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Alphabet 3

In the beginning...
In the last skill, you learned to recognize some letters (like ‫ ب‬and ‫ )ج‬by themselves and at the
beginning of a word.

English letters Arabic letters

Bob ‫ﺑوب‬

George ‫ﺟورج‬

Here’s how ‫ ب‬looks in other positions:

Position English letters Arabic letters

Middle kabar ‫َﻛﺑَر‬

End kab ‫َﻛب‬

And here’s how ‫ ج‬looks:

Position English letters Arabic letters

Middle kajad ‫َﻛ َﺟد‬

End kaj ‫َﻛﺞ‬

Exciting!

Letters vs. words

Arabic has 28 letters and several smaller markings (like short vowels) and you’ll be learning
all of them in this course! So you need lots of practice with letters at first.

That’s why you’ll go through several lessons on the alphabet and then you’ll get to one with
new vocabulary. But don’t worry, there will be more and more vocab as you progress in the
course!

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