بِنْت
bint · a girl
- بِbi
- نْn
- تt
- bi — Bāʼ with a kasra
- n — Nūn with a sukun — no vowel
- t — Tāʼ, closing the word
Unit 10 · Reading real words
Step 1 of 4 · Sound it out
Read each piece right to left, then let them run together.
شَمْس
shams · a sun
- شَsha
- مْm
- سs
- sha — Shīn with a fatha
- m — Mīm with a sukun — no vowel
- s — Sīn, closing the word
وَرْد
ward · roses
- وَwa
- رْr
- دd
- wa — Wāw with a fatha
- r — Rāʼ with a sukun — no vowel
- d — Dāl, closing the word
When a letter in the middle carries a sukun, it has no vowel of its own: it closes the syllable before it and leans straight onto the next letter. Two consonants meet, and the word gets its shape from that.