Transcript Arabic Long & Short Vowels

Arabic Long & Short
Vowels
G Jammal
Fall 2013
‫‪Letters‬‬
‫ا‬
‫‪3 Long Vowels‬‬
‫و‬
‫ي‬
‫‪Signs or Symbols‬‬
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‫‪3 Short Vowels‬‬
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Long Vowels:
‫ي‬
‫و‬
As the (ee) sound in
As the (oo) sound in
As the (a) sound in
Deer
Food
Dad
‫ا‬

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Short Vowels:
Kasra
Damma
ِ
‫ــــــــــــــــــــ‬
ِ
‫ـــــــــــــــــــــ‬
Fatha
‫ــــــــــــــ‬
ِ
As the (i) sound in
As the (ou) sound in
As the (e) sound in
Did
Could
Red
Arabic words do not start with vowels
• When you see ‫ أ و ي‬at the beginning of a word you read their
consonant sound:
•
‫إ‬
‫أ‬
‫أ‬
As I in Igloo
As U in Uno game
As A in Apple
ِ‫و‬
ِ‫و‬
ِ‫و‬
As WE in We
As WOU in Would
As WE in Web
ِ‫ي‬
ِ‫ي‬
ِ‫ي‬
As YI in Yiddish
As You in You'd
As YE in Yes
‫‪Examples:‬‬
‫أرز‬
‫أريد‬
‫إوز‬
‫ورد‬
‫ورود‬
‫وداد‬
‫يدي‬
‫يريد‬
‫يسر‬
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