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The word
سَنُسافِر

sanusafir

we will travel
Arabicسَنُسافِر
Arabizisanusafir
Translationwe will travel
TypeVerb
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

سَنُسافِر reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ن
nūn
n

A plain 'n'. A deep bowl with one dot above.

Type:K
04
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
05
Letter
س
sīn
s

A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.

Type:S
06
Letter
ا
alif
ā

A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.

Type:H
07
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
08
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
09
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
← 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
  1. 01Sس
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Kن
  4. 04Shift+Eـُḍamma
  5. 05Sس
  6. 06Hا
  7. 07Tف
  8. 08Shift+Aـِkasra
  9. 09Vر
Composedسَنُسافِر
سَنُسافِر
Practice

Type سَنُسافِر until your fingers know it.

Or practice it inside the full Travel & places session.

Practice just sanusafirStart the Travel & places set