Arabic Letters Seen and SHeen

The Letters Seen and SHeen

·        The next letters of the alphabet are Seen and SHeen

·        Seen and SHeen look very similar except that Seen has no dots and SHeen has 3 dots on top

·        Seen is equivalent to the letter S
SHeen is equivalent to the combination SH

Listening & Pronouncing

·        Careful not to confuse Seen and THaa
THaa sounds like the TH in “Bath”
Seen sounds like the S in “Bass”

·        Exercise: repeat the words you hear

Reading

·        Seen and SHeen have the same body

Seen has no dots
But SHeen has 3 dots on top

·        The body of Seen/SHeen is 3 cusps followed by a big loop
You don’t see the loop when there is a letter coming after

·        What other letters have a loop that you don’t see when there’s a letter after?

·        Make sure not to confuse the cusps of the Seen/SHeen body with the bumps in letters Baa, Taa and THaa

·        Can you see the separate letters in the examples below?
Use the dots of Baa, Taa, THaa to help you

·        Make sure not to confuse Seen and THaa
They both have 3 dots on top

·        Can you tell the difference between Seen and THaa in the examples below?

·        Exercise: read the following to the best of your ability

Writing

·        Exercise: copy the following words once each

سرد

درس

حسب

حساس

سار

شرب

حبس

خشب

·        Remember that when Baa, Taa and THaa come before the letter م (Meem; English “M”) that the body of the Baa/Taa/THaa becomes a semicircle

·        Well this happens with Seen and SHeen also
But, like Baa/Taa/THaa

o   it looks nice but it’s optional

o   the م must have a letter connected after it as well

·        Exercise: copy the following words once each

شمس

سمر

سم

شم

Proceed to lesson 12