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cafe menu

Read a café menu and prices in Jordanian dinars.

About this unit

A café menu shows each item with its price in Jordanian dinars.

  • Find the item first, then read its price.
  • The ٫ in a price is the decimal point: ١٫٥٠ is 1.50.
  • JOD and د.أ both stand for the Jordanian dinar.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

coffee

قهوة

coffeeqahwa
tea

شاي

teashāy
water

ماء

watermāʾ
bread

خبز

breadkhubz
القائمةJOD / د.أ
قهوة٢٫٥٠
شاي١٫٥٠
ماء٠٫٥٠
خبز١٫٠٠
Reading tips

Illustrative prices in JOD / د.أ for the Jordan practice setting. The decimal separator belongs inside the price; the digits keep their normal numerical order.

Reading practice

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

شاي

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

خبز

Read and decide

Which drink costs least?

قهوة ٢٫٥٠ · شاي ١٫٥٠ · ماء ٠٫٥٠

Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

القائمةJOD / د.أ
1>
1 / 4

Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

القائمةJOD / د.أ
1>
1 / 4

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

coffee

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

tea

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

water

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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القائمةJOD / د.أ
قهوة٢٫٥٠
شاي١٫٥٠
ماء٠٫٥٠
خبز١٫٠٠
Use a Arabic keyboard

Standard Arabic keyboard or course tiles. Enter logical letters; the font shapes joins. Numbers retain normal digit order. Optional vowel marks are separate inputs.

All letters

ا
اisolated‍اfinal
long ā: held longerIn بَا
i

ā

ب
بisolated‍بfinalب‍initial‍ب‍medial
In بَ
i

ba

ت
تisolated‍تfinalت‍initial‍ت‍medial
In تَ
i

ta

ن
نisolated‍نfinalن‍initial‍ن‍medial
In نَ
i

na

ي
يisolated‍يfinalي‍initial‍ي‍medial
In يَ
i

ya / ī

د
دisolated‍دfinal
In دَ
i

da

ر
رisolated‍رfinal
In رَ
i

ra

و
وisolated‍وfinal
In وَ
i

wa / ū

م
مisolated‍مfinalم‍initial‍م‍medial
In مَ
i

ma

ل
لisolated‍لfinalل‍initial‍ل‍medial
In لَ
i

la

ك
كisolated‍كfinalك‍initial‍ك‍medial
In كَ
i

ka

ق
قisolated‍قfinalق‍initial‍ق‍medial
In قَ
i

qa

س
سisolated‍سfinalس‍initial‍س‍medial
In سَ
i

sa

ش
شisolated‍شfinalش‍initial‍ش‍medial
In شَ
i

sha

ف
فisolated‍فfinalف‍initial‍ف‍medial
In فَ
i

fa

ه
هisolated‍هfinalه‍initial‍ه‍medial
In هَ
i

ha

ة
ةisolated‍ةfinal
In كُرَة
i

final -a / -at. Final-only form: normally -a in pause, -at in linked grammar.

ج
جisolated‍جfinalج‍initial‍ج‍medial
In جَ
i

ja

ح
حisolated‍حfinalح‍initial‍ح‍medial
throat ḥ: a tight, rubbing hIn حَ
i

ḥa

خ
خisolated‍خfinalخ‍initial‍خ‍medial
kh: rough, as in “loch”In خَ
i

kha

ع
عisolated‍عfinalع‍initial‍ع‍medial
ʿayn: tight, with a buzzIn عَ
i

ʿa

غ
غisolated‍غfinalغ‍initial‍غ‍medial
gh: a gargle, with a buzzIn غَ
i

gha

ز
زisolated‍زfinal
In زَ
i

za

ذ
ذisolated‍ذfinal
In ذَ
i

dha. Voiced th as in English this.

ث
ثisolated‍ثfinalث‍initial‍ث‍medial
In ثَ
i

tha. Voiceless th as in English thin.

ص
صisolated‍صfinalص‍initial‍ص‍medial
emphatic s: deep and heavyIn صَ
i

ṣa

ض
ضisolated‍ضfinalض‍initial‍ض‍medial
emphatic d: deep and heavyIn ضَ
i

ḍa

ط
طisolated‍طfinalط‍initial‍ط‍medial
emphatic t: deep and heavyIn طَ
i

ṭa

ظ
ظisolated‍ظfinalظ‍initial‍ظ‍medial
emphatic dh: deep and heavyIn ظَ
i

ẓa

◌ْIn بِنْت
i

sukun: no vowel

◌ّIn مُعَلِّم
i

shadda: doubled consonant

◌ٌIn كِتَابٌ
i

tanwin -un

◌ًIn صَبَاحًا
i

tanwin -an

◌ٍIn قَلَمٍ
i

tanwin -in

ءa glottal stop, as in “uh-oh”In مَاء
i

glottal stop

أ
أisolated‍أfinal
glottal stop on alifIn أَب
i

glottal stop on alif

إ
إisolated‍إfinal
glottal stop below alifIn إِبْرَة
i

glottal stop below alif

ؤ
ؤisolated‍ؤfinal
glottal stop on wawIn سُؤَال
i

glottal stop on waw

ئ
ئisolated‍ئfinalئ‍initial‍ئ‍medial
glottal stop on a ya seatIn رَئِيس
i

glottal stop on ya seat

آ
آisolated‍آfinal
glottal stop + long āIn آدَم
i

glottal onset plus long ā

ى
ىisolated‍ىfinal
final long ā, no dotsIn مُسْتَشْفَى
i

final long ā. Final-only alif maqṣūra, without ya dots.