Arabic is written from right to left, much like Hebrew. Figures in European languages are written from left to right, much like letters. However, not all Europeans interpret them in this manner! The letter "إ" (alef) is always interpreted as a consonant, and never as a vowel. Thus, the word "alfabet" means "alphabetum", or "letter". Furthermore, although the direction in which they are written is left to right, the actual order of the letters within a word is determined by their position in the alphabet. For example, the word "journey" is written "تفاته" - "tafahhh-pee". There is no way to know from this how long each syllable lasts, so it can't be split into words. Finally, some languages that are not written using a logographic system may appear to use Arabic script because they too write from right to left. Examples include Modern Persian and Turkish. However, in reality, they also contain many other differences from Arabic that prevent them from being considered accurate translations: for example, the Persian word for "yes" is "aye" while the Arabic word is "ayyāḏ".