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Question

I am studying the Arabic language and I find some things confusing. I would be grateful if you could answer the following:

1) what is a tanween and where does it come?

2) what are the functions of a tanween?

3 Rules of tanween al fathah while stopping

4) differences between tanween al fathah and dammah while stopping?

 Answer

1.  The tanween looks like a double fat-hah, dhammah, or kasrah:

The tanween is found on the ends of nouns, if they are not defined.  If they are defined either by the , by a possessive, or any other word  there is no tanween.

2. The tanween adds an extra saakinah to the end of the noun, that is used in pronunciation only when continuing, not when stopping.

3. When stopping on a noun with a fat-hah tanween, in most cases we replace (in pronunciation not in writing) the tanween with an alif and it is lengthened two vowel counts.  There are exceptions, please see the lesson on by clicking here.

4.  When stopping on a word that has a dhammah tanween we drop the tanween and pronounce the last letter of the letter with a sukoon.  The fat-hah tanween is replaced with an alif when stopping as explained above and in the lesson on .