"تامِر أَمريكِيّ عَرَبِيّ."

Translation: Tamer is Arab American.

[Lunatica9th]

Isn't there supposed to be an "an" after the "is"?

[JimmyHack]

American can be a noun or an adjective. In this case, both Arab and American are adjectives.

Like saying "Bob is African American"

[AuroraMcGr]

Yes I think so too

[Vahid.BaniRaouf]

Tamer is Arabian American - is also true

[CTfalcoUSA]

1. Why is the name pronounced ثامر like with a ث?
2. Why is there a ُ between تامر and أمريكي?
3. I know that adjectives take certain suffixes, but why does أمريكي take an ون and عربي does not?

[MarksAaron]

Regarding the first one, I think it's an error, so I'd report it.

For the other two, Arabic uses three case suffixes, -u, -a, -i, which can also be in indefinite form, -un, -an, -in. So far in the course, it seems like different case endings are appearing randomly :/

2amirikiyy-un is actually correct here, and endings are optional on the last word before a pause in speech, so that's why 3arabii isn't 3arabiyyun, which it would normally be.

To make things more complicated, most names are indefinite, so come with an automatic -un ending, but a few are known as "diptote", and don't use the -n, just -u. I'm not sure, but Taamir might be one of those names, hence why it's Taamiru here. Or it could be an error.

[CTfalcoUSA]

Thank you for the explanations! Good to know the rule that endings are optional on the last word. I’ve continued the lesson, so I guess I can’t report it anymore. I find this a serious issue with Duolingo actually...

[JurgenDhon1]

Am should be an

[NkemkaHump]

What is the difference between أ and ء

[TakrimNoor]

Tamir Amriki arabii..
= Tamir is Amareican Arab

[Duolingo345376]

Baap na banno duolingo