FREE Course
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LEVEL 1
- 1 About the Arabic Alphabet
- 2 Letter Aleph
- 3 Letters Baa, Taa, THaa
- 4 Vowel Fatha
- 5 Lesson Review
- 6 Letters Jeem, Haa, KHaa
- 7 Reading & Writing Review
- 8 Letters Daal, Dhaal
- 9 Letters Raa, Zeiy
- 10 Pronunciation Review
- 11 Letters Seen, SHeen
- 12 Letters Saad, Daad
- 13 Vowels Kasra, Damma
- 14 Letters Taa, Zaa
- 15 Letters Ein, GHein
- 16 Arabic Syllables
- 17 Letters Faa, Qaaf, Kaaf
- 18 Letters Laam, Meem, Noon
- 19 Rest of the Alphabet
- 20 Review & Practice
- 21 Double Vowel
- 22 Reading Arabic Sentences
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PREMIUM Course
Learn about our PREMIUM Alphabet courseThe Letters Baa, Taa
& THaa
· The next letters of the Arabic alphabet are Baa, Taa and THaa
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ب |
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ت |
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ث |
· We are grouping these letters together because the basic shape of the letters looks the same; only the dots are different
·
Baa (ب) corresponds to the English B
Taa (ت) corresponds somewhat to the English T
Thaa (ث) corresponds somewhat to the combination TH
Listening
& Pronouncing
·
Baa is easy to pronounce
and detect because it’s identical to the English B
Taa is like the letter T, except is sounds softer
THaa sounds like the TH part in the word bath
·
Use the following rule to
help you link the Arabic letter shape with the sound:
The word “two” is spelled with a T and Taa has two dots
The word “three” is spelled with a TH and THaa has three dots
ب |
bat |
ت |
bat |
ث |
bath |
·
Exercise: repeat the words
you hear in each of the following exercises
Try to find all instances of Baa, Taa and THaa
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Answer [1 Taa] |
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Answer [1 Taa, 1 THaa] |
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Answer [1 Baa, 2 Taa, 1 THaa] |
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Answer [1 Baa, 4 Taa, 1 THaa] |
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Answer [2 Baa] |
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Answer [3 Baa, 3 Taa, 0 THaa] |
Reading
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There are only 2 letters
with 1 dot underneath the body: Baa (ب)
and Jeem (ج)
But the shape of Jeem is completely different from Baa
Jeem has an angle
end |
middle |
beginning |
by itself |
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ـب |
ـبـ |
بـ |
ب |
Baa
(ب) |
ـج |
ـجـ |
جـ |
ج |
Jeem
(ج) |
·
There are only 2 letters
with 2 dots anywhere: Taa (ت) and Qaaf (ق)
They’re on top in both letters
But the bodies of Taa and Qaaf are completely different
Qaaf has a loop
end |
middle |
beginning |
by itself |
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ـت |
ـتـ |
تـ |
ت |
Taa
(ت) |
ـق |
ـقـ |
قـ |
ق |
Qaaf
(ق) |
·
There are only 2 letters
with 3 dots anywhere: THaa (ث) and SHeen (ش)
They’re on top in both letters
But the bodies of THaa and SHeen are completely different
SHeen has little groves and a hook at the end
end |
middle |
beginning |
by itself |
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ـث |
ـثـ |
ثـ |
ث |
THaa
(ث) |
ـش |
ـشـ |
شـ |
ش |
SHeen
(ش) |
· Exercise: scan the following lines for instances of Baa, Taa and THaa; how many do you see of each?
تبت
يدا أبي لهب
بما
كنتم فيه
تختلفون
الصدقات
والذين لا
يجدون
يطلب
حثيثا والشمس
والقمر
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Answers [3 Baa, 2 Taa, 0 Thaa], [1
Baa, 3 Taa, 0 Thaa],
[0 Baa, 1 Taa, 0 Thaa], [1 Baa, 0 Taa, 2 Thaa]
Writing
·
Baa, Taa and THaa are all
written with the same body
The body is a long, horizontal curve
· The 4 forms of these letters are the same; the only difference is the number and position of dots
end |
middle |
beginning |
by itself |
ـب |
ـبـ |
بـ |
ب |
ـت |
ـتـ |
تـ |
ت |
ـث |
ـثـ |
ثـ |
ث |
· Exercise: copy the Baa-Taa-THaa body 20 times in all 4 forms
· Exercise: copy the following word 20 times
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