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What is the difference in Arabic between "an american boy" and "a boy is american".
Technically there isn't but it is a matter of logical meaning when the phrase is heard.
Given that the adjective here is proper (one of nationality), this is logically heard in Arabic as a phrase (implying 'there is an American boy...' and we will know more about him in the sentence) rather than an independent sentence (implying that all boys are American).
I guess this is how Duolingo works: no teaching (i.e. giving explanations), always testing, and learning comes by making mistakes in this testing mode. There is some merit to it, even though it can be frustrating. Oh, and then there are the people who provide explanations :-)
You can hover your mouse over the words to see what they translate to, and you can read grammar explanations when you click the lightbulb when you choose the skill you want to learn.
This term is offered as a text completion where the alternatives are also correct (an intended meaning is not given, so why is "an American boy" correct, but not "an American girl"?)
ولد أمريكي an American Boy بنت أمريكية an American Girl In arabic , verbs and adjectives have genders
Usually , the feminine adjectives end with ة not ALWAYS however.
