What’s Up with Arabic Prepositions?
Hello and welcome to Kaleela. Over the past few weeks we’ve been delving into Arabic grammar. Today we will continue as we talk about prepositions – those parts of Arabic speech that are usually placed in front of a noun or noun phrase and show the direction, time, place, location, or spatial relationship to that […]
Counting with Confidence: Mastering Arabic Numbers Grammar
Welcome to a crucial and often challenging aspect of Arabic: Arabic numbers grammar! Unlike English, where numbers rarely change for gender, Arabic numbers have specific rules, especially regarding agreement with the noun they count. If you’ve ever wondered about Arabic numbers masculine and feminine forms, or how to correctly say Arabic numbers 20-30 or Arabic […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ي /yaa’/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog. If you’ve been following us for the last few weeks, you know that we’ve been looking into the Arabic alphabet. And if you’ve made it this far, congratulations! Today you’ve reached the end as we look at the letter ي /yaa’/. Both a Vowel and a […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter و /waaw/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog where we’ve once again been focusing on the Arabic alphabet. We’ll continue our journey today with an Arabic letter that will leave you saying “Wow” – the letter و /waaw/. Both a Vowel and a Consonant The letter و /waaw/ can either be a consonant or a […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ه /haa’/
Hello and welcome to the Kaleela blog where we’ve once again been focusing on the Arabic alphabet. We’ll continue our journey today as we look at the letter ه/ haa’/. The consonant letter ه/ haa’/ is equivalent to the letter “h” in English and pronounced the same as in house, hint or hat but not […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ن /noon/
Hello! For those of you who have been following us for quite some time, welcome back to the Kaleela blog. And for those of you who are joining us for the first time, we’d like to invite you to join us today as we continue our series on the Arabic alphabet where we’ll be looking […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter م /meem/
As we continue our exploration of the Arabic alphabet, our attention turns to the letter Meem. This blog post will delve into the different shapes of the Meem letter, the ways in which it changes depending on its position within a word, and provide a range of commonly used Arabic words that feature the letter […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ل /laam/
In our ongoing investigation of the Arabic alphabet, we will now focus on the letter laam. Our present blog post will delve into various aspects of the letter Laam, such as its shapes, the variations it takes depending on its position in a word, and numerous examples of frequently used Arabic words that contain the […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ك /kaaf/
Hello and welcome once again to our blog. Those of you who have been following us lately know that we have been exploring the Arabic alphabet, and our series continues today with the letter ك /kaaf/. The Arabic consonant letter ك /kaaf/ is really easy to pronounce as it is the Arabic equivalent to the […]
The Arabic Alphabet: The Letter ق /qaaf/
Hello and welcome to our blog where today we continue our series on the Arabic alphabet with the letter ق /qaaf/. ق /qaaf/ is a consonant letter with a sound similar to the letter ك /k/, and though it is represented by the letter q, it does not have a sound equivalent to q or any […]