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Of course the correct way to determine the letters is to learn all the forms of the letters. | Of course the correct way to determine the letters is to learn all the forms of the letters. | ||
==How to read | ==How to read an Arabic word== | ||
If you know the alphabet, you can read the sounds of the letters in a word. But the vowels are often missing, so you have to either determine them from the Arabic diacritics, or from the English transliteration of the word, or from hearing the word. | If you know the alphabet, you can read the sounds of the letters in a word. But the vowels are often missing, so you have to either determine them from the Arabic diacritics, or from the English transliteration of the word, or from hearing the word. | ||
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* Moon letters (keep the "l" in pronunciation): ا ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي | * Moon letters (keep the "l" in pronunciation): ا ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي | ||
So A'''l'''-Quran (القران) is read as A'''l'''-Quran, but A'''l'''-Rahman (الرحمان) is read as | So A'''l'''-Quran (القران) is read as A'''l'''-Quran, but A'''l'''-Rahman (الرحمان) is read as A'''r'''-Rahman, because ر is a sun letter. | ||
When the word is alone, the alif in al- prefix is read as a simple "a". | When the word is alone, the alif in al- prefix is read as a simple "a". | ||