Arabic/LearnRW/Row 7

س,ش,ص,ض,ق,ل,ن

Description

• Seen (س) makes the [s] sound as in "see". Never pronounce it like a [z]. In English we often mix our [z] and [s] sounds subconsciously.
• Sheen (ش) makes the [ʃ] sound as in "she". It is often spelled "sh" in English, but has several other spellings too.
• Saad (ص) makes the emphatic [sˁ] sound. Refer to the description of emphatic sounds in Row 2.
• Daad (ض) makes the [d̪ˁ] sound. It is the same as د, only emphatic.
• Qaaf (ق) makes the [q] sound — another non-English sound. It is similar to [k], but it is pronounced further back in the mouth, almost touching the very back.
• Laam (ل) makes the [l] sound as in "lip". It might actually be [l̪], in which case it would be pronounced further forward that the English version, with the tip of the tongue on the back of the teeth.
• Noon (ن) makes the [n] sound as in "now".

Reference

Three times	Twice	End	Middle	Start	Alone	Name	Phonetic
سسس	سس	ـس	ـسـ	سـ	س	Seen	[s]
ششش	شش	ـش	ـشـ	شـ	ش	Sheen	[ʃ]
صصص	صص	ـص	ـصـ	صـ	ص	Saad	[sˁ]
ضضض	ضض	ـض	ـضـ	ضـ	ض	Daad	[d̪ˁ]
ققق	قق	ـق	ـقـ	قـ	ق	Qaaf	[q]
للل	لل	ـل	ـلـ	لـ	ل	Laam	[l]
ننن	نن	ـن	ـنـ	نـ	ن	Noon	[n]

Excercises

• Letter-Sound
• Transliteration
• Take-apart (Hallil)
• Put-together (rakkib)