Practice · Three Short Vowels (Fatha, Kasra, Damma)
✍️ Try It Yourself
Practice reading the letters on this page on your own. Cover the English transliteration and try to read each letter correctly!
✏️ Practice
Trace • Air write • Say aloud
Page 1: Introduction to Three Short Vowels
This page introduces the three short vowels (harakat) that change how letters sound.
- Learn Fatha (َ) - small diagonal line above = 'a' sound
- Learn Kasra (ِ) - small diagonal line below = 'i' sound
- Learn Damma (ُ) - small waw-like mark above = 'u' sound
- Understand: same letter + different vowel = different sound
- Foundation for reading all Arabic text
📋 Instructions
- Introduce three vowels: Fatha (َ 'a'), Kasra (ِ 'i'), Damma (ُ 'u')
- Show: Ba with Fatha = 'ba', with Kasra = 'bi', with Damma = 'bu'
- Explain: vowels are small marks that change the sound
- Practice recognizing each vowel mark
- Build understanding of vowel function
🗣️ Pronunciation
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💡 Tip
Book 3 introduces the three short vowels (harakat). Until now, students only read Fatha. Now they must distinguish: Fatha (َ above = 'a'), Kasra (ِ below = 'i'), Damma (ُ above = 'u'). This is a major step - same letter sounds different with different vowels!
📖 Sound Story
Welcome to Book 3! You've mastered Fatha (َ 'a'). Now meet two new vowels: Kasra (ِ 'i' - below the letter) and Damma (ُ 'u' - above the letter). These tiny marks change everything! Ba (ب) can be 'ba', 'bi', or 'bu'!
✅ Checkpoint
- Understand the rule
- Pronounce examples correctly
- Apply to practice words
- Read fluently