َ Short vowels and marks

Unit 2 · Letters, vowels & people around you (MSA) · 9 min

Short vowels are marks: fatḥa (a), ḍamma (u), kasra (i); sukūn = no vowel; shadda = doubled consonant. Textbooks and the Quran show them; newspapers usually don't.

Words in this lesson

بَ (ba) — fatḥa: ba
بُ (bu) — ḍamma: bu
بِ (bi) — kasra: bi
بْ (b) — sukūn: no vowel
دَرَّسَ (darrasa) — he taught (doubled r)
دَرَسَ (darasa) — he studied

Project: Vowel كتب differently — كَتَبَ (he wrote), كُتُب (books) — and note the meanings.