Shadda

Alright kiddo, so a shadda is a little symbol used in the Arabic language to show that a letter should be doubled or pronounced with a "heavy" sound. It looks like a little wavy line above the letter, kind of like a tiny ocean wave.

Let's say you have a word in Arabic that has the letter "taa" in it, which is pronounced like the "t" in "telephone". If you see a shadda above the taa, that means you should pronounce it twice as long and with more emphasis. So instead of just saying "taa", you would say "ttaa". It's like putting a little extra oomph into it.

This might sound like a small thing, but it can actually change the whole meaning of a word. So it's important to pay attention to those little shaddas!