ثَلاثُ نِقاط: ث
three dots: that makes it "thaa"
Common trap for English speakers ث with three dots is the voiceless 'th' of 'think' (never the voiced 'th' of 'this' — that is a different letter, ذ). English speakers who default to 's' or 't' for it are misreading; the dot-count is what separates it from ت (taa) and ب (baa).
In the story
Nour
ثَلاثُ نِقاط: ث
Salma
She just proudly announced: 'Three dots: that makes it thaa.' She knows her stuff.
Salma
The word for three is ثَلاثُ. Notice how it starts with that same soft 'th' sound, just like the English word 'think'. You put your tongue between your teeth.
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 2