Note:
throughout this lesson you can always listen to how the
words are pronounced by clicking on the images within the
boxes beside this:
This lesson is related to the previous lessons, please
refer to them first
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In this lesson
we will take the shaddah
and three consonants :
'F' =
'SH'=
'Kh'=
.
1) Shaddah
Shaddah is not a letter of the alphabet, it is just a mark
written above a consonant to indicate that it is stressed
twice in the pronunciation of a given word.
Note: The fatha or dammah is written above the shadda while
the kasrah is written below it or below the consonant:
'With fatha' =
'With damma' =
'With kasrah' = .
Check this:
Now we move to today's consonants:
As we mentioned in the last lessons the letters take different
shape based on their position in the word.
Practice:
1) case of
a) in the
beginning of the word:
b) in the middle of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
c) at the end of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
2) case of
a) in the
beginning of the word:
b) in the middle of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
c) at the end of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
3) case of
Note: the picture below explains how we pronounce the
letter
It is pronounced
from the front of the throat
a) in the
beginning of the word:
b) in the middle of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
c) at the end of the word:
After a connector
After a non-connector
Reading exercise:
Writing exercise Join the letters below as in the following example:
Summary
All the letters are connective (change shape in order to
connect to the letter following them).
Shaddah occurs in uttering two consecutive syllables ,
the first of which ends in a consonant and the second starts
with the same consonant.
The following tables summarizes the various forms of the
letter in different positions in a given word:
Initial
Medial
Final
After
non-connecter
After
connector
After
non-connecter
After
connector
F
SH
KH
Note: When at the end of the word and after a non connecter,
all these letter take the basic shape .