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Arabic Letters and Writing Basic introduction

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 Arabic Letters and Writing Basic introduction  Before jumping into the letters and how they're written and connected, a foundation needs to be laid in place.  Main Points: Arabic is Written Right to left  <--------- Arabic letters change shape slightly depending on their position in the word. The letters you learn on their own are what they look like at the end of the word There is a total of 28 Letters plus some special Characters.  22 Letters can be connected from both sides, while 6 can only be connected from the right. When connecting a letter from the right side the shape doesn't change. only from the left. Arabic letters come in groups, meaning you can see 3 letters that look exactly the same but just have an extra dot above or below.  Different dialects may pronounce some of the letters differently compared to the standard.  Of course , just giving listing this information may not be enough to understand or imagine everything that's going on here. So, let's

Egyptian Arabic Nouns الاسماء

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 Welcome, أهلا وسهلا  When it comes to nouns, especially human nouns. Such as jobs titles, there are different genders of those nouns (Masculine, feminine and Plural). Because a " teacher " could be either a man or a woman.   A similar example to this in English would be “actor and actress”, this applies to all human nouns in Arabic. Muhandis/a Engineer مهندس/مهندسة Mudarris/a Teacher مدرس/مدرسة Talib/taliba Student طالب/طالبة Now, let's make some examples to see how the pronouns and nouns work together: - I am a teacher ( male speaking) / ana Mudarris / أنا مدرس  - I am a teacher ( female speaking) / ana Mudarrisa / أنا مدرسة  - You are a teacher ( addressing female) / Enty Mudarrisa / إنتي مدرسة  - You are a teacher ( addressing male) / Enta Mudarris / أنت مدرس  - You are teachers ( addressing plural) / Ento Mudarriseen / انتوا مدرسين  You must be wondering where is "am, i

Egyptian Arabic Pronouns الضمائر المصرية

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  Welcome, أهلا وسهلا   Starting a language with the pronouns is always a good idea and it's an even better idea if you just focus on "I and You". Since they are the most commonly used when speaking. You always talk about yourself and your actions as well as addressing people directly.  Now , when it comes to Arabic. it can be a little bit more detailed. Arabic is gender based. So, speaking to a male is slightly different than speaking to a female. also speaking to a group has its own pronoun.  Let's take a look at Egyptian Arabic pronouns: Ana I أنا Enta You (male) انت Enty You (female) إنتي Ento You (plural) إنتوا Howwa He هو Heyya She هي E7na We إحنا Homma They هما Now, if you take a look at Egyptian pronouns, you'l