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Letter f

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 f: [voiceless labiodental fricative] [SOUND]
A word-initial f:

mendicant

[SOUND]
faqiiru
A word-medial f: journey, voyage [SOUND]
safaru
A word-final f: clean [SOUND]
saafu
* This letter only appears in borrowings from Arabic and other languages

Pronunciation Notes

This letter represents the consonant [f], and is pronounced as the "f" in American English "fun". 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 f: f.pdf