Arabic/LearnRW/Row 6/Letter-Sound
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If an English word has a silent letter, that letter does not count. Think about the sound, not the English spelling when doing this exercise.
References
[edit | edit source]- د is used to write the "d"-"data,dog"
- ذ is used to write the "dh" sound such as the "th" in "this", "there", and "bathe"
- ث is used to write "th"-"think, bath"
- ر is used to write the "r" sound, the Arabic sound is different though (it is a "rolled r" sound).
- ز is used to write the "z" sound-"zebra, zoo,oz"
- ف is used to write "f"-"fate"
- ب is used to write "b"-"break,cab"
Exercise 1
[edit | edit source]Instructions: Write the Arabic letter that represents the sound that the English word starts with. examples:
- think ث
- face ف
Begin:
- this
- zap
- damn
- think
- daisy
- boot
- family
- handsome
- case
- basic
- therefore
- wait
- weight
- doctor
- Robert
- ram
- basic
- yawn
- doctor
- thoughtful
- there
- maybe
- might
- castle
- deaf
- king
- destruction
- camp
- them
- him
- yes
- mouth
- rabbit
- zipper
- fourth
- dad
- demonstration
- third
- three
- table
- zero
- master
- distance
Exercise 2
[edit | edit source]Instructions: Write the Arabic letter that represents the sound of the English sound that the English word ends in. Because fate end in the "t" sound, write ت (taa) beside the word. Examples:
- fate ت
- fat ت
- bluff ف
- printer
- fake
- numb
- bath
- maybe
- say
- jumper
- denominator
- rake
- bathe (they bathe in the pool)
- murder
- bite
- jade
- Jake
- hay
- breath
- breathe (they breathe)
- expand
- ate
- calculate
- number
- eight
- fate
- gulf
- golf
- bay
- sore
- compute
- amaze
- mouth
- rye
- lay
- more
- random
- band
- zoom
- Dubai
- back
- wolf
- soothe
- maze
- yolk
- rate
- math
- folklore