Arabic/LearnRW/kasra and yaa
kasra
[edit | edit source]Appearance
[edit | edit source]It is a line that goes on the bottom of a letter. It looks exactly like a fatHa, but it goes under the letter. It always exists with a letter, it cannot be alone.
بِ (pronounced: be )
كِ (pronounced: ki )
هِيَ (pronounced: hi-ya )
تِـتـِتِ (pronounced:ti-ti-ti )
Sound
[edit | edit source]It makes the "i" sound in bit. It never makes the "i" sound in "I". It sounds like the "ee" in "beet" pronounced very shortly. It is a short vowel.
kasra and yaa
[edit | edit source]ـِي (pronounced:ee )
If a plain (with no symbols on it) ي (yaa) comes after a kasra, then the "ee" sound is made. This "ee" sound is exactly the same sound as the "ee" sound in "feet". It is a long vowel sound.
بـِي (pronounced: bee )
كِي (pronounced: kee )
هِي (pronounced: hee )
تِي (pronounced: tee )
ثِي (pronounced: thee )
ثِـيتِي (pronounced:thee-tee )
The same sound would be made if the "yaa" had something called a sukoon on it (this will be covered later).Examples:
ْبـِي (pronounced: bee )
ْكِي (pronounced: kee )
BUT if the yaa has anything else on it then it will not make the "ee" sound.
َبـِي (pronounced: bi-ya )
ُكِي (pronounced: ki-yu )
ِبـِي (pronounced: bi-yi )
ثِـيُرَ (pronounced:thi-yu-ra )
More difficult examples
[edit | edit source]يـِي (pronounced: yee )
يُو (pronounced: yoo )
وِي (pronounced: wee )
يُوَ (pronounced: yu-wa )
يا (pronounced: yaa )