"زَيد مُتَرجِم عَرَبِيّ."

Translation: Zayd is an Arab translator.

[LangPhile]

Is Zayd an Arab translator or an Arabic translator?

[linguafiqari]

Arab. For it to be Arabic, it would need to be:

زيد مترجم اللغة العربية

[LangPhile]

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

[linguafiqari]

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

[LangPhile]

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

[maskedmallard537]

So, to be clear, this sentence is saying that Zayd is a translator who happens to be Arab, then? And not a translator who translates the Arab language, i.e. Arabic?

[NatShanggg]

Thanks, meaning that in the original sentence, it is referring to zayd's natinality is Arab? and not the language itself right?

[sulthana15]

Zayd is a arab translator

[IbneNoorSh]

Yeah, it must have been Arabic instead of Arab...

[vegardholtas]

How is "mutarjimun" different from "mutarjim"? Which rules apply here?

[Abdallah483556]

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

[Abdallah483556]

And also Zayd should be Zaydun not like in the record

[Adam_Sparrow]

What is the point of doubling ii at the end? I dont really hear any difference between "ii" and doubled "ii"

[alvaf]

One is spelled shorter than the other. "i" is short and "ii" is long

[Cole700627]

Is it like '3arabiyy'?

[EvemarieMo]

Then, will you , please, explain to me why you use a "Y" in Zayd and "E" in Tamer a transliterate a letter my ear hears the same way? Particularly, why "Y" ? Because it looks more fancy? I realize that the "i" in Tamir is only a diacritical mark, but the sound is the same, only more or less long or emphatic. And, by the underline it uses, the AI incorporated in my computer's spell check likes your "Zayd" no better than my "Tamer". Are these just totally arbitrary conventions?

[Shivaadh]

There are languages where a different length of the 'same' sound makes it a different letter. I think Arabic might be one of them.

[alvaf]

Y in Zayd is like Y in "yes", and i in "Tamer" is like for example i in "will"

[TaqwiHaron]

Thanks

[phargow]

I thought the Shadda was only for consonants...? Could someone please explain this mystery to me? : )

[meromada]

Whenever you see "shadda" it means you have to stress that letter. As an example, the word حمام
حَمَامْ=pigeon
Pronounced as hamam
حَمّامْ= bathroom
Pronounced as Ham-mam as if it's حممام=> حمّام

Another exmple: درس
دَرَسَ=studied
Pronounced as darasa
دَرّسَ=taught
Pronounced as darrasa as if it's دررس=> درّس

So the shadda basically guides you how to pronounce the word.

Hope this helps

[TaqwiHaron]

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[djalo140232]

Yes!

[Aaisha3210]

Shouldn't it be Zaid is a good arabic translator instead of Zaid is a good arab translator

[OmerMesino]

تماما

[antasia123]

i have alln di hate it i am a model

[Sarinah423100]

Thank you