Mastering Arabic Script - a guide to handwriting (by Jane Wightwick)

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Now practise copying these combinations: By working your way through this guide, you should now have
mastered the fundamentals of reading and writing ruq'a Arabic
-b_J • ¥ . Lc. ~..-. script. In Part 3, you will find activities which will further
• improve your script and provide you with practice in
• •• • deciphering handwritten material .

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Write on!

Activities for further practice

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The Write on! section consists of additional activities designed Activity 2
to provide further practice in handwriting and recognition. You
Now write these printed naskh words in ruq'a script, a s in the
will find the answers to these activities o n page 106. e x a m p le.

Activity 1 = .:.,tS... (sukkan)

Handwrite these combination of letters, as in the example.

=1+ ~ = .:. ~ What)

• = .)l.b. (haff' r)

=o+~

= ~ (shakl)

=J+-J = d.......i (uh.ibbak)
=J+.:l
= Jl..U (tasallul)
= 1+ J
= .!llL.... (sab"ik)
=t+.:.
- .=(5+'-' = JiL:... (mashaghil)

= J~ I (al.jamal)

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Activity 3 Activity 4

Match the handwritten words with their printed equivalents, as Now write the words from Activity 3 on the lines.
in the example.

VJ1.kj, ~I .. ,JI ~;S:_~.....r~ _.. _(_an_-nu._jO_m)_

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cllV ~l.>-A P'..:,r.-"-IJ (daqa'iq)
~\J J~J ~\
• J karrakat)
~..J1..., c..::.....Ytb
(li l-i stikhdam)
J.!~ (mushki lat)

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Can yo u work ou t the names and natio nalities of these three Activity 6
travellers from their immigration form s?
How many kilometres is it to these tOwns?

......................(... S~l, 'Y1':\.../ :name ~~I Minya al.minyol 4.W1
Lux or
-..........................~,......~c<.'...... . . : nati.onaI''ty-;;. ', ':''>. 11 Beni Suef al-uq~u r ~"il

Cairo bani swayf ....i..,,J- ~
Asyut
AI Foyoum aJ-qahira ';.,;4liJl

asyl1t .b~i

ral.fayOm ~I

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···· · ······· ··· ········.-~J.A"......."...'..J....L....:... .. .... : name r '"I ~,
'
-..........................I:::...... ~,.P........... : nationality ;( "";" II
.. . --

..........................................A~J.. . :name ~ ~I

. . ... . . . . . . . .. . . .q:..~. :nationality ;; J",·..... 11

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Activity 7 Activity 8

a) Can you work out the name of this pasta (~'"'~) company? How much would the following cost you in the Marina
cafeteria?

Pizza and ice cream?
Spaghetti and kebab?
Tuna mayonnaise and cappuccino?

b) And how about this doctor? (hint: the Arabic name Amr is spelt
with a silent waw on the end: ,J~)

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Activity 9 Activity 10

Circle the following places in the box below, as in the example: Look at the travel agent's window and answer these questions:

Madrid v' 1. Is the agent offering a package to New York?
Crete 2. What andent site is included in the travel package to
London
Peru Aswan?
Aswan 3. The package to the Far East includes five nights in
Athens
Majorca Thailand and four nights in which place?
Mauritania 4. How many nights can you stay in Berlin?
Oman 5. Which Japanese and European cities can you visit on
Liverpool (hint: the foreign sound 'v' is often written in Arabic
as a ..... fa' with three dots: .....) a five-star package?

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(:'~ ,

- .'-.\-.:.\..:.....y .......N .Y~ I ~~ ~~

~I• i.J1..' c.:...w

0-3•
-..,:,.\....=.-. ~ u--t~L..,.. u->'~1 ..= ~<.J~~• /•

..;...•...J • J.......~.

.::.1........'
~,J..o(t>

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Activity 11

juice ta~Tr~
natural
\abrtr~
ora n ges
carrots butuqal JW>,
strawberries
mangos jazar J~
guavas
tamarind farawla :u,.J l.;-a
sugar cane
mango ~~

gawafa UI.>7-

tamr hindT 'f ~ ~

qa~a b~

Look at the photo of the juice stall opposite and the word list
above. Then see if you can work out how much these juices
cost.

1. one orange juice
2. two tamarind juices
3. one strawberry juice
4. one juice cocktail
5. two guava juices
6. two carrot juices
7. three mango juices
8. four sugar cane juices

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Answers to the Activities Activity 3

Activity 1 Activity 2

- .~ . = 1+ 1: ..u,...J1

=..Y . + r

.~. = J + ~ .~-'•. = d,.>.i

.J.!. = 1+ J .J~ . ~. =JW

·11-·· = t + ~ ec .I..,. = .ill\.......

