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everyday signs

Find an entrance, exit, pharmacy and restroom.

About this unit

Public signs use normal print without short-vowel marks. Find the sign you need.

  • Look for familiar letters first, then read the whole word.
  • مدخل means entrance, مخرج means exit.
  • Play the recording afterwards to hear the missing vowels.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

مدخل

entrancemadkhal

مخرج

exitmakhraj

صيدلية

pharmacyṣaydaliyya

دورة مياه

toilet / restroomdawrat miyāh
Public signs
مدخلentrance
مخرجexit
صيدليةpharmacy
دورة مياهtoilet / restroom
Reading tips

دورة مياه is a common public restroom label. Read the familiar parts in normal unvowelled print and use the complete-word recording afterwards.

Reading practice

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

مخرج

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

دورة مياه

Read and decide

Which sign marks an exit?

مدخل · مخرج · صيدلية

Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

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Listen and find

Listen. Find the printed item.

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Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

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Find an entrance, exit, pharmacy and restroom.

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Public signs
مدخلentrance
مخرجexit
صيدليةpharmacy
دورة مياهtoilet / restroom
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.