non vowelling accents

Asslamualikum,

Hey ?......which surah did you listen to yesterday? ......Today we are going to talk about non vowelling accents..........

Last time we talked about vowelling accents and how it drives the letter to how it should be pronounced .....

Have you ever thought about non vowelling accents ? ...........yes, there are two....Also those two lie under

Tashkeel  or in Arabic language : تشكيل

It means literally " shaping " as it shapes the tone of  letter's  pronunciation (refer to previous post ).

 1-  Sokoun :  It shows as a little circle on the top of the letter...... let me show an example ....

محمّدْ

Here you can see it on the top of letter dal  :    ْد

This sign or accent orders you to stop driving the letter anywhere ........just pronounce it as it is .....and here in our example .......we are not going to say :  daa    doo   dee

we will only pronounce it as it is  : d

we call this accent Sokoun ........which means in Arabic language literally silence ....which means no vowelling accents here.

2- shaddah : It shows like three tines of a fork and It lies on the top of a letter........with the same example...this time on the letter "meem "..... م

محمّد

Shaddah orders you to pronounce the letter twice at the same spot as you are stressing on that letter.

Shaddah means literally in Arabic language .......( to pull ) .....as if you are pulling the letter to pronounce it twice .

In most cases you see in Quran the accent Shaddah is accompanied with one of the vowelling accents :

( fat'hah -cus'rah -dammah )

for example :

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                         دُّ    دِّ     دَّ                 

At this point,  what you have to do is to stress on the letter as if you are pronouncing the letter twice  plus driving the letter to where the accent takes (drives) you  ......up with fat'hah ; down with cus'rah ; or to circle your lips with dammah.

I hope it is clear .... , I am waiting for your comments and questions.

vowelling accents

Asslamualikum,

Today I am going to present a new but familiar thing in Arabic language as they are vital for reciting Qur'an the proper way 

.....dramatically important as they may change the meaning of the word totally and sometimes flip it.

I call them " vowelling accents " .......in Arabic language it is very well known as " Tashkeel " 

تشكيل

Also, vowelling accent is an indicator of the Arabic language grammar rules if it is placed on the top or base of the last letter of a word.

If it is placed on the top or base of the letter ( at the beginning - mid ) of a word, it will give you an indicator on how to pronounce the letter the proper way.

DAAAAAAAAAAA ...did I lost you ? .....it is easy ....just be patient .......I will explain in this post some of these issues.ً

Why do I call them " vowelling accents " ?....(.important question before I start).......because they behave as vowels but not in a full power.......then why accents ?.......as they are placed on the top or base of the letter exactly as French language accent .

Vowelling accents :

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the are 3 vowelling accents only .......easy , is not it ?....

 1-  Fat ' hah  (it shows on the top of the letter)

2-   Dhamm'ah (it shows on the top of the letter)

3-  Cus'rah ( it shows under the letter)

>> .....  watch this video please.

So as you notice in this video that :

Fat' hah happens when you open your mouth at the last step of pronouncing the letter as you are adding  :  aa

baa

taa

thaa

Dhamm'ah happens when you circle your lips as you are going to kiss.

bou

tou

thou

Cus'rah happens when you lower your lower jaw and it shows under the letter

bee

tee

thee

It is important to give each letter in any word the special vowelling accent especially at beginner's level as vowelling accents help you in pronouncing the words properly .

vowels and vowelling accents resemble each other in ( how -to) pronounce ( or drive ) the letter accompanied with or attached to).

to drive it up with   aaaaaaaaaa

to drive it down with   iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

to drive it into with     oooooooooo

Pronunciation Example

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مُحَمَدِ          Moo haa  maa  dii

مُحَمَدُ        Moo haa maa doo

مُحَمَدَ         Moo haa maa daa

I hope it is clear now !!  ....send your comments and questions .....I will reply inshallah.