"He is a weird Dutch doctor."

Translation: هُوَّ دُكْتور هولَنْدِيّ غَريب.

[AnthPalm]

Is there some kind of word order for phrases with multiple discriptors?

[ClassRocks]

Yes, you put them in reverse order. In English, you say "weird Dutch doctor"but in Arabic (like Spanish) you say "doctor Dutch weird"

[truthiness37]

"ghareeb" is pronounced "gharayb"

[DjibrilAA]

Dr Van Helsing, I presume...

[jaffer18]

Is it not gareeb used for near?

[CarstenLu]

No, that wold be قريب qariib.

[ClassRocks]

You are thinking of the word قريب (qareeb)

[qismy1]

is holandi is dutch?

[MichelleDa878143]

Yes, it is. هولَنْدِيّ means Dutch, someone from the Netherlands.

[bpeel]

I put هولَنْدِيّ and غَريب in the reverse order and Duo got mad at me. Does it matter?

[CarstenLu]

'Dutch' ist the adjective closest to 'doctor' in the Arabic sentence, and so should it be in the translation.

[ClassRocks]

Technically, it matters. You put the noun and it's descriptors. So "weird Dutch doctor" in English becomes "doctor Dutch weird" in Arabic. This is similar to Spanish construction.

[JW3yl7]

Same thibg happened to me, anyone know? I said "wierd dutch" and it wants "dutch wierd"

[Ali_Imran4]

Doesbt gareeb mean poor. Wouldnt we use Ajeeb?

[RajasDaithankar]

@Ali - that's in Urdu. Not in Arabic.

[ClassRocks]

غريب means strange or weird.
عجيب means amazing or incredible.
The word for poor would be فقير

[FaizaMazhar]

Ghareeb can also be used to describe weird in Urdu,when you use the term Ajeeb o ghareeb.. but by itself it refers to poor in Urdu..

[osmf88]

Noun + Origin and then Personal traits at the end

[osmf88]

Is ghareeb not also 'poor'?

[RajasDaithankar]

Not in Arabic.

[FaizaMazhar]

It does mean poor,but in Urdu..

[Evlcet15]

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[MuhammadNu954003]

Is the word هُوَّ is normal in Arabic? What's different with هُوَ without shaddah?

[ZainaMirza6]

It will be basically gareeb not ghareed or ghwareeb

[TasinAkdog]

Hello I was wondering why هو is written as هُوَّ