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T marboota

A lesson about the t marboota letter

Let's talk quickly about the ة or the t marboota, which literally means 'tied t'.

Just to be confusing, this 'tied t' is actually usually pronounced as an 'a' sound...

Keywords

  • noun
  • noun
  • noun

This letter only ever comes at the end of a word.

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Comments (2)

  1. Raja ·

    We don’t pronounce the "t" in the iḍāfa. Also, "hadifa" isn’t used in Lebanese. It would be great to just learn Lebanese vocabulary, not words from Standard Arabic.

  2. Learn Levantine ·

    @ Raja, *The t marboota ة must always be pronounced as a t in the Idafa.* You're right in Lebanon people usually say جنينة, but the word حَديقة is the most common word that's used across the Levant region :)

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