How to write Arabic vocals

Usually Arabic words are missing their vocals in the written from.
As an Arabic native speaker, you learn the pronunciation and thus the vocals from the beginning.
For the non-native this fact provides kind of a challenge.

Therefore we strongly advise you to learn every single word with its written form and pronunciation at the same time.

To this rule, there is an exception: the three so called 'long vowels' (they are pronounced a bit longer) have own letters and they appear in writing.

Please memorize these long vowels by heart: ā [ ا ], ī [ ي ] and ū [ و ]

Arabic 'short vowels' (pronounced shortly) are marked with certain signs in the written form of a word.

Please take a close look at the following table:

Marking Arabic short vowels with certain signs:
Sign	Description
(َ )	short a, noted above a consonant
(ِ )	short i, noted beneath a consonant
(ُ )	short u, noted as tickmark above the consonant

Please note:
Arabic does not use the vowels 'e' and 'o'.

Arabic Grammar

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Arabic Grammar at a Glance

Arabic language

Pronunciation

Writing system

Writing Arabic vocals

Arabic alphabet

Word structure

Additional characters

Articles

Definite Article

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Nouns - gender

Definite/indefinite nouns

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Use referring to objects

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Verb system - overview

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