Learn Arabic from Zero | Lesson 15: Kaf (ك) – One Root, a Whole Family of Words

Learn the Arabic letter kaf (ك): its sound, how to write it, and its 4 joined shapes, step by step, for complete adult beginners. Read your first word family: katab (he wrote), kitāb (book) and kutub (books) all come from the same three letters, k-t-b. In this lesson: • The key word: kalb, dog, and the letter kaf taken out of it • The sound: the English k, and how it differs from qaf (kalb, dog, and qalb, heart) • Kaf with fatha, kasra and damma: katab (he wrote), kitāb (book), kutub (books) • Kaf with the letters of madd: kātib (writer), kūkh (hut), kīs (bag, sack), and with sukun: maktab (desk, office) • Waw with sukun after fatha is not madd: kawkab (planet, star) • One family, one root: k-t-b, the letters behind five words about writing • How to write kaf: from the top of the tall line, down, along the flat base, then the small mark inside • Kaf's four shapes, beside lam and alif • Kaf at the start, middle and end of words: kalb, bakat (she cried), malik (king), mulūk (kings) • Train your ear: kunāfah (kunafa, a sweet pastry) • Build a word: katab, from kalb, tamr and bayt • Listen and point: find the word you hear Previous: Lesson 14 – Fa Next: Lesson 16 – Ra Playlist: Learn Arabic from Zero Chapters: 0:00 Welcome and your goal 0:18 Key word: kalb (dog) 1:02 Kaf: the sound, beside qaf 1:30 Kaf with fatha, kasra and damma 2:16 Madd and sukun, and one root: k-t-b 4:03 Writing kaf 4:25 Kaf's four shapes, beside lam and alif 5:12 Kaf at the start, middle and end of words 6:10 Quick check 6:54 Build a word: katab 7:17 Your turn: listen and point 7:46 Read it now: your goal 8:09 Next lesson: ra #LearnArabic #ArabicAlphabet #ArabicForBeginners #ArabicLanguage #ArabicRootWords