{"id":13724,"date":"2024-01-08T13:37:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/blog\/definite-articles-in-arabic-hamzatu-ilqat-and-hamzatu-ilwasl\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:37:11","slug":"definite-articles-in-arabic-hamzatu-ilqat-and-hamzatu-ilwasl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.kaleelah.com\/en\/blog\/definite-articles-in-arabic-hamzatu-ilqat-and-hamzatu-ilwasl\/","title":{"rendered":"Definite articles in Arabic: hamzatu ilqaT\u02bb and hamzatu ilwaSl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/\u2019ahlan\/ \u0623\u064e\u0647\u0644\u064b\u0627&nbsp; welcome our lesson on Definite Article in our Arabic grammar series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-8555ea75-7fff-79c4-b71c-8224b765a495\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In Part 3 of last week\u2019s lesson on directions, we learned about the definite article in Arabic; however, we thought we needed to explain a little more about another aspect of the definite article that warranted a lesson all its own. It\u2019s called \u0647\u064e\u0645\u0632\u064e\u0629\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0648\u064e\u0635\u0644\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu ilwaSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">, otherwise known in English as \u201cthe link\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/p>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#366091;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu ilwaSl&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">In our lesson on definite articles, you might remember that <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0623\u062f\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0651\u0639\u0631\u064a\u0641<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/\u2019adawaat atta\u02bbreef\/, Arabic for definite articles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Well, you see, there is no word in Standard Arabic that starts with a sukoon(&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0640\u0652<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;) \u2013 the symbol that represents an absence of the vowel on a letter \u2013 because you wouldn\u2019t be able to pronounce it. As a result, an Arabic word must start with any of the three short vowels: <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">fatHah<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> (&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0640\u064e<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;), <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">dhammah<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> (&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0640\u064f<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;) or <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">kasrah<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> (&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0640\u0650<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;). Thus, we add an extra \/\u02bc<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">alif<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/&nbsp;&nbsp;(<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">) with the vowel <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">fatHah <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">(&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0640\u064e<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;) on top of \/\u02bcalif\/&nbsp;&nbsp;(<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">) before the letter \/laam\/ (&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0644<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Now, if you remember learning about the Arabic vowels, you know that any<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u02bcalif<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/ (&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;) in combination with long or short vowels is called&nbsp;\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzah<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/, and the particular hamza used in the definite article to pronounce the word correctly is called a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0647\u064e\u0645\u0632\u064e\u0629\u064f<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0648\u064e\u0635\u0644<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/. The \/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/&nbsp;comes from the symbol that represents the letter <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0635<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp; \u2013 a letter used to abbreviate the word &nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0648\u064e\u0635\u0644<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp; that, in fact, means \/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/ (or, in English, \u201cto join\u201d). Here is an example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">the chair&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627\u0644\u0643\u064f\u0631\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">alkursey\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:0pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border:none;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"79\">\n<col width=\"138\">\n<col width=\"96\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:0pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:#366091;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rules of hamzatu ilwaSl<\/span><\/h1>\n<ol style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;\">\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:decimal;font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: 18pt;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu ilwaSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> only comes at the beginning of a word.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type:decimal;font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;margin-left: 18pt;\" aria-level=\"1\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:14pt;\" role=\"presentation\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu ilwaSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> is not pronounced if a word with <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzat waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> has a preceding word. That is, if the first word of a sentence has a <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzat waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">, then you\u2019ll pronounce the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzat waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">; however, if the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzatu ilwaSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> word is not the first word, then you drop its pronunciation. See the following examples.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-left:0pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border:none;border-collapse:collapse;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"183\">\n<col width=\"221\">\n<col width=\"141\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height:0pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The chair is beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/alkurseyu jameelun\/<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;\u0627\u0644\u0643\u064f\u0631\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651\u064f \u062c\u064e\u0645\u064a\u0644\u064c<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height:0pt\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">The pen is under the chair.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/alqalamu taHta ilkursey\/<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627\u0644\u0652\u0642\u064e\u0644\u064e\u0645\u064f \u062a\u064e\u062d\u0652\u062a\u064e \u0627\u0644\u0643\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Notice in the first example that the word \u0627\u0644\u0643\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651 \/alkursey\/ has no word that comes before it so the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzat waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> is pronounced. In the second example, however, \u0627\u0644\u0643\u064f\u0631\u0652\u0633\u0650\u064a\u0651 \/alkursey\/ has the preposition&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u062a\u064e\u062d\u0652\u062a\u064e<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">taHta<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/ (\u201cunder\u201d) before it so the <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">hamzat ilwaSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\"> is not pronounced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">Hamzatu ilwaSl has other uses as well where it is a part of some nouns like <\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u0627\u0645\u0631\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0629<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">&nbsp;\/<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">imra\u02bcah<\/span><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">\/ (\u201cwoman\u201d).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-weight:normal;\"><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size:24pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;\">What\u2019s more, you can also find it at the beginning of certain verbs. However, in this lesson, we just stuck to its use in the definite article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">Of course, if you\u2019d like to dig a little deeper into <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">hamzat waSl<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> or even find some more vocabulary for looking for an apartment, then download the Kaleela Arabic language learning app and start learning Arabic the right way today. 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In Part 3 of last week\u2019s lesson on directions, we learned about the definite article in Arabic; however, we thought we needed to explain a little more about another aspect of the definite article that warranted a lesson all its own. 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