Nour Albyan

learn Arabic

This course will put your Arabic learning on the right track

Nour Al Bayan

• Arabic is read from right to left
• Almost all the letters in an Arabic word are joined together like handwriting.
• Some letters can’t join because of their shape, but we’ll see them as they come.
• There are 29 letters in the Arabic alphabet
• There is no such thing as capital letters versus small letters
• There is no such thing as printing versus handwriting, Arabic is all handwriting
• All the letters in the alphabet are consonants
• Vowels are separate marks that go on top or underneath these letters
• The letters are shown on the next page

Beginners Guide To Arabic – Learn Arabic Online

• Each letter has 4 forms (which look very similar to each other) o when you write the letter by itself
  o when it comes in the beginning of a word o when it comes in the middle of a word
  o when it comes at the end of a word
• • The forms you saw in the chart above are when the letter is by itself