The word
لِأَنَّني
liannani
because IArabicلِأَنَّني
Arabiziliannani
Translationbecause I
TypeConjunction
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
لِأَنَّني reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
02
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ن
nūn
n
A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.
Type:K
09
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 — 9 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
- 01G→ل
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03Shift+H→أ
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05K→ن
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 08K→ن
- 09D→ي
Composedلِأَنَّني