بَيْت
bayt — a house
Common trap for English speakers The ي here carries a sukūn (no vowel), so it is the glide of the diphthong 'ay' — like English 'eye'/'bite' — not the long 'ee'. English speakers who read it 'beet' have missed the sukūn.
In the story
Sam
بَيْت!
Salma
He says it a little too loud. بَيْت. It means 'a house'. Let's say it together. بَيْت.
Salma
This is a big moment. It's the very first complete word Sam has ever read in his life. Try it one more time with him, smoothly: بَيْت.
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 3