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الْأَمِيــْــرَةُ الْقَاسِيــَــةُ This is an Arabic short story for foreigners / for non-Arabs. It is taken from a series of long stories which Kamil Kilani wrote. The original text is in more advanced Arabic. This version has been abridged and simplified to be suitable for learners of Arabic as a foreign language.  فِي مَمْلَكَةٍ هِنْدِيَّةٍ قَدِيْمَةٍ، عَاشَ أَمِيرٌ …

What is shadda? What is shadda? shadda شَدَّة is a diacritical mark that is indicated by the mark ( ـّ ). It means the doubling of a consonant. In other words, the consonant over which the shadda is placed is to be sounded/uttered twice without inserting a short vowel (i.e.  fatha  ـَ , kasra  ـِ , or dhamma  ـُ , in between. So, instead of writing the same consonant twice, it…

What is taa marbuta? What is taa marbuta? taa marbuta is the taa that always occurs at the end of certain nouns and adjectives. If connected to the preceding letter, it is written like this ـة, as in سَاعَة ‘watch’, فَاطِمَة ‘Fatima (name)’, and خَيْمَة ‘tent.’ If it occurs after one of the letters that do not connect to the following letter (i.e. ا, د, ذ, ر, ز,و) , it is writ…

Silent alif al-wasl Silent alif al-wasl أَلِفُ الْوَصْلِ is the conjunctive/connective alif that we do not pronounced in connected speech. When we speak, it is common that we assimilate, drop, or blend certain sounds/letters. In English, for example, we pronounce the phrase does she as dushee in connected speech. In Arabic, the most common assimilation and/or dropping occurs w…

This is article 4 of easy news in Arabic. We have taken the original article from a top online version of an Arabic newspaper or news outlet. Then, we abridge and simplify the article. So, the abridged pieces of new becomes readable. Also, it is informative Arabic language learning source. Through easy news in Arabic, learners of the language would learn current and everyday Ar…

This is article 3 of easy news in Arabic. We have taken the original article from a top online version of an Arabic newspaper or news outlet. Then, we abridge and simplify the article. So, the abridged pieces of new becomes readable. Also, it is informative Arabic language learning source. Through easy news in Arabic, learners of the language would learn current and everyday Ar…