Nana_Brazil

ahahaha I blame you yes.......otherwise who else should I blame ? heheeeeee

Ra-ra

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask but there has been a question that has been bugging me ever since I picked up the book, How to Read and Write the Arabic Alphabet. Do you have to roll any r's in Arabic? I hope not because I've never been able to do them !! I thought when I was learning Spanish that I'd get better at them, but I never did. I've looked online for tips and then tried to roll my r's, but the only results I've seen is my monitor being covered with slobber Thanks for your time and here is to hoping there are no rolled r's in Arabic

Nani

what do u mean by rolled r's Ra-ra ? I don't get that ..

DigitaL MasteR

Hi Ra-ra
If u meant that the R in Arabic is pronounced close to the Spanish one, then yes, it's
it's not like the English R in the pronunciation it's more like the Spanish one

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Ra-ra

Nani, I just came across in my book this morning that the letter raa' is an example of a rolled r I believe.

Does anyone have any tips or pointers on how to get my stubborn tounge to roll an r? Thanks a bunch for your help!

Nana_Brazil

Hi Ra-ra.. I know your troubles...lol .. here a page in which can help you. It is a 15-free-day-Arabic program.You install it and you can hear some sounds besides the alphabet :

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/falah/

A site with arabic sounds ..
http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/ar/

And here there is a page full of Arabic stuff......(there are so many that I did not have time to check half of them lol)

http://www.al-sunnah.com/free.htm

And try to check our friend XPSAL`s site... it is very good too :
http://arabic.speak7.com/

I hope they can be useful for you my friend

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Ra-ra

Thanks a lot Nana_Brazil!! I greatly appreciate you providing those links. I'm going to be taking Arabic in college so right now I'm trying to learn as much as possible before school begins, and I'm sure those websites will help a lot! Thanks for all the help