Arabic/LearnRW/kasra and yaa

kasra Appearance It is a line that goes on the bottom of a letter. It looks exactly like a fatHa, but it goes under the letter. It always exists with a letter, it cannot be alone. بِ (pronounced: be ) كِ (pronounced: ki ) هِيَ (pronounced: hi-ya ) تِـتـِتِ (pronounced:ti-ti-ti ) Sound It makes the "i" sound in bit. It never makes the "i" sound in "I". It sounds like the "ee" in "beet" pronounced very shortly. It is a short vowel. kasra and yaa ـِي (pronounced:ee ) If a plain (with no symbols on it) ي (yaa) comes after a kasra, then the "ee" sound is made. This "ee" sound is exactly the same sound as the "ee" sound in "feet". It is a long vowel sound. بـِي (pronounced: bee ) كِي (pronounced: kee ) هِي (pronounced: hee ) تِي (pronounced: tee ) ثِي (pronounced: thee ) ثِـيتِي (pronounced:thee-tee ) The same sound would be made if the "yaa" had something called a sukoon on it (this will be covered later).Examples: ْبـِي (pronounced: bee ) ْكِي (pronounced: kee ) BUT if the yaa has anything else on it then it will not make the "ee" sound. َبـِي (pronounced: bi-ya ) ُكِي (pronounced: ki-yu ) ِبـِي (pronounced: bi-yi ) ثِـيُرَ (pronounced:thi-yu-ra ) More difficult examples يـِي (pronounced: yee ) يُو (pronounced: yoo ) وِي (pronounced: wee ) يُوَ (pronounced: yu-wa ) يا (pronounced: yaa )