"Shadi is a Syrian doctor."

Translation: شادي دُكتور سورِيّ.

[Ehsan_Mehmed]

Can we use طبيب here?

[tsuj1g1r1]

Yes, as a matter of fact, it sounds better in Standard Arabic.

[KatieC993112]

Good. And it's easy if you speak French. "Toubibe" is French slang for"doctor". There's lots of Arabic in French slang

[AniOhevYayin]

Thanks for asking this question, Ehsan_Mehmed. I had to look up what طبيب means to figure out the question and the response. Regarding KatieC's point--""Toubibe" is French slang for"doctor"--that's very helpful, too. I'm guessing it comes through the colonization of Algeria.

[ayahmaryam88]

What are the rules in constructing sentences in Arabic

[Sikeryali]

الطبيب في المستشفى والدكتور في الجامعه

[Sonic274724]

I put شادي طبيب سوري and it said I was wrong just because it thinks doctor isn't طبيب

[yanesrosen]

Why in Arabic the grammatical order of the words changes?
It is ''Shadi is a Syrian Doctor'' but in Arabic it is "Shadi Doctor Syrian"

[AniOhevYayin]

A lot of languages place the adjective (here Syrian) after the noun. E.g., Elle est médecin syrienne. Ella es una médica siria. È una dottoressa siriana. You will get used to it. The other language you are doing, German, puts the adjective before the noun. English is a Germanic language and so follows Deutsch.

[RhuanPerei15]

In all Latin languages are like in Arabic, however in Latin was free order. I think that it's for Arabic influence, because we have a lot of words from Arabic in latin language.
Obs: my mother language is Portuguese!

[AtiyehBayat]

shadi is a female name, it should be شادی دکتورة سوریة is not?

[tsuj1g1r1]

Shadi is not a female name.

[AtiyehBayat]

weird! "Shadi" is a very female name in Iran! and it means happiness.

[tsuj1g1r1]

In Arabic, it is a male name and it means "chanter," as in "person who chants."

[Claire867508]

I got caught out like that as well.

[FubbiKenan]

Shaadi duktuur Suuriyy.

[JohnNorman643193]

yeah, it's doesn't accept the right answer.