أُمّ
umm · a mother
- أُu
- مّmm
- u — Alif with a hamza, carrying a damma
- mm — Mīm with a shadda — held, said twice
Unit 10 · Reading real words
Step 1 of 4 · Sound it out
Read each piece right to left, then let them run together.
سُكَّر
sukkar · sugar
- سُsu
- كَّkka
- رr
- su — Sīn with a damma
- kka — Kāf with a shadda and a fatha — doubled
- r — Rāʼ, closing the word
شُبَّاك
shubbāk · a window
- شُshu
- بَّاbbā
- كk
- shu — Shīn with a damma
- bbā — Bāʼ doubled by the shadda, then stretched by the alif
- k — Kāf, closing the word
The last piece of the puzzle: a letter under a shadda is written once and said twice. Hold it as you pass through it, and the word comes out right.