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ތާނަ
Thaana
އަކުރުތައް
letters
Welcome
to
the
Duostories
Dhivehi
course
!
In
this
beginning
lesson
,
I
will
teach
you
how
to
read
Dhivehi
.
You
should
probably
write
this
down
.
If
you
didn't
know
,
the
Dhivehi
alphabet
,
Thaana
,
is
written
from
right
to
left
.
This
is
the
opposite
of
the
Latin
alphabet
.
Try
not
to
read
it
left
to
right
.
ދިވެހި
Dhivehi
ދަސްކުރަމާ
let's learn!
!
In
the
sentence
above
,
the
first
word
is
"
ދިވެހި
",
and
not
"!
ދަސްކުރަމާ
"
ދިވެއްސަކީ
Dhivehi is
ވަރަށް
very
އުނދަގޫ
difficult
ބަހެއް
a language
ނޫނެވެ
not
.
"
ދިވެއްސަކީ
"
is
the
first
word
"
ނޫނެވެ
"
is
the
first
word
The
first
letter
of
the
Thaana
alphabet
is
...
ހ
H
"
Haa
".
It
makes
the
"
h
"
sound
.
Simple
,
right
?
Alright
,
here's
the
rest
of
them
.
ހ
H
ށ
SH
ނ
N
ރ
R
ބ
B
ޅ
LH
ކ
K
އ
Vowel carrier
ވ
V/W
މ
M
ފ
F
ދ
DH
ތ
TH
ލ
L
ގ
G
ޏ
NY
ސ
S
ޑ
D
ޒ
Z
ޓ
T
ޔ
Y
ޕ
P
ޖ
J (Like english)
ޗ
CH
Now
,
for
the
vowels
.
Dhivehi
words
are
written
in
syllables
.
So
,
the
word
"
Dhivehi
"
would
be
spelled
Dhi
Ve
Hi
(but
still
as
one
whole
word)
ދި
Dhi
ވެ
Ve
ހި
Hi
.
So
the
word
Dhivehi
is
"
ދިވެހި
Dhivehi
".
There
are
short
and
long
vowel
sounds
.
For
example
,
if
you
see
"
Ka
(ކަ)
"
it'll
just
be
a
short
"
a
"
sound
,
like
in
"
cup
".
However
,
if
you
see
a
long
vowel
sound
like
"
Kaa
(ކާ)
"
it'll
be
a
long
"
a
"
sound
,
like
in
"
father
".
As
you
can
see
,
vowels
are
like
just
like
diacritics
.
Usually
we
write
the
vowel
symbol
twice
to
make
a
vowel
long
,
but
there
are
a
few
exceptions
.
Here
are
all
the
vowel
symbols
,
using
K
(ކ)
as
an
example
:
ކަ
Ka
ކާ
Kaa
ކި
Ki
ކީ
Kee
ކު
Ku
ކޫ
Koo
ކެ
Ke
ކޭ
Kei
ކޮ
Ko
ކޯ
Koa
ކް
K
Also
,
to
put
a
vowel
as
the
start
of
a
syllable
,
we
use
the
vowel
carrier
"
އ
"
like
in
"
އަސް
horse
",
pronounced
"
As
(
"
A
"
as
in
"
cup
", "
s
"
as
in
"
sand
"
)
"
Now
,
let's
do
a
little
test
to
see
how
well
you
can
do
.
ބޮޑު
big
އަކީ
is
ކުޑައިގެ
of small
އިދިކޮޅެވެ
opposite
Choose
the
option
that
says
"
Bodu
"
ބޮޑު
އަކީ
ކުޑައިގެ
އިދިކޮޅެވެ
Well
,
I
think
you're
set
to
go
!
I
wish
you
good
luck
on
the
stories
ahead
!
Although
,
let's
just
do
one
more
test
just
to
make
sure
.
The
word
"
ބުޅާ
"
transliterated
would
be
:
sukaa
bulhaa
setaa