🔹 Lesson Explanation

In this lesson, you will learn how to read four-letter Arabic words that include a Sukoon (ـْ). This builds directly on what you learned in Lessons 3 and 4.

By now, you understand:

• Basic vowels:
  • Fatha ( ـَ ) → “a”
  • Kasrah ( ـِ ) → “i”
  • Dhammah ( ـُ ) → “u”
• Sukoon ( ـْ ) → silence or rest
  • The letter with Sukoon has NO vowel.
  • It is pronounced immediately after the previous vowel.

Now we combine everything into four-letter words, which helps build real reading fluency.

📚 Understanding the Structure of 4-Letter Words

Four-letter words often follow these patterns:

Pattern 1: Vowel – Sukoon – Vowel – Sukoon

Examples:

• بَ نْ دَ رْ → بَنْدَرْ
• دَ فْ تَ رْ → دَفْتَرْ
• خَ لْ قَ تْ → خَلْقَتْ

In this pattern:

1. Letter 1 has a vowel
2. Letter 2 has a Sukoon
3. Letter 3 has a vowel
4. Letter 4 has a Sukoon

You read smoothly through the vowels and stop slightly on each Sukoon.

Pattern 2: Vowel – Sukoon – Vowel – Vowel

Examples:

• بَ نْ دَ رُ → بَنْدَرُ
• مَ نْ تَ رُ → مَنْتَرُ
• صَ فْ دَ رُ → صَفْدَرُ

Here the last letter has a vowel, so the word ends with a light sound rather than a stop.

✨ Expanded Examples From the Lesson

Below are all the required examples with pronunciation guidance:

Required Examples:

بَنْدَرُ	بَ + نْ + دَ + رُ	ban-da-ru
مَنْتَرُ	مَ + نْ + تَ + رُ	man-ta-ru
صَفْدَرُ	صَ + فْ + دَ + رُ	saf-da-ru
جَعْفَرُ	جَ + عْ + فَ + رُ	jaʿ-fa-ru
دَفْتَرْ	دَ + فْ + تَ + رْ	daf-tar (stop)
دَعْوَتْ	دَ + عْ + وَ + تْ	daʿ-wat (stop)
مَنْجَن	مَ + نْ + جَ + نْ	man-jan (stop on nْ)
مَرْهَمُ	مَ + رْ + هَ + مُ	mar-ha-mu
سَرْجَنَ	سَ + رْ + جَ + نَ	sar-ja-na
لَنْدَن	لَ + نْ + دَ + نْ	lan-dan
دَرْجَن	دَ + رْ + جَ + نْ	dar-jan
كَمْبَلْ	كَ + مْ + بَ + لْ	kam-bal (stop)
خَلْقَتْ	خَ + لْ + قَ + تْ	khal-qat (stop)
أَفْسَرُ	أَ + فْ + سَ + رُ	af-sa-ru

🕌 Additional Examples (Expanded List)

Here are expanded sets to support reading fluency:

• بَسْمَلَ
• فَرْمَدُ
• كَنْهَرُ
• دَرْبَسَ
• مَرْكَزُ
• نَفْحَرُ
• سَمْهَرَ
• لَحْمَدُ
• سَفْرَدْ
• بَرْقَمْ
• خَرْبَشَ
• جَرْمَنَ
• كَرْبَلَ
• جَهْرَمْ

📄 Practice Sets