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Arabic grammar A1 · Lesson 4 of 4

Final letters: ة or ه, and ى or ي

Taa marbuta and haa look alike at the end of a word, but has two dots and marks most feminine words: , . Haa is part of the root or a pronoun: , (his book).

Add a suffix and becomes an open : , (my school).

Alif maqsura has no dots and sounds like a long a: , , . Final yaa has two dots below and sounds like i: , .

Examples

  • ذهبت إلى المدرسة.
  • الكتاب على الطاولة.
  • هذه مدرستي.
  • أخي في المستشفى.
  • رأيت وجهه.
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