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Letter s

CONTENTS: [ Writing Animation | Pronunciation Notes | Exercises ]

Writing Animation:
click on the letter-form label at left to open a pop-up window

The detached letter s: [voiceless sibilant] [SOUND]
A word-initial s: virtue [SOUND]
savaabu
A word-medial s: example [SOUND]
misaalu
* This letter only appears in Arabic and Persian borrowings and never word-finally

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the consonant [s], as in American English "sun". This letter only appears in Arabic and Persian borrowings. See SCRIPT BASICS: LETTERS USED ONLY IN ARABIC WORDS for more information.

Exercises

1. Visual Discrimination Exercise

Click here for an interactive game

[make sure to close each pop-up window before opening the next one]

2. Writing Exercise

Print out the PDF file and follow the instructions to practice writing s: s.pdf