Lesson 14 of 30
The madd letters
Recognise alif, waw and ya as lengtheners.
What this lesson introduces
- ا after fathah
- و after dammah
- ي after kasrah
Practice between lessons
Progress at this stage tracks almost exactly with whether this happens.
- Hold each madd for two counts
- Contrast a short vowel with its madd
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.