhaa Vowels: a fathah aa fathah plus alif i kasrah ee kasrah plus yaa (used as vowel) u Dammah uu Dammah plus waw (used as vowel) examples daftar walad baab laa masjid mindeel sireer fee sukkar maksuur kaafiruun Consonnants: y yaa when used as a consonnant, not as a vowel w waw when used as a consonnant, not as a vowel examples: thawb hulw yawm bayt huwa hiya huwa = haa with dammah and waw with fathah hiya = haa with kasrah and yaa with fathah Sounds of vowels: a, aa as the vowel sound in the word sat i, ee as the vowel sound in the word see u, uu as the vowel sound in the word soon A, AA as the vowel sound in the word saw this happens with 8 letters: Saad, Daad, Dhaa, Taa, raa, Rayn, qaaf, Khaa examples: SAlah, DAyf, DhAhr, TAAlib, rAbb, RAyr, qAlam, KhAlaq ---------- Lesson 1 (35) ahaadhaa is this aktub write baab door bayt house daftar copybook deek rooster haadhaa this Himaar donkey HiSAAn horse iqrA'a read jamal camel kalb dog kitaab book kursiy chair laa no maa what maa haadhaa what is this maktab desk man who masjid mosque miftaaH key mindeel handerchief mudarris teacher na3am yes najm star qAlam pen qAmeeS shirt qiTT cat rAjul man sireer bed taajir merchant tareen exercise TAbeeb doctor TAAlib student wa and walad boy all nouns are masculin ---------- Lesson 2 (6) adhaalika is that dhaalika that hajar stone imaam imaam laban milk sukkar sugar all nouns are masc. ---------- Lesson 3 (62) 'ab father 'akh brother 'iSba3 finger 3aSr afternoon prayer 3ayn eye 3isha' evening prayer baarid cold ba3eed far dukkaan store, shop DAyf guest Dufr nail dhahab departure DhAhr back Dhuhr noon prayer fajr dawn prayer fam why, wherefore faqeer poor hawaa' air, wind Haarr hot Hulw sweet jadeed new jalis sitting jameel beautiful jannah paradise kabeer big ka3bah kaabah khAfeef light Khubz bread ladheedh sweet tasting laHm meat maa' water maksuur broken maftuuH opened mareeD sick maRrib sunset prayer naDeef clean qAdeem old qAmar moon qAreeb near qASeer short (in height) quraan Quraan rA'as head rAsuul messenger RAdaa' breakfast RAniy rich samak fish shams sun SAAbuun soap SAdeeq truth SAdr chest SAlah prayer SAReer small tuffaaH apple TAweel tall (in height) thaqeel heavy thawb thawb waaqif standing wajh face warAq paper wasikh dirty yad hand zahrAh (fem) flower Note: nouns ending with "ah" are feminin ---------- Lesson 4 3alaa on anaa me anta you, masculin anti you, feminin ayna where dhahaba he went fee in huwa he is hiya she is Hammaam bathroom huruf al jarrA prepositions ilaa to jaami3ah university KhAraja he came out maTbaKh kitchen maadhaa what madrAsah school min from mirHaaD toilet mudeer director Rurfah room suuq market saa3ah watch, clock samaa' sky Male Names Female Names 3abbaas 3a'ishah 3aliy aminah 3ammaar aamnah Haamid faaTimah KhAAlid KhAdeejah muHammad maryam sa3eed SAfiyyah yaasir ruqAyyah zaynab Countries filibbeen Philippines hind India Seen China yaabaan Japan ---------- Lesson 5 3alayhi upon him 3amm paternal uncle 3ammah paternal aunt bint daughter duktuur doctor faySAl male name Haqeebah briefcase hunaak there ‘ibn son ‘ibnu man anta whose son are you ‘ism name Khaal maternal uncle Khaalah maternal aunt maa ‘ismu what is the name madeenah al munawwarah man anta who are you man haadha whose is this ... mas3uud male name mudarissah teacher (feminin) muDaafun ilayhi possessive noun muhandis engineer muRlaq closed sayyaarah car shaari3 street shayKh Sheikh taHta under wazeer minister ---------- Lesson 6 FEMININ WORDS 3ayn eye baqarah cow dajaajah hen darraajah bike Haarrah hot jadeedah new jameelah beautiful madrassah school mareeDah sick ( adjective) mareeDah sick person mil3aqah spoon mikwaah iron (to press clothes) muRlaqah closed naafidhah window qadeemah old qahwah coffee qidr pot / bowl rijl leg sareeR small Rurfah room Tabeebah doctor thallaajah refrigerator ‘ukht sister ‘Udhun ear wasiKhah dirty yad hand MASCULIN WORDS 'anas male name ‘Anf nose fallaH farmer fam mouth shaay tea OTHER WORDS ahiya is she ayDan also ba3eedah, far ( fem) haadhihi this (fem) hiya it is (fem) huwa he is huwa it is (masc) hiya she is jaalisah sitting (fem) jiddan very liman whose liman haadhaa to whom does this belong to liman haadhihi to whom does this belong to (fem) man haadhaa who is this man haadhaa ... whose is this ... man haadhihi who is this (fem) man haadhihi .... whose is this ... maRrib, al maRribu West, the West mashriq, al mashriqu East, the East waaqifah, waaqifatun standing (fem) ---------- Lesson 7 adhalika is that (masc) atilka is that (fem) bayDah egg (fem) baTTah duck (fem) Hadeeqah man tilka who is that (fem) mu'adhdhin caller to prayer mumarridah naaqah qaSeerah short (fem) Taalibah student (fem) tilka that (fem) Taweelah tall (fem) 'umm mother ----------