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Posted by: jaythenerdkid
Posted by: NinjaLord77
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I wish I knew Arabic. :( I've read the Qur'an in Arabic but I can't understand it - I just know how to read the alphabet.
My dad has a pretty strong Pakistani accent, though he was educated at English-speaking schools in his home country, and my mother has a very faint Turkish one. I was born and raised in Australia and both my parents spoke English at home, so I don't really have an accent at all. If anything, my accent is faintly English because of all the TV I watch. :P
I have like 40 chapters of the Quran memorized. You don't read the Quran like you read normal Arabic. Like the Quran in Arabic has the word AlRahman. That's the writing but when you say it you say ArRahman. You get rid of the L sound and just go straight to the R sound. That's just one example.Wow, that's really cool.
I do know how to pronounce Qur'anic Arabic, because like most kids, I learned how to pray from being taught aurally before I ever read the book for myself. Because I don't know how to speak modern Arabic, the only pronunciations I know are the Qur'anic ones. I have a pretty strong Urdu accent, however, because my dad taught me how to pray, so I learned his accent.
I learned basic Arabic first and pronouncations of words before I got seriously into the Quran. If you know the vowel points then the Quran is easy to read. But Quran is all about the recital because the English for Quran is "the recitation" lol.