-..c;.. = I-.-S + ~. ..,.,l._._Activity 5 .,J; Bah raini (..,:u....>"'-1)

1. Riyad Sabri (if~

2. Nodya Badawi (,:?,J~ ~.lW ); Tunisia n (~y)

3. Muhammad Khalid (..Jli.. ~ ); Iraqi (....1.>"-)

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Activity 6 Activity 10
1. Yes (top of win dow: middle poster: .!.I...U":! ~)
M inya 80km
2. Abu Simbel (J...... y,i)
Luxor 450km
3. Bali (.)L,)
Beni Suef 30km
4. 3 nights (J 41 r)
Cairo 140km
5. Tokyo c."s"Jo), Osaka (l!; ljJI) and Vienna (~)
Asyut 200km
Activity 11
AI Foyoum 60km
1. o ne orange juice 0:= 50
Activity 7
2. two tamarind ju ices = 50 (25 x 2)
a) ;..;-A lill ~ mTna aJ-qahira (Mino of Cairo) 3. one strawberry juice = 100
4. one juice cocktail = 100
b) C l.:i..iIl ~ ..J~ ~.l duktOr tamr tabd al-fatta~ (Dr Amr
Abd al-Fottah) 5. two guava juices = 200 (100 x 2)
6 . two carrot juices = 100 (50 x 2)
Activity 8
7. three mango juices = 300 (100 x 3)
Pizza and ice cream = 750 (550 + 200)
Spaghetti and kebab = 710 (290 + 420) 8, fou r sugar cane ju ices := 100 (25 x 4)
Tuna mayonnaise and cappuccino = 480 (365 + 115)

Activity 9

c;..lj l---:;~ c?~~- ~j-
r - - .. ..., ' .. II
(Majorca)
(Crete)

~,~) ~~I

(Mouritania) (Peru)

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Arabic alphabet

Summary table

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Arabic alphabet Arabic alphabet 113

This reference table presents a summary of the 28 handwritten tinal medial initial isolated letter
and printed Arabic letters in a lphabetical order. The letters ore
shown in their various forms. ~ ~ ~~ I""'" jim

You will find details of the discretionary vowel and doubling --~--- ---~--- printed (naskh)
signs in the extra section on pages 14-1 5.
~- -----&-- handwritten (ruq'a)
The extra section on pages 42-43 covers h ow to write the Arabic
hamza (~). c ,\,. ~a'
printed (naskh)
tinal medial initial isolated letter c:-
-- -l-- handwritten (ruq'a)
l - t - -- ~---

__L__ I, ,I U1ialii c:-• ....:•::..... • • .1.>. kha '
printed (naskh)
handwritten (ruq'a) -(=;s;-;-- -_$. _- - ~-- C printed (naskh)

--t• - handwritten (ruq'a)

• ....•l.. ....•l .4 ba' JI,dal

_~__. u._ ~___ __ ~__ printed (naskh) ..I.. printed (naskh)

• • • • _~_ _~ _ _ _. )_ _ _ _.)__ handwriNen ('"q',)

___~ handwritten (ruq'a)
•

.I.;i Ui' • • • JI; dhal
printed (naskh)
..I.. ..I.. ..I printed (naskh)
_~___ handwritten (ruq'a) •
__.•.A____ •• •
__~_ _ __J-__ ____~ __~___ handwritten (ruq'a)

:. :. .\J tha' . 1) rat
j j ..) ...) printed (naskh)
....l.. ....l printed (naskh)
___L _ ___ L ____L __ ____L.__handwritten (ruq'a)
_.J _ --" - --A A handwritten (ruq'a)

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Arabic alphabet Arabic alphobet

final m edial initial isolated letter tined med ial initial isolated letter

• •• • <slj zay .l:.. J:.. j; .l; .U; ~a'
printed (naskh)
j j ..) ..) printed (naskh)
___J?__~_ _~__ _~ handwritten (ruq'a)
__ L • _ •• --~--• handwritten (ruq'a)

_L _ --~--

U"'- I..Y" ~ sIn ;r.- Cayn
- - ~---
printed (naskh) t printed (naskh)

---~-~- handwritten (ruq'a) --~- ---t --__J;._ handwritten (ruq'a)

:. ..r--.. shTn t-• • • • ~ ghayn

U"'- ,. ,.I..Y" printed (naskh) -'l.. .L t printed (naskh)

It - ~- __~ handwritten (ruq'a) .....• _ • • • handwritten (ruq'a)

--~-- --l;.- - __ So__ --- l; --

,,0 , 1... ~ad • •• ~• ,I;la'

_.!£_- -~- printed (naskh) ~ ..i ....i printed (naskh)

handwritten (ruq'a) • •
handwritten (ruq'a)
___, ___!J__• •
--~- u",taru

• J \..; <:lad _ _ _ _ qatJ~
~
•• u.o• printed (naskh) '-'- ....Q.. -S ~ printed (naskh)
--~• - cO ~ _vi•!
handwritten (ruq'a) __ __ ___:in__1.'-__U~ j!__ handwritten (ruq'a)
~• -- __-!R• _

_.8_--~ ,-~- d ..s: I!l~ JIS' kat
....b. ....b.h. .b .U;. ta'
printed (naskh) printed (naskh)

__..P_ handwritten (ruq'a) _et _ . t _ .L __eJ__ handwritten (ruq'a)

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tinal media' initial Isolat.ed letter

J. .1 J J i lam
_J:_ _J _ _1
printe (naskh)

._~L handwritten (ruq'a)

r ....a.. ...0 r- mTm
~ printed (naskh)

..{>.- ..L _ ...{'!- handwriften (ruq'a)
J

• •• • jfJ nOn
U- U
....1- ~ printed (naskh)

"- • ..0 ...• handwritten (ruq'a)

... .. J. ...J_

+<I... ...A .1.:. ha'
.~.- ~...~..-
. ... .. ,:, printed (naskh)

...D... handwritten (ruq'a)

.,IJ waw

~ ~ ..J ..J printed (naskh)

---'--- ---'----~ -~ handwritten (ruq'a)

- - -'-E ....1- ~ .4 ya'

(S printed (naskh)

- - - -J ..$.....~ __J. _. .~.. handwritten (ruq'a)