Consonant Sounds
This letter makes a "kh" sound
What is خ?
There are this many letters in the Arabic alphabet.
What is 28?
What is this letter called: ش
What is sheen
This is the long-o vowel.
What is و
What is the difference between ك and ق
Kaaf is pronounced like camera or can, qaaf is pronounced like coffee or call.
This letter makes the "b" sound.
What is ب?
What is three?
What is this letter called ل
What is laam?
This is the long-e vowel.
What is ي ?
Daal is pronounced like daft or dab, dawd is pronounced like dock or doll.
This letter makes the "gh" sound
What is غ?
This Arabic symbol looks like this: ء
What is a hamza?
What is this letter called: ص
What is sawd?
This is the long-a vowel.
What is ا ?
What is the difference between ص and س?
Sawd is like s in saw or sob, and seen is s like in sip or seat.
This letter makes the "n" sound.
This is the direction in which Arabic is written.
What is right to left?
ق :What is this letter called
What is qaaf?
This short vowel is marked by a line over the letter.
What is short-a.
What is the difference between ح and ه
Letter ح has no English equivalent, but sounds similar to panting, and haa is pronounced h like in human or hot.
What is ذ?
There are this many long vowels in Arabic.
What is three?
ض :What is this letter called
What is dawd?
This short vowel is marked by a line under the letter.
What is short-e
What is the difference between ط and ت ?
Tah is pronounced t like in talk or tall, taa is pronounced t like in tab or tap.