[03] long vowels versus consonants

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Can you compare how the alif, waaw, and yih sound as long vowels or consonants?

The three long vowels in Arabic can also play the role of consonants in
a word. They are interchangeable depending on the word.
 

           Listen to compare vowels from consonants...

  Notice that when the alif has a hamza over it it is a consonant and not a vowel. This is what an alif looks like with a hamza: أ

 Click and listen…
 

Alif, waaw, yih as vowels		Alif, waaw, yih as consonants
طالِبُ taalib student		أبيَض 4' byad  white
مُديرْة modiira director		مَواضيع  5 mawaadiiç topics
مَشْهورة maŝhuura famous		أيضا 6 ' yḍan  also
زائر zaa'ira visitor		أسم 7'ism  name
سِكْرتيرة sakritiira secretary		خير  8  xayr  kindness
جامْعَة gaamça university		أمْر 9 amr   order

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