What Arabic words do we already know? It's easier to learn the language when you realise that you already use some foreign words in your everyday life. Some Arabic words came to Europe and nowadays sound pretty similar in all world langauges. I tried to devide it into several groups: Sience: algebra, alchemistry, algorithm, carat Food: marzipan, alcohol, syrup, lemon Military: admiral, calibre Some religious and cultural Arabic terms are also very useful but quite obvious therefore less important for learning the language but still: islam, emir, harem, bedouin Let's share some more :)

د letter I'm going to start with letter: د 8th letter in Arabic alphabet; number equivalent: 4 (English "dal' ", Russain "даль", similar to English "d" sound, Russian "д") on English keyboard: ], Russian keyboard: Ъ it's soft consonant therefore "A" sound after it goes like in "CAT", (Russian Э) while writing it's connected only with letter which goes before it: beginning of the word: دـ example: دبابة middle of the word: ـدـ example: تــدب end of the word: ـد example: بريـــد

Useful links Some very useful links to learn Arabic for beginners (in Russian language :): http://arabyaz.livejournal.com/1143.html#cutid1 http://amalgrad.ru/viewtopic.php?id=939 http://arabiq.ru/?arabskij_alfavit

salam :) السلام، اسمي آنا. I'm just learning the alphabet so that was very complicated. And to be honest I used internet translator for help :)

Hello :) I haven't been on this site for couple of years and now decided to give it a second try :) I would love to improve my English and to try something absolutely new for me -- Arabic. Thank you for reading and welcome :)