fi aya sa3a
at what timeThe word, broken down.
في أَيّة ساعة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 13 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 →- 01T→ف
- 02D→ي
- 03Space→
- 04Shift+H→أ
- 05Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 06D→ي
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 08M→ة
- 09Space→
- 10S→س
- 11H→ا
- 12U→ع
- 13M→ة