"في ٱلْطّابِق اَلْأَوَّل غُرْفة نَوْم."
Translation:There is a bedroom on the first floor.
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Why writing simply الطابق is not accepted? the wasla and the shadda are not compulsory if we do not want to vocalise, are they?
Seila398264,
(1) It should be accepted. (2) Yes, you're correct! Writing wasla and shadda are not compulsory. The reason why Harakaat are written is because we are still beginners.
Please pay attention that the word "nawm-نوم" is a complement. the word "ghurfa- غرفة" when it is on its own is pronounced "ghurfa" however because the word "noum" is a complement in this sentence, it is pronounced "ghurfatt". Thus "ghurfatt- nawm" and not "ghurfa nawm".
Does Arabic use 'first floor' in the US sense or the UK sense? (in UK first floor is one flight of stairs up from ground floor, but i gather that in US English, first floor is at ground level?).
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Why is it " 'THERE' is a bedroom on the first floor " ? Why not " The bedroom is on the first floor " ? 12th Oct 2021
I Hate this questions !!!!!
Why is my answer not ok ???? Where do I read "there is" in arabic ? Hunaak ?
the bedroom is on the first floor should be OK !
Languages don't translate 1:1. In Arabic, fī is often used to convey "There is x in y". If you added hunāka it would sound redundant. Sort of like if I said "On the first floor there's a bedroom on it" in English. It's just a rule about using fī that you have to learn. It confused me a lot the first time I took Arabic, too.
I am lost regarding the numbers ...el waaHid is supposed to be the first...here it is el 2awwal....so how does it work?
I suppose it means "first" - instead of "one". And because I´m not good in remembering "alouwal" I imagine that the duo-owl lives on the first floor.
regarding pronunciation, غرفة seems to be غرفك -- that's the way I hear it, why?
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Is "first floor" in Arabic referring to the ground floor, maybe as in America I think, and Norway and the way lots of hotel rooms are numbered, or is it the one above?