Vowel Marks (Aerab)

اعراب

About this concept

Short vowels shown as diacritical marks: zabar (a), zer (i), pesh (u). Long vowels written with letters: alif (ā), vāo (ū/o), ye (ī/e). Diacritics usually omitted except in Quran and children's books.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A1.

Examples

کَ کِ کُ (ka, ki, ku)Short vowels: zabar, zer, pesh

کا kā, کی kī, کو kūLong vowels with alif, ye, vāo

پانی pānī (water)Long vowels in a word

لڑکا laṛkā (boy)Mix of short and long vowels

Prerequisite

Urdu Script (Nastaliq)A1

More A1 concepts

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