Alphabet

Question 1

b

Answer 1

The normal English sound /b/

Question 2

d

Answer 2

The normal English sound /d/

Question 3

e

Answer 3

The short “e” sound /e/ as in “met” (not used often)

Question 4

f

Answer 4

The normal English sound /f/

Question 5

g

Answer 5

The normal English sound /g/ as in “go”

Question 6

h

Answer 6

The normal English sound /h/ as in “hi”

Question 7

i

Answer 7

The long “ee” sound as in “meet”

Question 8

j

Answer 8

The /zh/ sound represented by the ‘s’ in “pleasure”

Question 9

k

Answer 9

The normal English sound /k/

Question 10

l

Answer 10

The normal English sound /l/

Question 11

m

Answer 11

The normal English sound /m/

Question 12

n

Answer 12

The normal English sound /n/

Question 13

o

Answer 13

The long “o” sound as in “bone” (mainly for French words that have entered Moroccan Arabic)

Question 14

p

Answer 14

The normal English sound /p/

Question 15

*r

Answer 15

This is not the normal English “r” but a “flap” similar to the Spanish “r” or to the sound Americans make when they quickly say “gotta”

Question 16

s

Answer 16

The normal English sound /s/

Question 17

t

Answer 17

The normal English sound /t/

Question 18

*u

Answer 18

The long “oo” sound as in “food”

Question 19

v

Answer 19

The normal English sound /v/

Question 20

w

Answer 20

The normal English sound /w/

Question 21

y

Answer 21

The normal English sound /y/ as in “yard”

Question 22

z

Answer 22

The normal English sound /z/

Question 23

*š

Answer 23

The normal English sound /sh/ as in “she”

Question 24

*ay

Answer 24

The “ay” as in “say”

Question 25

*au

Answer 25

The “ow” as in “cow”

Question 26

*iu

Answer 26

The “ee you” as in “see you”

Question 27

*d (with a dot under it)

Answer 27

Pronounced like a /d/, but with a lower pitch and a greater tension in the tongue and throat

Question 28

*s (with a dot under it)

Answer 28

Pronounced like a /s/, but with a lower pitch and a greater tension in the tongue and throat

Question 29

*t (with a dot under it)

Answer 29

Pronounced like a /t/, but with a lower pitch and a greater tension in the tongue and throat

Question 30

*q

Answer 30

Like the English /k/ but pronounced further back in the throat

*hit the dangling throat thing, like you’re coughing

Question 31

*x

Answer 31

Like the ??

Question 32

*g (with a dot over it)

Answer 32

Like the x sound above, but pronounced using your voice box; similar to the French “r”

Question 33

*て / H

Answer 33

Like the English “h” except pronounced deep in the throat as a loud raspy whisper

*pant like a dog for practice

Question 34

ع*

Answer 34

Similar to the English ‘a’ in “fat” but with the tongue against the bottom of the mouth and from as deep in the throat as possible

Question 35

*transcript character doubled (rr)

Answer 35

It’s a “shedda” - double the sound

Question 36

’

Answer 36

“Glottal stop” - like in uh oh = a break between vowels

Question 37

a

Answer 37

Sometime the /a/ in “father” (a sound)

Sometimes the /a/ in “mad” (e sound)