Jul 29, 2015

Reading Arabic fluently without harakat (Vowel marks)

بسم الله الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu A common question I get asked by students is "How can I read and understand Arabic fluently without the harakat (Vowel marks)?". It will probably come as little surprise to most students that this process will take years...

Jun 4, 2015

Indefiniteness in the Arabic language

One of the First concepts taught in Basic Arabic Grammar is the subject of Indefiniteness of nouns. Indefiniteness is usually represented by tanween and the removal of the Alif and Laam of definiteness at the beginning of a word . It usually signifies that a noun is unknown or undefined. اشتَرَيْتُ...