The word
في
fi
on, about, of, into, at, in, duringArabicفي
Arabizifi
Translationon, about, of, into, at, in, during
TypePreposition
CategoryGreetings & introductions →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
في reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
02
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 2 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01T→ف
- 02D→ي
Composedفي