{"id":1196,"date":"2025-09-30T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/?post_type=popular-mistakes&#038;p=1196"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:06:44","slug":"the-difference-between-ha-and-ta-marbuta-in-writing","status":"publish","type":"popular-mistakes","link":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/popular-mistakes\/the-difference-between-ha-and-ta-marbuta-in-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between Ha&#8217; and Ta&#8217; Marbuta in Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The letter ha&#8217; (\u0647) is always written and pronounced as &#8220;\u0647&#8221;, such as &#8220;face&#8221; and &#8220;\u0643\u062a\u0627\u0628\u0647&#8221;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The letter ta&#8217; marbuta (\u0629) is always written as &#8220;\u0629&#8221; but is pronounced as &#8220;\u062a&#8221; when connected and as &#8220;\u0647&#8221; when paused. For example, the word madrasa (pronounced &#8220;\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0633\u064f \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0644\u0628&#8221; when connected and &#8220;\u0645\u062f\u0631\u0633\u0629\u0647&#8221; when paused).<\/li>\n<li>The basic rule: If you can connect the word to what follows it and pronounce it as &#8220;\u062a&#8221;, then it is a ta&#8217; marbuta. If you pronounce it as &#8220;\u0647&#8221; in all cases, then it is a ha&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The difference between Ha&#8217; and Ta&#8217; Marbuta is one of the most common mistakes learners make. The Ha&#8217; remains constant in pronunciation, while the Ta&#8217; Marbuta changes in pronunciation between stops and connected, making the distinction between them an essential step in mastering Arabic writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1195,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1196","popular-mistakes","type-popular-mistakes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/popular-mistakes\/1196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/popular-mistakes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/popular-mistakes"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafatih-alarabiya.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}