dots, as in /t/ or /y/; and instead of three dots, as in /t
̄/.One might suspect that the straight stroke replacing two dots could beconfused with the vowels fath
̇ah (^) ـــَـــ or kasrah (^) ــِـــ , but this is not the
case, since these vowel signs are diagonal (slanting) strokes. As noted
above, handwritten as well as printed texts are normally written with-
out vowel signs.
Exercises
The examples below and in the next few chapters are intended mainly for
practising how to read and write Arabic script.
سحق هجم نكره جرح
(1) s+h
̇
+qh+g ̆+mn+k+r+hg ̆+r+h
̇
رحل لهم زرع غرق
(2) r+h
̇
+ll+h+mz+r+
g ̇+r+q
لحم نسي تعب بحر
(3) l+h
̇
+mn+s+yt+
+bb+h
̇
+r
سمع عمل منه صبغ
(4) s+m+
+m+lm+n+hs
̇
+b+g ̇
ترك وزع ترجم ميل
(5) t+r+kw+z+
t+r+g ̆+mm+y+l
عزي جحش سكت نجح
(6)
+z+yg ̆+h
̇
+sˇ s+k+tn+g ̆+h
̇
Punctuation
and
handwriting
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