"أَيْن بَلَدِك يا ريم؟"
Translation:Where is your country, Reem?
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It's not فصحى for sure, but it's probably right. Somewhere. This course should be about standard Arabic, though, not regional dialects.
It seems more arabs are learning Arabic from duolingo more than non arabs :)
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بلدُكِ it should be Please don't teach wrong grammar. Stick to MSA or dialect. Don't try to mix them. It's only going to confuse beginners.
Are the rules that Duolingo taught for "your" wrong for MSA? What are the actual rules then?
my ears... my ears... my eyes... my brain... aaaaah... which language eez zees?
A ِ should be at the end under the ك to be understood and pronounced as a female not male
"Where is your country?" I guess the scenario is them looking at a map. Other than that it'd be really weird!
Watching a multi-national sport event - "Where is your country, Reem?" (They're not doing well..) Looking at the flags in front of the UN headquarters - "Where is your country, Reem?" (I found my country's flag, but what about yours?)
I asked a gentleman this very question. I knew he was from the Ivory Coast, but in my mind, I couldn't place in which area of Africa it was. He had to explain where it was to me.
Why not baladik? In the tips n notes, it says to add 'i' on the last two letters, for females. And to add 'a' on the last two letters for males. So baladik is not wrong here, right?
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Well, Arabic has a case system like German, with a "nominative," an "accusative," and a "genitive" case. In this case, the word has no reason NOT to be nominative, and the nominative marker would be "-u," hence "baladuki." (The case marker is added right at the end of the base word, before the pronoun attached to the end.)
In practice, most native speakers don't use case markings consistently anymore because they are mostly only used in set expressions in their dialects, so saying "baladik," like you would in dialect, is extremely common as well.
I am non-arab and do the DL Arabic course step by step. Till now cases haven't been explained or even mentioned in the tips. So, I guess, we are not expected to apply them. I think it's typical for basic-level courses to give incorrect sentences in order to practice only the rules already explained and ignore these yet unexplained. For native speakers it may be strange but for learners... they will not even notice :)
sadly there are still many problems in pronunciation like this word here ! too bad to educate people wrongly ! lot of work needed @duolingo hhh ... not bad in general for someone trying to learn
You are right!! There are too many grammatical and pronouncing mistakes in this course, which may change the meaning completely.
I think DL must pay attention for that and fix all of the problems.....
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