The Arabic letters - Class 28

28. yaa Learn the Arabic letter Yaa with word samples The Arabic letter Yaa ي is the 28th letter in the Arabic alphabet. It has -almost- the shape of a duck with two dots down. In addition to the isolated form, this letter has 3 forms in an Arabic word. Contents hide 1. The shapes of the letter Yaa ي: 2. How to pronounce Yaa ي? 3. Examples of words with Yaa ي: 4. The letter Yaa ي with the Harakat حركات: 5. The letter Yaa ي as a long vowel and weak letter 6. Other roles of the letter Yaa ي The shapes of the letter Yaa ي: TERMINAL MIDDLE INITIAL ISOLATED ـي ـيـ يـ ي How to pronounce Yaa ي? The pronunciation of the letter Yaa ي is the same as the pronunciation of the English letters Y, I, and EE. Examples of words with Yaa ي: Here are some examples of the letter Yaa ي at the beginning, middle, and end of the word: The initial Yaa ي: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION يقطين Pumpkin Yaqtin يوم Day Yawm يمامة Dove Yamama The middle Yaa ي: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION سيّارة Car Sayyaara بعيد Far Ba’eed سريع Fast Saree’ The terminal Yaa ي: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION كرسي Chair Kursii رأي Opinion Raa’y صبي Boy Sabii The letter Yaa ي with the Harakat حركات: The letter Yaa ي with fat.ha فتحة: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION ثيَاب Clothes Thiyab ريَاضة Sports Riyada يَعسوب Dragonfly Yaa’sub The letter Yaa ي with the Damma ضمة: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION بيُوت Houses Buyut يُوسفي tangerine Yusifi عيون Eyes Ou’un The letter Yaa ي with Kasra كسرة: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION جيِّد Good Jayyed سيِّء Bad Sayee‘ قيِّم Valuable Qayyem The letter Yaa ي with Sukuun سكون: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION حليْب Milk Halib قميْص Shirt Qamis عيْن Eye Ayin The letter Yaa ي as a long vowel and weak letter The letter Yaa ي is one of the Arabic long vowels which are: Alif ا, Waaw و and Yaa ي. In Arabic, these letters are called “weak letters حروف العلة”, because they can change between each other. Here is an example that explains more: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION مشى (He) walked Masha يمشي (He) is walking Yamshi رمى (He) threw Rmaa يرمي (He) is throwing Yarmii The verbs رمى ، مشى have Alif maqsoura ى (the shortened Alif) in the end, which is actually Yaa ي because the root letters of these words are: ر م ى ، م ش ي. The letter Yaa ي is weak and changed into Alif maqsoura ى. In the verbs مشى ، يمشي you see that Yaa ي has not changed. So in many cases, you will meet Yaa ي transformed into Alif maqsoura ى. Other roles of the letter Yaa ي The letter Yaa ي in Arabic could be added to the end of a noun as an attached pronoun “my”, for example: ARABIC ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION بيتي My house Bayti يومي My day Yawmi سيارتي My car Sayyarati The word بيت means “house”. However, بيتي means “my house”. The word يوم means “day”. However, بيتي means “my day”. The word سيارة means “car”. However, بيتي means “my car”. The letter Yaa ي is one of the easy Arabic letters which are not difficult to pronounce, as its sound exists in many other languages. And its isolated and terminal shapes are not similar to any other Arabic letter. The shape of the Initial and middle Yaa يـ ، ـيـ might be confusing as it is close to the Initial شىي middle Taa تـ ، ـتـ, Noun نـ ، ـنـ , Baa بـ ، ـبـ and Thaa ثـ ، ـثـ . You need to pay attention to the dots of these five letters.