Arabic Letters
Ages 4–7
Arabic letter Alif with a lion
Meet the Arabic letter alif with the short a sound. Hear it at the start of the Arabic word for lion and practice writing it.
أَأَسَد
What did we learn?
In أَسَد (asad, lion), the hamza is above the alif and the short a mark is above it. Try saying the first sound by itself.
Try it yourself
Draw a lion and copy أَ three times next to it. Say asad and point to the first letter.
