Here you are, making progress in learning the
Arabic language. Now that you are in the 10th letter of the Arabic
alphabet and almost halfway finishing the very basics of the Arabic language
which is the Arabic alphabet, which means you are dedicated and willing to
learn more. Moving on to another letter in the Arabic Alphabet. Always remember
that knowing the letters of the Arabic letters is a big step towards learning
the Arabic language easily and appropriately. It gives the learner all that is
needed to get to advanced Arabic.
Here we
are moving on to the next letter in the Arabic Alphabet in this blog, we will present
a new letter in the Arabic alphabet: Raa’ in the Arabic language. Raa’ is
equivalent to the letter R in English but with more emphasis. Raa’ is easy to
pronounce and detect because it’s close in pronunciation to the English letter
R. To pronounce it properly, you just need to roll your tongue while producing
the sound. Also, the letter Raa’ only functions as a consonant letter. This
blog will have all you need to understand the letter Raa’.
Before we start with the shapes of the letter Raa’,
we need to demonstrate an important note that states that the letter Raa’ can
only be connected from the right side. As shown below in the table. Some Arabic
letters can only be connected from the right side (1st group). The
second group (2nd group) shows letters that can be connected from
both sides.
|
1st
group: |
Connected
from the right side |
أ\و\د\ذ\ر\ز |
|
2nd
group: |
Connected
from both sides |
ب\ت\ث\ج\ح\خ\س\ش\ص\ض\ط\ظ\ع\غ\ف\ق\ك\ل\م\ن\ه\ي |
The letter Raa’ falls in the
first group. Raa’ connects itself from the right side only. So, let us get to
know the letter Raa’ and give some Arabic words with Raa’ after the video.
As shown in the video, this is the shape of the letter Raa’ standing alone. The
form of the letter Raa’ changes depending on where it appears in a word. So, we
can have it either at the beginning of the word (initial), middle of the word
(medial), or ending of the word (final). But firstly, notice that the letter Raa’
is easy to write and it looks like a crescent moon. If it is standing alone and
it looks like this “ر.”
As in: (رأس) which means Head. Now, let us get to know the different
shapes of the letter Raa’ and give some Arabic words with Raa’.
The letter Raa’ has 2 forms, depending on its position in the word
Initial (ر): When it comes at the beginning of a word:
As in: رأس/raʼs/ which means Head
Medial: 1) While being connected (ـر):
As in: / فراولة faraawilah/ which means
Strawberries
2) While not being connected (ر):
As in: مدرسة/madrasah/
which
means School
1) Final while being connected (ـر):
As in: قمر /qamar/ which means Moon
2) Final while not being connected (ذ):
As in: جزر /jazar/ which means
Carrots
|
Cases |
Connected |
Disconnected |
|
Initial |
---------- |
رأس
/raʼs/ |
|
Medial |
فراولة
/faraawilah/ |
مدرسة
/madrasah/ |
|
Final |
قمر /qamar/ |
جزر
/jazar/ |
That was it for the letter Raa’; you can also
watch the video about the letter Raa’ on our YouTube channel and listen to how
the letter Raa’ is pronounced. Kaleela offers its users further practice on
both the website and the application, and it covers all the material you
require. Also, you can have the Arabic language listed and broken down into
levels and topics to make it easier for you to learn the language gradually. We
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