Speaking Arabic Like a Native – Arabic Lesson For Beginners – fasiharabic.com

Speaking Arabic Like a Native
In this section, I share a couple of tricks to help you focus on pronunciation
of difficult letters that, if you can master, are sure to make you sound like a
native speaker! Here are some difficult letters and some related words you
should familiarize yourself with:
 Haa’: Hamraa’ (hahm-raah; red); Hassan (hah-san; man’s name); Hiwaar
(hee-war; conversation); Haziin (hah-zeen; sad)
 ‘ayn: ‘ajiib (ah-jeeb; amazing); ‘aziima (ah-zee-mah; determination);
‘ariiD (ah-reed; wide)
 qaaf: qif (kee-f; stop); qird (kee-red; monkey); qaws (kah-wes; bow)
 ghayn: ghaDbaan (rad-bahn; angry); ghurfa (goor-fah; room); ghadan
(rah-dan; tomorrow)
The difference between native Arabic speakers and nonnatives is enunciation.
If you can enunciate your letters clearly — particularly the more difficult
ones — you’ll sound like you’re fluent! Practice these words over and over
until you feel comfortable repeating them really quickly and very distinctly.
With practice, you’ll sound more like a native and less like someone who’s
just trying to pick up the language! Plus, memorizing these words not only
helps with your pronunciation but also helps build your vocabulary!