Arabic Pronunciation
Jul 8, 2021
Freshman Arabic students commonly remark:
1. “Arabic has a lot of difficult sounds”, and
2. “Arabic has a lot of guttural sounds”.
They always stress “difficult” …
Well, they are only difficult if you do not understand how they are pronounced yet.
So, here we go…
We’ll get to the guttural sounds later. For now, let’s concentrate on those simply “difficult” sounds.
Well…. They are not as difficult as you think!
In upcoming articles, I will detail how I simplify these sounds for my students.
In the meantime, here is a chart, with the Arabic sounds: Click here to hear watch a video with each sound name and pronunciation!
Click here for my Introduction to Arabic book (print and audio): “In Arabic… I Love You”