I’m really struggling with the accents and symbols found in Arabic and how they work when paired with letters. The only ones I’m not struggling with are the damma, fat-ha, kasra, and i think the ْ (I don’t remember its name).
To be fair to myself, I’m only at the beginning of learning and am focusing on the alphabet before touching any vocabulary or grammar. But I’m really struggling to wrap my head around the hamza and the one whose name escapes me but looks like this – ّ
I appreciate any and all help that you can give. Thank you in advance.
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The one you are missing is Shedda, which is when you emphasize a letter. Think of how you pronounce pp in “Apple”
Hamza is a straight up letter. Hamza means that you just stop making any sound. The equivalent would be an apostrophe in English. Think of how English people say “water”: “wa’er”
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