12th Letter: siin

MaRHabaen to the 12th dreamscape.  Can you find the 5 symbols in the Suura?

1) The dozen eggs tell us that this is an associative dreamscape of the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

2) The shape of the scorpion with his tail and pinchers pointed upwards give us the perfect silhouette of the letter siin.

3) The first sound in the word scorpion, "s," is the sound of the letter siin.  Note: if you don't remember the name of the letter is siin right now, it doesn't matter.  We haven't been paying that much attention to the names of the letters; that's not one of our five key facts.  What matters most is the shape and sound of a letter.  If someone is learning English, does he or she need to know that "w" is called "double-you" in English to find it in the dictionary, or to pronounce it in a word, or to know how to write it?  No, an English language learner doesn't need to remember that right away.  If you learn the name, that's great, but it's not a primary element of our dreamscapes and it shouldn't be.  We are focused on the essential mechanics of the language in our associative images--you will naturally absorbed the little extra details over time as long as the core facts are solid for you.  Before we decorate a house, we have to build the house.  The names of the letters are like that--they are just extra decorations.

4) This scorpion is a fiery red, not black, so this is a Light letter.

5) The scorpion has staked his claim to these hard-boiled eggs on the park table in the middle of the day, so this is a Sun letter--the "s" sound will double over preceding "L" sounds.

AS A WORD

se (pronounced like the se in set) means:

I.  Future

II.  Will, shall (used before verbs like we use will and shall in English to denote future tense).

sae'e (pronounced say'uh) means:

I. To be or become bad, evil, poor, vile, wicked

II.  To deteriorate, worsen, become worse, become aggravated.  

I guess the people at the park better have written their Wills before they absentmindedly reach down to grab a hard boiled egg off of the picnic table.  The future looks bleak, eh?  Say "uh, oh" when you see that darn scorpion!  He's messing up our dreamscape and turning it into a nightmare.

So "say" is just for the future, but "say 'uh" is for a bad future.  Makes sense doesn't it?