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294
"My lawyer is smart" would be:
مُحَامِيَّ ذَكِيٌّ.
"muHaamiyyaa dhakiyy(un)" (Formal Standard) | "muHaamiyya dhakiyy" (informal).
294
In English, the "lawyer" word is a countable noun - which needs the article.
The lawyer, a lawyer
Or
An amazing lawyer, a smart lawyer, the smart lawyer, and so on.
294
"A lawyer is smart" would be:
المُحامِي ذكيٌّ.
The Arabic sentence for "A lawyer is smart" is the same with the English sentence's "The lawyer is smart". This is one of the evidences which shows ال is not the same as "the" in English.
192
Why do they keep insisting on nonsensical sentences like "the generous door" and now this one?
192
There is no n in this phrase. It's ذ, not ن. You can tell the difference as the first one doesn't connect to the following letter (ذكي), while the other one does (نكي).