fi sa3a mutaakhkhira
lateThe word, broken down.
في ساعة مُتَأَخِّرة 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 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'.
A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
The throaty 'kh' — like the 'ch' in Bach or the Scottish 'loch'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 19 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→
- 04S→س
- 05H→ا
- 06U→ع
- 07M→ة
- 08Space→
- 09L→م
- 10Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 11J→ت
- 12Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 13Shift+H→أ
- 14Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 15O→خ
- 16Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 17Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 18V→ر
- 19M→ة