Topic: Arabic

"زَيد مُتَرجِم عَرَبِيّ."

Translation:Zayd is an Arab translator.

June 26, 2019

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Is Zayd an Arab translator or an Arabic translator?

June 26, 2019
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    Arab. For it to be Arabic, it would need to be:

    زيد مترجم اللغة العربية

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    Okay, you added اللغة too! I didn't notice.

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    Oh! That's right, nearly forgot that! But can't عَرَبِيّ mean Arabic too?

    June 26, 2019
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      In dialect, yes. But in MSA, it's "Arab". You specify "language" more, like you noticed.

      June 28, 2019
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        How is "mutarjimun" different from "mutarjim"? Which rules apply here?

        June 29, 2019
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          It's a grammatical mark it indicates that the word is in nominative case. And if there was a completion for the sentence you will also have to add "un" to 3arabii = 3arabiyyun

          July 2, 2019
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            And also Zayd should be Zaydun not like in the record

            July 2, 2019
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            Yes, he is an Arab, but what does he translate?

            July 4, 2019
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