There are some easy tips and techniques through which pronouncing Arabic letters becomes an easy task to do. In this article, will do the same. At the end of this article, you will be able to pronounce the letter ت {tāʾ} easily with the different harakat (Vowel movements):
Fat̊ḥa فَتْحَة َ
Kasrah كسرة ِ
Dammah ضمة ُ
Jazm / Sokoun جزم ْ
Shadda شدة ّ
Here it is important to understand some parts of the mouth through which we will be pronouncing the letter ت {tāʾ}.
- الثنايا العليا (ạltẖãnāyā ạl̊ʿul̊yā): The front four teeth are called ثنايا (ạltẖãnāyā), the two upper teeth are called الثنايا العليا ( ạltẖãnāyā ạl̊ʿul̊yā).
- The tip of our tongue.
Now, let’s pronounce ت {tāʾ}: Touch the tip of your tongue at the upper two teeth (ạltẖãnāyā ạl̊ʿul̊yā) and say ت / T. Just like ‘T’ in the English word “table”. Practice this sound again and again.
Let’s practice ت {tāʾ} with vowel movements.
Fatah فتحة: It is a small diagonal line on the top of the letter and sounds as ‘AA’. For example:
تَ = TA, read as; T fatah TA
Kasrah كسرة: It is a small diagonal line below a letter and sounds like ‘EE’. For example:
تِ = TE, read as; T kasrah TE
Dammah ضمة: It is a small comma like symbol on the top of the letter and sounds like ‘UU’. For example:
تُ = TU, read as; T dammah TU
Jazm / Sokoun جزم: Jazm is also called sokoun, a letter with Jazm is called Sakin. It is a small round symbol above the letter. It means that this letter is joint with the letter before it. For example:
تْ = Ta sakin, like the word سِتْ = s Dammah + t sakin = sit
Shadda شدة: When a letter having symbol ّ , it is called Mushadad. It is pronounced by saying the letter twice with one movement of the tongue. It is read by joining two letters and also read with harakat.
To learn more about the Arabic Harakat, here you can find the easiest way to practice Tashkeel:
Now, practice the letter ت {tāʾ} by saying these words:
Here, you can learn how to write the letter ت {tāʾ}:
For more explanation about how Arabic letters are written, please check out this article:
How Arabic letters are written in their different positions?
Finally, it is important to notice the difference between the letter ت {tāʾ} and the letter ط {ṭāʾa}:
- ت {tāʾ} is pronounced by touching the tip of our tongue at the edge of the upper front teeth, while ط {ṭāʾa} is pronounced by touching the tip of our tongue at the root of upper front teeth (ạltẖãnāyā ạl̊ʿul̊yā).
- ت {tāʾ} makes a thin sound while ط {ṭāʾa} makes a thick sound.
Example words for the difference between the letter ت {tāʾ} and the letter ط {ṭāʾa}:
For more practice about the letter ت {tāʾ}, you can watch this video tutorial:
00:00 Intro to the letter ت {tāʾ}
00:10 How to write the Arabic letter ت {tāʾ}
00:27 How to pronounce the Arabic letter ت {tāʾ}?
00:45 The different forms of writing the letter ت {tāʾ} according to its positions.
02:07 The difference between the letter ت {tāʾ} and the letter ط {ṭāʾa}.
02:40 How to pronounce the Arabic letter ت {tāʾ} with harakat (Arabic vowles); Shaddah, damma, kassrah, tanween, sukoun, mad?
03:33 Let’s practice how to pronounce the letter ت {tāʾ}.
Practice makes perfect. Hence, keep practicing and keep improving.
