Baa is for ball, and the ball is below the boat.
Baa is a very messy eater. He was eating a chocolate ball in his boat, but he dropped it! Now the ball is stuck under the boat. One dot, below.
Sound: b, as in ball.
Looks like: ت Taa, ث Thaa. Look at the dots to tell them apart!
Arabic letters hold hands like a train. Start reading at the engine on the right, then walk back along the train. The letter changes its look in each spot.
ـب
ـبـ
بـ| بـ | 🚂 Engine (start) The boat loses its back and becomes a little hook reaching forward. |
| ـبـ | 🚃 Carriage (middle) Just a tiny bump on the track, with the ball under the boat in the same spot. |
| ـب | 🚋 Caboose (end) The whole boat comes back to finish the word. |
Tap a word to hear it in Arabic, then English.