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Similar Sounding Arabic Letters & Words

Posted by Mourad Diouri On October - 10 - 2008

 

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9 Comments

• At 2008.10.11 10:56, David Warren said:
  

  Thanks for the exercise Mourad, makes you realise how important correct pronounciation is - on one of the e-flashcards, the english is given as cly/fig - is it meant to be clay perhaps?
  thanks

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• At 2008.10.12 09:42, Jones.Marc said:
  

  Yes these are great! it’s good to compare the different ’subtleties’ and practise them. Otherwise there’s a danger of getting sloppy.

  I notice with 3aqlun that it means brain. I’ve also seen it in my grammar book to mean ‘mind, intellect’etc. Is it often used to describe these terms?

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• At 2008.10.12 20:30, Mourad Diouri said:
  

  Marc,
  Thanks for your prompt feedback. I am glad you found this resource useful.
  The word (عَقْلٌ ) has multiple meaning depending on context : As a noun it could mean : mind, intellect, nous, brains, wit, mentality, reason, intelligence, sense, psyche, pate, skull, etc…

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• At 2008.10.12 20:32, Mourad Diouri said:
  

  David,
  Thanks for your prompt feedback.
  You are right again! - I meant to write clay for (طينٌ)
  Thanks again for your observations…
  Mourad

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• At 2008.10.13 11:44, Warren.David said:
  

  Hi Mourad,
  I find these pronunciation exercises very useful and I was wondering if (since I mentioned in class that I was having particular trouble learning how to “trill my R’s”) it would be possible to include a similar exercise focusing on this?

  Obviously you’re very busy at the moment but perhaps sometime in the future there could be a flashcard exercise that includes words with prominent “R’s”.

  Considering it, is trilling in arabic a case of one’s personal preference? Are there certain words which would sound peculiar/be misunderstood by a native speaker if a foreigner didn’t trill the R?

  Thanks, sorry for such a long post.

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• At 2008.10.13 16:34, Mourad Diouri said:
  

  David,
  Thanks for your suggestion.
  I will keep this in mind. I am sure there are many Arabic Learners having trouble how to trill their Rs. Will keep you informed when I get some time to design a list of words with (Raa’).
  Here are some external resources to help your pronunciation of R’s:
  1. Sounds of Spoken Language: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#
  Click on Spanish > Modo > Vibrantes > [r]
  There you will find some audio samples of trilled R’s
  2. Help Me to Trill the Spanish ‘R’ :http://towerofconfusion.wordpress.com/2007/06/22/help-me-to-trill-the-spanish-r/
  3. The trilled R, and how I learned to do it
  http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1406&get=last
  Hope this helps,
  Best,
  Mourad

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• At 2008.10.17 09:52, Macdonald.Alisdair said:
  

  This is a very useful tool, both for learning vocab and for highlighting the subtle differences between similar sounding letters. As a beginner, the juxtaposition of words that sound very similar, but in fact have completely different meanings, has aided me in my learning of the alphabet. Flashcards such as these have highlighted the different pronunciations of letters, and the way that they affect the vowels surrounding them.

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• At 2008.10.17 10:29, Henley.Alex said:
  

  This is super. I suspect I’ll keep coming back to this for some time…!
  A

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• At 2011.08.07 11:14, e-Arabic FlashCards Directory | e-Arabic Flashcards (BYKI) said:
  

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