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0:00this is lesson 14 of Maharaj and sifet
0:05series
0:06at the beginning of this series we
0:08learned that there are five main areas
0:10of articulation
0:14or the throat
0:17El lisen the tongue
0:21the nasal cavity and finally the lips
0:26each one of these main areas contains
0:29different points of articulation
0:32after having discussed the points of
0:34articulation 4
0:39it is time to tackle the last area of
0:43articulation which is the lips
0:45and the lips contain two points of
0:48articulation and from these two points
0:51we produce four sounds which are
0:55Fair
0:56well
0:58bear and meme
1:02and though these sounds may sound easy
1:04to produce they are still responsible
1:07for many common Stakes related to all
1:10four of these sounds so make sure you
1:12don't miss out on the common mistakes
1:14part which comes later in this lesson so
1:17let's get started with the first of the
1:19bunch which is fat
1:21fat is produced when the Upper Front
1:24Teeth make contact with the inner part
1:27of the lower lip notice that we make
1:30contact but we do not press them against
1:32one another because we still want air to
1:35be forced through it
1:37the air passing through that narrow
1:39opening produces the sound of Fe at this
1:43point of articulation
1:46f
1:48f
1:53alun
1:58[Music]
1:59f
2:01so the Upper Front Teeth are making
2:04contact with the inner part of the lower
2:07lip
2:09moving on to the second letter which is
2:12the sound of
2:16or as we call it in English well as a
2:21semi vowel but what is
2:26my vowel well
2:29we have
2:32which functions as a long vowel this
2:35happens when wow has sukoon and is
2:39preceded by a lum like the words
2:54will basically have any tashkil
2:56combination except for having sukun
2:59preceded by Dom so all other
3:02combinations are possible but they will
3:04produce a semi vowel or El Hue or media
3:08like
3:10foreign
3:14[Music]
3:25come from two different articulation
3:27points
3:30comes from
3:31which is something we explained in
3:34lesson one
3:35but as for
3:38media which is what we're talking about
3:40today it is produced from between the
3:44lips but most importantly it requires
3:47that the lips are rounded in an O shape
3:51like that
3:52this ensures that the well will be
3:55properly pronounced
3:58oh
4:01well
4:05Ouija
4:07you saw William
4:09[Music]
4:11again make sure that the lips are
4:13properly rounded
4:15the letter will not be properly produced
4:18if this rounding of the lips is not
4:21properly executed
4:24the next letter is bear
4:27we produce bat when the Two Lips make
4:30contact with one another
4:32and the sound is produced when a gush of
4:34air is released from behind the lips
4:38importantly the tongue is completely
4:41relaxed and not functioning at all
4:43if it moved or took any shape like
4:46raising the back of the tongue it will
4:48change the characteristic of the sound
4:50and it will produce a different letter
4:53so make sure that the tongue isn't a
4:55complete relaxed position
4:58up
5:02[Music]
5:06the bean
5:08so it is a fairly easy sound to produce
5:12but there is an even easier sound to
5:15produce which is the meme
5:17meme is the easiest sound to produce in
5:20any language because of how basic it is
5:24meme is produced when the two lips are
5:27sealed together stopping the flow of air
5:30coming from the mouth
5:32meanwhile the flow of air going through
5:35the nasal cavity is still going on and
5:38it has to keep going
5:40and this is exactly what makes the meme
5:43a nasal sound
5:45which means if you stop the airflow
5:48coming from the nasal cavity the sound
5:50will not be produced properly at all
5:54m
5:59um
6:00him
6:04now moving on to the most common
6:07mistakes that are made when producing
6:09these sounds
6:11first the common mistakes related to fat
6:16and the first one is
6:18the place of contact between the teeth
6:21and the lip
6:22we said that the contact is made between
6:25the front teeth and the inner part of
6:29the lower lip
6:31so the front teeth should not be making
6:33contact with the outer part of the lip
6:35when that happens the teeth will be
6:38visibly sticking out like that and when
6:41producing the sound it will be muffled
6:44and inaudible
6:46foreign
6:51the second mistake is vibrating the
6:54vocal cords when producing the fast
6:57sound
6:58fat is a voiceless sound which means
7:02that we do not vibrate the vocal cords
7:04when pronouncing it
7:05so saying
7:09with any degree of vibration of the
7:12vocal cords is considered a mistake and
7:15actually this sound there does not exist
7:18in Arabic at all so it is not used in
7:21the Quran either
7:23now moving on to the common mistakes of
7:26well
7:28if the lips are not rounded enough so
7:31they are too open the sound of whale
7:34will have a hint of alif mixed with it
7:38and that is of course a mistake and the
7:41mistake sounds like this
7:46that wheelie
7:49also tightening the lips too much will
7:52cause an improper sound or a too heavy
7:55sound of well and this happens
7:57especially when it has sheda
8:00well
8:03fine
8:06but of course the proper rounding of the
8:08lips is between too tight and too wide
8:12the second mistake is raising the middle
8:16part of the tongue when producing the
8:19well
8:20this causes a hint of yeah to be
8:23produced along with well
8:25this is a very common mistake for
8:28Turkish Learners and it sounds like this
8:31l
8:34really
8:37instead the back of the tongue is raised
8:40as you can see and this produces the
8:42proper well the third mistake is
8:45pronouncing well as a heavy letter
8:47especially when it is followed by a
8:50heavy letter
8:52like in this example
8:54voila
8:56so we don't say
8:59that is incorrect
9:02but we say
9:04[Music]
9:07now for the common mistakes related to
9:10bet the first Common mistake related to
9:13Bear is pronouncing it as a voiceless
9:16sound pair like the one used in English
9:20while the proper bet is actually a
9:23voiced sound bear
9:26so the mistake sounds like this
9:30Bismillah
9:35but he should know that this sound is
9:36not used in the Quran at all so bad
9:40should not be pronounced as per
9:43another mistake of the bet is
9:45pronouncing it as a heavy full mouth
9:48letter when it is followed by a heavy
9:51sound
9:52like in this word
9:54[Music]
9:58we don't say
10:01but we should say
10:04foreign
10:09so it should not be affected by the
10:12heavy letter that follows it
10:14finally the mistakes related to meme
10:18and the first mistake is adding the
10:20sound of hair at the end of the meme
10:25as means of trying to show the meme
10:27clearly like that
10:30him
10:36this exaggeration is of course a bad
10:38practice and should not be done because
10:41it's like adding another letter to the
10:43word the opposite of this is also a
10:46common mistake which is not following
10:48through with the Honda sound enough when
10:51producing the meme at the end of the
10:53word making the meme almost inaudible
10:56and actually closer to the sound of bear
10:59the mistake sounds like this
11:04while the proper pronunciation of meme
11:07is somewhere in between
11:13so do not exaggerate or cut the sound
11:16too early
11:18so this was the last lesson in the
11:22Maharaj series
11:23but don't forget that this series is
11:25made up of two parts
11:28and sufed the next lesson in sha Allah
11:32will start discussing this effect of the
11:34letters in the Quran which is in my
11:37opinion as important if not more
11:39important than the technicalities of
11:42pronunciation so don't miss out your
11:44chance to improve and polish your Quran
11:47recitation
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