Yeah, it is problematic. The ' in sarii' is very different from bati'. In sarii', it is the letter ayn, which is akin to a very quick choking noise (sorry for the offense, but this it the only working explanation I can find for novices to understand). In bati', it is a hamza, which is a glottal stop. This is kind of like the 'o' in the stereotyped British pronunciation of bottle. It is called an aspired stop. So, I suggest you start using Arabic leet speak (which is what we in SMS to distinguish). It will help you a little; sometimes add and websites are written in it:
sarii' -> saree3 (ii/ee is fine to me, but I prefer ee; just so long as you know it is a longer version of the vowel)
batee2 (The 2 is the hamza, so now you can differentiate from the ')
I know you are not the first to use this system, but as a non-native speaker, you are hurting yourself by confusing many different sounds with the same letters. Learn the alphabet, it makes life a lot easier. I know how trouble if anyone writes it in non-Arabic script, because it shows both native and non-native speakers have varied understandings of the language, most of them based on opinon, not fact.
Yeah, it is problematic. The ' in sarii' is very different from bati'. In sarii', it is the letter ayn, which is akin to a very quick choking noise (sorry for the offense, but this it the only working explanation I can find for novices to understand). In bati', it is a hamza, which is a glottal stop. This is kind of like the 'o' in the stereotyped British pronunciation of bottle. It is called an aspired stop. So, I suggest you start using Arabic leet speak (which is what we in SMS to distinguish). It will help you a little; sometimes add and websites are written in it:
sarii' -> saree3 (ii/ee is fine to me, but I prefer ee; just so long as you know it is a longer version of the vowel)
batee2 (The 2 is the hamza, so now you can differentiate from the ')
I know you are not the first to use this system, but as a non-native speaker, you are hurting yourself by confusing many different sounds with the same letters. Learn the alphabet, it makes life a lot easier. I know how trouble if anyone writes it in non-Arabic script, because it shows both native and non-native speakers have varied understandings of the language, most of them based on opinon, not fact.