14 Alphabet: ج ح خ
Learn each letter’s:
independent form
final form medial form initial form
- the name of the letter
- whether it connects to the letter that follows (all letters connect to the preceding letter)
- the letter’s independent, inital, medial, and final forms
- the sound the letter makes
- how it is transliterated
ج
جـ ـجـ ـج
- jiim
- two-way connector
- Cairene: “g” as in “game”; MSA and other regions: “j” as in “japan”
- j
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ح
حـ ـحـ ـح
- Haa’
- one-way connector
- aspirated”H” sound (like sound of breathing on glasses)
- H
- Haa
