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A1 Script & Pronunciation Verified

The Arabic Letter Miim: Your 'M' Sound (م)

Miim (م) is a versatile, dot-free letter that sounds like 'M' and frequently forms nouns and professions.

  • • Sounds exactly like the English 'm' in 'moon'.
  • • A Moon Letter: the 'L' in 'Al-' is always pronounc...
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The Arabic Letter Yaa: Your Guide to 'Y' and 'EE' (ي)

The letter `ي` is your go-to tool for showing possession and identifying yourself in Arabic.

  • • Final letter of the alphabet with 'y' or 'ee' soun...
  • • Changes shape: Initial, Medial, Final, and Isolate...
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Shadda: The Letter Doubler (ّ)

The Shadda is a pause-and-release button that turns one letter into two—ignore it and you change the word's meaning.

  • • Shadda (`ّ`) doubles the consonant sound.
  • • Hold the sound: Stop then release.
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A1 Pronouns Verified

Saying 'I', 'You', and 'He' (Independent Pronouns)

Use these independent pronouns as the subject of a sentence to say who is doing something or to describe who someone is.

  • • Subject pronouns stand alone as separate words
  • • Distinguish clearly between Masculine and Feminine
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A1 Prepositions & Particles Verified

The "With" Prefix (bi-)

The prefix `ب` is the tiny connector used for tools, transport, and specific locations in Arabic.

  • • Prefix `ب` means "with," "by," or "at."
  • • Attaches directly to the front of nouns.
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A1 Noun Gender Verified

The 'Happy' Plural: Sound Feminine (-aat)

To make feminine nouns plural, drop the `ة` and add `ـات` (-aat); treat non-human plurals as singular "she".

  • • Add `ـات` (-aat) to the end
  • • Remove `ة` (ta-marbuta) first
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A1 Noun Gender Verified

Pluralizing People: Teachers & Engineers (-uun, -aat)

Use `-uun` for groups of men/mixed humans and `-aat` for groups of women; never use them for objects.

  • • Sound Masculine Plural adds `-uun` to human nouns...
  • • Sound Feminine Plural adds `-aat` after removing t...
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A1 Noun Gender Verified

The Broken Plural: Reshaping Words (Jam' al-Taksir)

Broken plurals involve reshaping the word's internal vowels and non-human plurals are grammatically treated as singular feminine.

  • • Broken plurals change internal vowels (like mouse...
  • • There are no suffixes like -oon or -at.
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A1 Noun Gender Verified

The 'Things' Plural: أَفْعَال (af'āl)

This pattern 'breaks' singular nouns to form plurals like `وقت` (time) becoming `أوقات` (times).

  • • A common 'broken plural' pattern, changing the ins...
  • • The pattern follows the template `أَفْعَال` (a- -ā...
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A1 Basic Verbs Verified

Past Tense: I & We (katabtu, katabnā)

To say "I did it," add **-tu**; to say "We did it," add **-nā** to the verb stem.

  • • Used for completed past actions.
  • • Add suffix -tu (ـتُ) for 'I'.
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A1 Basic Verbs Verified

Past Tense: Addressing a Woman (-ti)

To say 'You (female) did it,' silence the verb's last letter and add `-ti` (تِ).

  • • Use pronoun 'Anti' (You, f.)
  • • Add suffix '-ti' to verb root
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A1 Prepositions & Particles Verified

Negative Past: Using Ma (Didn't)

To say you didn't do something in the past, just put `ma` (مَا) before the past tense verb.

  • • Use `ma` (مَا) to say "didn't".
  • • Place `ma` directly before the past verb.
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A1 Root Pattern Verified

The 'Doer' (Active Participle)

The Active Participle turns a verb into the person doing it (Writer) or the state they are in (Writing).

  • • Describes the doer or state.
  • • Form I pattern: fāʿil (kātib).
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A1 Pronouns Verified

Relative Pronouns for Two (Al-Ladhān / Al-Latān)

Relative pronouns for two items mirror the dual noun's ending (-ān or -ayn) and are uniquely spelled with two Lams.

  • • Used for linking sentences about exactly two thing...
  • • Must agree in gender (M/F) and case.
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A1 Case System Verified

Tamyiiz: The Specifier (Clarifying 'In What Way')

Use an indefinite, singular, accusative noun to specify 'in what way' something is bigger, better, or counted.

  • • Clarifies ambiguous nouns or sentences.
  • • Always in the accusative case (ending in -an).
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A1 Advanced Verbs Verified

Passive Voice: Hiding the Doer (Majhul)

Change the vowels to 'u-i' for past or 'u-a' for present to hide the subject and focus on the object.

  • • Hides the doer of the action
  • • Past pattern: u-i vowels (kutiba)
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