هٰذا حَرْف. هٰذِهِ حَرَكة.
HAA-dhaa ḥarf. HAA-dhi-hi ḥa-RA-ka — This is a letter. This is a vowel-mark.
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Ustadh Farid
هٰذا حَرْف. هٰذِهِ حَرَكة.
Salma
Farid is laying down the ground rules before they start. He points to the main shape, then the little stroke above it. "هٰذا حَرْف. هٰذِهِ حَرَكة."
Salma
In Arabic, everything has a gender. The word for letter, "حَرْف", is masculine. So Farid points to it using "هٰذا". This.
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 5