Syrian Arabic Curriculum — Grade 5, Semester 1 — Page 59

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

يُكْتَبُ حَرْفُ الدَّالِ أَوِ الذَّالِ مَائِلاً مِنَ الْيَسَارِ إِلَى الْيَمِينِ ثُمَّ مِنَ الْأَعْلَى إِلَى الْأَسْفَلِ وَمُرْتَكِزاً عَلَى السَّطْرِ.

The letter Dal or Dhal is written with a slant from left to right, then from top to bottom, resting on the line.

وَالْخَطُّ الْأُفُقِيُّ أَطْوَلُ قَلِيلاً مِنَ الْخَطِّ الْعَمُودِيِّ.

The horizontal stroke is slightly longer than the vertical one.

أُجَرِّدُ الْأَحْرُفَ الْمُلَوَّنَةَ فِي الْكَلِمَاتِ السَّابِقَةِ مُنْتَبِهاً لِطَرِيقَةِ كِتَابَتِهَا.

I isolate the colored letters in the preceding words, paying attention to how they are written.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (9 verbs · 32 nouns)

• كَتَبَ — to write
• جَرَّدَ — to strip
• تَعَلَّمَ — to learn
• فَائِدَةٌ — benefit
• حَرْفٌ — letter
• دَالٌ — dal (letter)