Lesson 6: Consonants with the base form ر

Lesson 6: Consonants with the base form 

Two more consonants with the base form are studied in this lesson.

, this is called /re/ as in rent. This letter has only one form. When combined, it may be pronounced as .

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, this is called / ze/. /z/ as in zebra and /e/ as in set. This letter has only one form too. When combined, it may be pronounced as .

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Note: as you have noticed, these two letters, and , when combined with vowels, have the same pronunciation. That is to say, these two letters have the same pronunciation but different functions. For some words we must use while for others we have to use instead.