Moon Letters

With moon letters, the definite article is pronounced as l-.

The moon-letter group includes the sounds represented in the textbook by: i/y, u/w, h, m, k, q, f, ġ, ع, x, н, b, a. They are called moon letters because the Arabic word for moon (qamar) begins with one of these letters.

Examples

Indefinite	Definite
ktab — a book	l-ktab — the book
bnt — a girl	l-bnt — the girl
wld — a boy	l-wld — the boy
qamar — a moon	l-qamar — the moon