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Read the unwritten linker and type Persian half-spaces.
About this unit
Two features that you read and type but rarely see: the linking -e and the half-space.
- ۀfinal -e plus ezafe -yeخانۀ من · my house
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A variant of final ه with an ezafe sign; not a new basic alphabet letter.
One letter, several shapes
A letter's shape depends on its neighbours. At the start it joins only the next letter, in the middle both neighbours, at the end only the letter before it.
A dash means the letter never joins the next letter: at the start of a word it looks as when alone, in the middle as at the end.
| You see | You read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| کتاب من | ketāb-e man | the linking -e is not written |
| خانۀ من | khāne-ye man | ۀ shows the link after -e |
| کتابها | ketābhā | a half-space: no join, no gap |
In the writing tasks, the half-space has its own key.
Build the reading unit
Enter parts in logical order; the font places and joins them.
ک + ت + ا + ب + + ه + ا → کتابها
More words to read
کتاب من
my bookketāb-e manکتابها
booksketābhāمیروم
I go / I am goingmīravamReading tips
Ezafe links words: کتاب من is read ketāb-e man. The -e is normally unwritten. After final -e, print can show a small hamza-like sign: خانۀ من, also written خانهٔ من. These are spelling conventions, not a new basic Persian letter.
The zero-width non-joiner (nim-fāsele) in کتابها and میروم breaks joining without making a full word space. Use the explicit half-space tile. Ordinary spaces still separate words.
Reading practice
Read and decide
Find ۀ in the printed example. Which sign matches it?
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
What does the half-space do here?
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.
Finish practice to save this unit.
You can read and write this
Read the unwritten linker and type Persian half-spaces.
کتاب من
my bookخانۀ من
my houseکتابها
booksمیروم
I go / I am goingUse a Persian keyboard
Persian standard keyboard: Persian ی/ک, ordinary logical letters, and ZWNJ (half-space). Numbers keep their normal internal order.
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