{"id":358,"date":"2020-10-21T00:49:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T00:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.champolu.com\/content\/?p=358"},"modified":"2021-10-15T06:10:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T06:10:51","slug":"lesson-6-arabic-sun-and-moon-letters-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.champolu.com\/content\/arabic\/lesson-6-arabic-sun-and-moon-letters-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%b1%d9%88%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a9\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 6 – Arabic Sun and Moon Letters \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0631\u0648\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0645\u0633\u064a\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0629"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our lesson today is about Arabic sun and moon letters, which are important for pronouncing and understanding Arabic words. In Lesson # 3, we have seen how to use the article al- before words to make them definite, such as \u201cthe\u201d in English. However, since al- becomes part of the word, its pronunciation sometimes changes according to the first letter of the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This pronunciation can change by removing the \u201cL\u201d sound from al-, and doubling the sound of the next letter, using shaddah, which we learned in Lesson # 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example: al-nahr (the river) >> an-nahr<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When does this happen? It happens when the first letter of the word belongs to a group of letters called al-huroof ash-shamseyyah (sun letters). However, if the first letter is from the other group (al-huroof al-qamareyyah), al- is pronounced normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this lesson, we will see which letters are sun letters and which are moon letters, and we will show an example sentence for a word beginning with each letter, together with al- .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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List of sun and moon letters in Arabic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A phrase for memorizing moon letters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u0627\u0628\u063a \u062d\u062c\u0643 \u0648\u062e\u0641 \u0639\u0642\u064a\u0645\u0647<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(roughly meaning “pursue your pilgrimage, and be concerned about it being futile”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any letter among these is a moon letter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

alif \u0623 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

baa\u2019 \u0628<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ghayn \u063a <\/p>\n\n\n\n

haa\u2019 \u062d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

jeem \u062c <\/p>\n\n\n\n

kaaf \u0643<\/p>\n\n\n\n

waaw \u0648 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

khaa\u2019 \u062e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faa\u2019 \u0641 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018ayn \u0639<\/p>\n\n\n\n

qaaf \u0642 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

yaa\u2019 \u064a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

meem \u0645 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

haa\u2019 \u0647<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rest are sun letters<\/p>\n\n\n\n