Lesson 22 of 30
Sun and moon letters
Know when the lam of "al-" is silent.
What this lesson introduces
- 14 sun letters
- 14 moon letters
Practice between lessons
Progress at this stage tracks almost exactly with whether this happens.
- Read الشَّمْس and الْقَمَر
- Sort the alphabet into the two groups
Rules that start to matter here
Learn this with a tutor
The Qaida is the one stage where self-teaching reliably goes wrong, because an error in a letter sound is invisible to the person making it. A tutor hears it on the first attempt.