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The difference between Sun Letters الْحُرُوْفُ الشَّمْسِيَّة (Al-huroof Ash-shamsiya) and Moon Letters الْحُرُوْفُ الْقَمَرِيَّة ُ (Al-huroof Al-Qamariya);

*The letters (ت-ث-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ل-ن) are sun letters.

- When الْ is prefixed to a noun beginning with a Solar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is not pronounced but is written, and the first letter of the ism takes a shaddah

Examples: (ash-shamsu) اَلْ + شَمْسٌ —> اَلشَّمْسُ

(ar-rajulu) اَلْ + رَجُلٌ —> الرَّجلُ

The uncircled letters (ت-ث-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ل-ن) are sun letters.
When الْ is prefixed to a noun beginning with a Solar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is not pronounced but is written, and the first letter of the ism takes a shaddah –ّ.

Examples: (ash-shamsu) اَلْ + شَمْسٌ —> اَلشَّمْسُ

(ar-rajulu) اَلْ + رَجُلٌ —> الرَّجُلُ

The letters (أ-ب-ج-ح-خ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-م-هـ-و-ي) are moon letters.
When اَلْ is prefixed to an ism beginning with a Lunar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is pronounced and written.

Examples: (al-qamaru) اَلْ + قَمَرٌ —> اَلْقَمَرُ (al-baytu) اَلْ + بَيْتٌ —> اَلْبَيْتُ

So, you are able to determine weather this word has lam Qamariah or llam shamsyiah.

Which dialect of Arabic should I learn?
Whether you will study MSA or Egyptian Arabic, You have to sudy a course of reading and writing ,then you can choose between Modern Standard Arabic or Egyptian Arabic.

You can choose Egyptian Arabic, if you wanna learn Arabic in order to travel to Egypt,to live there ,and because you have Egyptian friends ,then I will happily recommend you Egyptian Arabic (Ammeeya Masria).

If You are interested in Arabic literature, and reading poems,novels,and short stories,then you have to choose Modern Standard Arabic (MSA).

Modern Standard Arabic is the literary Arabic that is written ,and read in every Arabic country,so If you plan to travel around Arab countries,I will definitely recommend Modern Standard Arabic for you.

Modern Standard Arabic is the language of the holy Quran, so If you plan to know terms from

Egyptian Arabic as every body knows that is known as the Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (Masri) .Vocabulary in Egyptian Arabic is mostly based on MSA ,but also borrows words from cptic, Turkish, French, and English. Here I can show you some examples:

‘Ah’ = ‘yes’ (origin: Coptic)
‘ōda’ = ‘room’ (origin: Turkish)
‘asansir’ = ‘elevator’ (origin: French)
‘yisantar’ = ‘to center (something)’ (origin: English).
At Lisany Center,we have some energetic Students who re studying Modern Standard Arabic ,and Egyptian Arabic at once ,and we note as an administration that they accomplish Egyptian Arabic at a short time compared to MSA

That is the differnce in an detailed way.

Any more questions, feel free to ask

For all whome are interested in Egyptian Arabic..
Take a look on this post
To say Good morning in Arabic , you can use (Sabah al-kheir).The response is (Sabah an-Nour)…..

you have many expressions to say Good morning,and good night In Arabic language.

To say Good night or Good evening, you have
(masaa’ al-khair) then the response will be

(masaa’ An-nur)

'sabah el noor' is used to mean Good morning too. The another can answer "Sabah el ward" or "Sabah el yasmin" or 'Sabah el full wal yasmin'

The difference between Sun Letters الْحُرُوْفُ الشَّمْسِيَّة (Al-huroof Ash-shamsiya) and Moon Letters الْحُرُوْفُ الْقَمَرِيَّة ُ (Al-huroof Al-Qamariya);

*The letters (ت-ث-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ل-ن) are sun letters.

- When الْ is prefixed to a noun beginning with a Solar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is not pronounced but is written, and the first letter of the ism takes a shaddah

Examples: (ash-shamsu) اَلْ + شَمْسٌ —> اَلشَّمْسُ

(ar-rajulu) اَلْ + رَجُلٌ —> الرَّجلُ

The uncircled letters (ت-ث-د-ذ-ر-ز-س-ش-ص-ض-ط-ظ-ل-ن) are sun letters.
When الْ is prefixed to a noun beginning with a Solar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is not pronounced but is written, and the first letter of the ism takes a shaddah –ّ.

Examples: (ash-shamsu) اَلْ + شَمْسٌ —> اَلشَّمْسُ

(ar-rajulu) اَلْ + رَجُلٌ —> الرَّجُلُ

The letters (أ-ب-ج-ح-خ-ع-غ-ف-ق-ك-م-هـ-و-ي) are moon letters.
When اَلْ is prefixed to an ism beginning with a Lunar Letter the laam of ‘al’ is pronounced and written.

Examples: (al-qamaru) اَلْ + قَمَرٌ —> اَلْقَمَرُ (al-baytu) اَلْ + بَيْتٌ —> اَلْبَيْتُ

So, you are able to determine weather this word has lam Qamariah or llam shamsyiah

Does anyone can tell me the kind of lam at this wordالْحمد ?

The first five numbers in Arabic.
Here how Arab people utter them.
Number one is wahid.
Number two is ithnan.
Number three is thalatha.
Number four is arba'a.
Number five is khamsa.

Bathroom tools.