...
waaw
and
yoo'
also stand for
the
consonants w
and
y.
How
can
you
tell when a
waaw
stands for w
and
when
it stands for a
longuu
,
and
when ayaa' stands for y
and
when ... similar
relationship between the following pairs:
oJ
and
~
(daal and
Dam!),
-::.
and. »
(taa' and
Taa
');
.j
and. »
(dhaal and DHaa').
If
you listen to native speakers ... literate reads
modem standard Arabic (the colloquial languages are not
written,
except occasionally
as
dialogue
in
plays and novels), and
because of the widening influence of radio and television...