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Note

  • This lesson is related to the previous lessons, please refer to them first >>>
  • throughout this lesson you can always listen to how the words are pronounced by clicking on this image .

In this lesson we will take the the shadda and three consonants :

'F' =
'SH'=
'Kh'= .

1) Shaddah

Shadda is not a letter of the alphabet, it is just a mark written above a consonnant 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 begining 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 begining 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 begining 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).

Shadda occurs in uttering two consecutive syllables , the first of wich 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 .

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