arabic shape and sounds - learn arabic in 5 easy steps
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In Arabic these letters are of a similar shape:
n b t th
Note these shapes: b, t, th are identical and n is a bit different:
.. ....... .... .. ... ث.. .. ت ب ..ن
In English d represents both:ض د
Also in English t stands for both letters:
ط ت
There is no V in Arabic but it is replaced usually by f ieف
Also there is no P in Arabic and is replaced by بthe letter B ie
In English there is no letter shش
are represented by S صand سIn English
ظ زby z are represented
does not have an English equivalentع
is like a Gh sound غ
is not like any English letter.ح
ح
sounds like a strong throat h
Also k in English stands for
ق ك
Tt and Zz ie ظ ط
Are similar in shape except for the dot
Watch the similarity between:kh Hh g
خ ح ج
Notice the similar shapes of the d and Th (sounds like the)
Identical shape except for the dot:
ذ د
Notice the identical shape of the letters r and z except for the dot
ز ر
Notice the identical shapes except for the dot between Ss
and Dd
ض ص
Notice the similarity of the shapes in f and Kk
ق ف
Notice the similarity between the shapes of s and sh except for
the 3 dots :
ش س
Notice the Ss and the Dd shapes except for the dot:
ض ص
Notice also the identical shape of the 3 and the Gh sounds:
غ ع