Short vowels marks | Arabic alphabet free course | lesson 2
We have studied in the previous lesson how to spell the letters of the Arabic alphabet. Thus, this second lesson for learning the Arabic alphabet will discuss a new kind of vowels: short vowels marks.
The short vowels of the Arabic alphabet
There are 3 in Arabic:
Short Arabic vowels marks correspond in English to the vowels “A”, “OO” and “EE”. Thus, in Arabic, there are only three to articulate the letters. Therefore, it appears that the Arabic language is easier on this point than the English language. they are:
la fatha: the sound A
ـَ
the kasra: the sound I
ـِ
the damma: the sound OR
ـُ
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Thus, you will notice that the vowels are therefore small symbols placed below or below the letters. So, let’s look at an example with the letter “Ba” how to use them:
| بُ |
بِ |
بَ |
Arabic letter |
| /Đammah/ | /Kasrah/ | /Fatħah/ | Name of the vowel |
| oo | i | a | The sound of the vowel |
| The sound ‘oo’ in “loop” | The sound ‘i’ in “a bee” | The sound ‘a’ in “apple” | Equivalence in English |
Let’s see the entire Arabic alphabet with each of these 3 short vowels:
| Damma | Kasra | Fatha |
| أُ |
إِ |
أَ |
| بُ |
بِ |
بَ |
| تُ |
تِ |
تَ |
| ثُ |
ثِ |
ثَ |
| جُ |
جِ |
جَ |
| حُ |
حِ |
حَ |
| خُ |
خِ |
خَ |
| دُ |
دِ |
دَ |
| ذُ |
ذِ |
ذَ |
| رُ |
رِ |
رَ |
| زُ |
زِ |
زَ |
| سُ |
سِ |
سَ |
| شُ |
شِ |
شَ |
| صُ |
صِ |
صَ |
| ضُ |
ضِ |
ضَ |
|
طُ |
طِ |
طَ |
| ظُ |
ظِ |
ظَ |
| عُ |
عِ |
عَ |
| غُ |
غِ |
غَ |
| فُ |
فِ |
فَ |
| قُ |
قِ |
قَ |
| كُ |
كِ |
كَ |
| لُ |
لِ |
لَ |
| مُ |
مِ |
مَ |
| نُ |
نِ |
نَ |
| هُـ |
هِـ |
هَـ |
| وُ |
وِ |
وَ |
| يُ |
يِ |
يَ |
This Arabic lesson is now completed. The next lesson will focus on the doubling of the final vowel: the tenwine.
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