Lesson 17 of 30
Sukun
Read a letter carrying no vowel.
What this lesson introduces
- The sukun mark
- Closed syllables
Practice between lessons
Progress at this stage tracks almost exactly with whether this happens.
- Read three-letter closed syllables
- Avoid inserting a vowel where there is none
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.