Arabic Alphabet for Dummies - Baa :-)

This is the "Baa" - it corresponds with our B. The writing seems simple, too.

Well, could we already write a word containing only B and A or Baa and Alif respectively? That word children use for their father, Papa - I forgot to ask Hazem: do we need the Alif here, Baa is already containing the sound A, isn't it?
Would it be بب or بابا or ببا?

Hazem : Its بابا , we use this word in most arabin countries , another forms is like أبى and والدى so when u call your father u could say أبى (Apee) OR والدى (Waledii) OR بابا (Papa) but the last one is not a high language although its the most used word for calling your father .

Or do we need yet quite another sign, the so called Fatha, that looks a bit like our accent sign? Fatha is used for making the sound A, Kasra for I (the little sign is placed then not over, but under the consonant), and Damma for U (the Damma looks like the hook on Alif.) But, on the other hand, so far I haven't discovered where there are Fatha, Kasra and Damma on my keyboard ... (? Where are they?) Hazem, Sherazad, dear readers: HELP! :-)

Well we dont need any signs to write بابا its just as it is now , but what u said is right on every letter on/under the arabic alphbitic there is one of three Fatha OR Damaa Or Kasraa , those are just for adjusting the accent , and we do not need to study it by heart , it just come asa sence when u listen to a lot of arabic , i say again

no one is able to memorize the sign on each letter , bec in each word u will find it on/under each letter in the word , so its not practical to memorize them in writing .

Anyway, I hope to have at least one correct word: baab (Hazem said it means "door"), and I try it now, first character by character, then as a word. One can see then how the characters melt together into one word:
ب ا ب becomes باب .

Hazem : Its باب
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