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- "اَلْحائِط"
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Its ى , which is similar to ي . In the middle of a sentence, so that's why you dont fully recognize it. To find it on your phone keyboard, hold down ى until ئ appears. It then performs the same as ي in writing (حائط/ حايط)
Hamza or ء is a guttural stop, like the stop in co-op. It is a bit special because it can stand alone in a sentence or accompany any long vowel ( ء ؤ ئ أ ). This word is a bit unique (to me in this course) because it has a hamza in the middle on a vowel, but in essence its no different than ء
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brendolinif: thanks for the tip for typing that i-hamza. But it's not a guttural stop, it's a glottal stop. :)
It is a hamza ء . It is not an Alif ا nor is it a ي nor a ى . The ى is just the carrier of the hamza.
There is a whole set of rules what letters have to be used as carriers for hamza depending on long and short vowels or absence of vowels. The whole set of rules lead too far at this point in the course, unfortunately, but you can start collecting: after a long a and before a short i in the middle of a word, the carrier is a ى (without dots).
A dal would not be connected to the next letter to the left. Also, the vertical stroke of a dal would be slightly (but not much) taller.
My question also. Can't find it in my keyboard. Sounds like an alif with hamza and short i, but looks like a beit without a dot. Totally puzzling.
on my Qwerty keyboard, it is the Z key. Makes a ئ like a ي but with a hamza.
You can also get it without the hamza ى on key N
Treat it as a Hamza. A kind of stop or short Alif sign. The word would be pronounced ''alHa'iT''
More info here under ''Orthography'': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza?wprov=sfla1
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I cannot find some signs on windows 10 arabic keyboard such as "هٰ" and "ئِ" Is there a resource which could help me to type those signs?
This has given me a lot of trouble, as well. The way I resolved it was by reading the Arabic keyboard file on my computer (it was at /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ara ; I'm a Linux user). I could not find any documentation to help with this; I have arabic fonts, etc., installed, but there seem to be some characters (such as superscript alif) which are not in obvious positions on the keyboard. So, for example, on my keyboard, the superscript alif is at AltGr + n (that's relative to the English keyboard). But it would be really really helpful, since duolingo seems to insist on characters that aren't in obvious places on Arabic keyboards, if we could be pointed towards a document that explained them. ARE YOU LISTENING, DUOLINGO?
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I'd like a on-screen keyboard for the computer, please, so I can type Arabic and not only use the words given. If I install arabic writing for my keyboard, I have no idea which letter is where, as there are so many differences and duplicates.
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Yashanna1: on my computer, I typed out the three rows of Arabic letters into a document, spaced to look just like the actual keyboard, printed it out, and stuck the printout to the wall in front of me. So now, if I place my hands on the keyboard as for touch-typing, I'm learning to find the keys I need without looking. Good luck!
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Please help with pronunciation. On my phone I hear something absolutely strange, like alHaRiT...
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The site forvo.com has an example pronounciation: https://forvo.com/word/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B7/#ar
