🔤 Letters: ا ب ت ث

Unit 1 · Letters, greetings, numbers & getting around (MSA) · 8 min

Arabic is written right-to-left with 28 letters. ب ت ث share one shape; only the dots differ: one below, two above, three above.

Words in this lesson

• ا (alif) — Alif (long ā)
• ب (bā’) — Bā’ (b)
• ت (tā’) — Tā’ (t)
• ث (thā’) — Thā’ (th as in think)
• بَاب (bāb) — door
• بِنْت (bint) — girl

Like strokes in Chinese, one dot changes the letter.

Project: Write each of ا ب ت ث five times, then the word باب, and take a photo.