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.