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Four useful nouns: door, house, book, and pen.

Read at a pause

All base letters in these words have already been introduced. If you skipped the letter lessons, use the sound hints and return to those families when needed; recognizing a whole word is a useful first step. Vowels inside each word are supplied; final grammatical case endings are omitted because we say each word on its own.

بَاب

baab — door

Door

Long aa is written with alif; the final baa restarts after that non-joiner.

بَاب

baab — door

House

Fatḥa followed by yaa with sukuun gives ay, not ii.

بَيْت

bayt — house

Book

Short ki, then long taa, then final b: do not shorten the aa.

كِتَاب

kitaab — book

Pen

Start with deep qaaf, not kaaf; both written vowels are short a.

قَلَم

qalam — pen