Posted on: Thursday, November 18th, 2010 0 comments
To help Arabic learners with the pronunciation of the letters and sounds of the Arabic alphabet I have developed the Arabic Letters App. To add to this resource, I have compiled a number of useful videos from YouTube that show how to pronounce each letter. Please take a look for … Continue reading
Posted on: Saturday, August 21st, 2010 1 comments
I’ve been receiving a lot of requests from readers of this blog and my book The Magic Key To The Arabic Alphabet to create an application that helps them with the pronunciation of the Arabic letters. Well, after some trial and error I am proud to announce that the Arabic … Continue reading
Posted on: Sunday, November 15th, 2009 1 comments
Today I received an interesting email from a reader of this blog, asking me about software that is capable of converting Arabic text into transliterated Arabic: Dear Max, I know there are online tools where I can enter the word رسول and it will tell me the translation ‘messenger’ but … Continue reading
Posted on: Monday, November 9th, 2009 2 comments
Arabic Writing Writing in Arabic is something that many beginning Arabic learners are afraid of. Many simply don’t know how to begin learning the Arabic alphabet and writing system. In this article I give you some tips on how best to approach Arabic writing and how to master it. 1. … Continue reading
Posted on: Saturday, November 7th, 2009 2 comments
The Arabic alphabet contains a number of sounds that are difficult to pronounce for non-native speakers. Here I’ll give you some tips that will help you with the pronunciation of the sounds in the Arabic alphabet. Remember that the best way to improve your pronunciation is through listening. And I … Continue reading
Posted on: Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 0 comments
The Arabic alphabet has 28 letters – only two more than the English alphabet. So what makes the Arabic alphabet so difficult to learn for beginning Arabic students? There are a number of reasons for this. I explain the three most common problems and show you how to overcome them. … Continue reading
Posted on: Friday, October 2nd, 2009 2 comments
Since releasing the Arabic alphabet course “The Magic Key To The Arabic Alphabet” 10 days ago I have received many questions from the readers of this blog. I thought it might be useful if I shared my replies to the most common questions here for the benefit of everyone. Q: … Continue reading
Posted on: Saturday, September 26th, 2009 1 comments
Further to my recent blog post about the Arabic short vowels, I want to give you a little trick that you can use to remember the sounds and shapes of all the short vowels. For each of the harakaat there is a mnemonic, or memory aid, that helps you remember … Continue reading
Posted on: Friday, September 25th, 2009 104 comments
When chatting online Arabs often use the Latin letters to write in Arabic instead of the Arabic alphabet. And, because certain sounds in the Arabic alphabet don’t have a counterpart in Western languages, there are a number of symbols used to represent these special sounds. So don’t be surprised to … Continue reading
Posted on: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 0 comments
Finally! Today I published Arabic Genie’s Magic Key To The Arabic Alphabet. It contains a unique method for learning the Arabic letters that hasn’t been published anywhere before. Instead of rote memorization, the method works through the use of mnemonics, or memory aids, that anchor the shape and sound of … Continue reading
Posted on: Wednesday, August 19th, 2009 104 comments
While Arabic tattoos can be aesthetically pleasing if the right calligraphy is used, there are a huge number of cases where neither the person getting the tattoo done nor the tattooist have the slightest idea of Arabic. The result is often disastrous: incorrect or ugly Arabic writing. I’ll show you … Continue reading
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