☰ Units · Arabic A1

Jeem, haa, khaa, dal, dhal

Unit 2 · Part A · Arabic A1 (Beginners)
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Jeem

Arabic A1 · Unit 2
GoalRead and write ج (jeem) and read first words that contain it.
New words
جَ (ja) · syllable jaجِ (ji) · syllable jiتَاج (tāj) · crownجَيْب (jayb) · pocketجَبِين (jabīn) · foreheadجَانِب (jānib) · sideتِيجَان (tījān) · crowns
Explanation

Jeem (ج) is the “j” of “jam”. In some countries people say it like the “g” of “go”, but this course uses the “j”. The letter has one dot, written below its curved body. Jeem is the first of three letters that share one body; you meet the other two in the next lesson. It joins on both sides, like baa, and it has four forms.

جalone
جـstart
ـجـmiddle
ـجend
jīmj
Worked examples
One letter with three vowels. Press each card: the letter stays and only the mark changes.
جَja+يْy+بb
Break the word جَيْب into steps. The sukun on the yaa means there is no vowel after it, so you say jay and then b. The word means pocket.
Jeem in the middle and at the start of longer words: forehead and crowns. Look for the dot inside the curve.
Class activity

Draw the curve. Write ج slowly five times from right to left, with the dot under the curve. Then copy the words تَاج and جَانِب and read them aloud. Draw a small crown next to تَاج.

Practice
1
How many dots does jeem have, and where is the dot?
2
Which of these letters is jeem?
ب
ج
ت
3
Press Listen. Does the word begin with ja or with ta?
4
Write the three syllables ja, ji and ju with their marks.
5
Read the word aloud and say what it means: جَيْب.