Lesson 3 of 30
Letters that sound alike
Distinguish the pairs English speakers merge.
What this lesson introduces
- س ص
- ت ط
- د ض
- ذ ظ
- ك ق
- ه ح
Practice between lessons
Progress at this stage tracks almost exactly with whether this happens.
- Minimal-pair drills
- Record and compare against a reciter
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.