I just wanna add this point to what my friend Youseef said: Children (plural noun) = أطفال [ Atfal / At-Fal] Childhood (noun) = الطفولة [ a-tufoolatu / at-tu-foo-la-too ]

Atfal .

اطفال = at fal

a childhood = طُفُولَةٌ = طفولة = [tufoolatun]=[tufoolah.] ( t like in the word : iTiliano) the childhood= الطُّفُولَةُ = الطفولة =[a-tufoolatu]=[a-tufoolah.] ( the same sound of t in "italiano" and "oo" like in [good]). [a] children = أَطْفَالٌ=أطفال= [atafaalun] the children = الأَطْفَالُ= الأطفال = [a-atafaalu] double "a" has a sound as "ah" it's little long, and the sound of "a" is like father in the american accent. good luck

Shukran! :-)