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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).
made me chuckle... welcome break from the frustrations of the above.....thankyou. T
your comments on this bit of the course are very useful and entertaining, thanks!
that is the word for ‘girl’ and it also changes the conjugation of the adjective to feminine.
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.
It can be a "an American girl", or "an american woman" and how should we know it is a boy , girl or woman please give good choices
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.
Great answer. If you move بنت to the second line it will make it a bit easier to read.
I am using a samsung phone. The blank is always messed up for these type of questions. This blank was to the left of the adjective. Does this happen to anyone else?
