"كَيْفِك يا سارة؟ نَعْسانة؟"

Translation: How are you, Sarah? Sleepy?

[Haizimao]

this is a colloquial way to ask "How are you" It should be كيف حالك يا سارة؟

[arabmouni]

What's wrong with learning how to actually speak to others? "Kiif Hal-ak/ik" can be used for sure in colloquial Arabic as well, but in the Levantine dialect "kiif-ak/ik" is fsr more common in daily speaking with others.

[TheQaswarah]

It should always be "kiefa halu-ka/ki", and not whatever you said before

[Emily.Neuendorf]

It's just weird that they don't seem to have taught anything else in dialect except for this. Everything thus far has been ultra MSA.

[tobarse]

What’s wrong about this is the course never telling you what’s colloquial and what’s standard from what’s being taught… I’ve been going through some of the discussions and it looks like a random mix of both. Following this course with other learning material is advised.

[Crossmount]

thank you for that precision , it is very useful

[KatieCos]

Crossmount: thank you for that detail. Precision is the French word.

[nsbitani]

What is the difference between نعسانة and تعبانة?

[FarahSED]

تعبانة means tired
,نعسانة means sleepy

[wendya1]

first time I met a moderator and I've been studying for over 75 days.
Nice to meet you.

[Basilious]

كيف حالك يا سارة؟ هل أنت نعسانة؟ That is the proper way in MSA
It is fine if you want to introduce some Arabic dialects, but please make sure you state so in advance.

[chakerISLAM]

رجاء لا تخلطوا الفصحى بالعامية رجاء

[nickimiz]

tired should be accepted for sleepy

[arabmouni]

In Arabic, these two words are quite different. Even in English. After a long work day, you might be tired but not ready for sleep. Same in Arabic, you would only use "sleepy" if you're ready for bed. They are not interchangeable every time in either language (although sometimes they can interchange if the person is both tired and sleepy).

[Mar247594]

They're synonyms. I'm a native arabic speaker and the pronunciation and translations for this course are complete and utter nonsense.

[KatieCos]

Wow, thanks Mar248594. I keep losing hearts for writing"tired" instead of "sleepy". It's good to hear they're synonyms in Arabic. Silly Duolingo. And I agree that in English, "sleepy" is normally associated with children. Not so with Arabic?

[redearth329]

Personally, as a native English speaker, I find "sleepy" to sound puerile and wouldn't use it in that context.

[Sara.Fasl]

I wrote are you sleepy for نعسانة , and it did not accept

[TheQaswarah]

That's a contextual mistake that should be corrected in the released course after getting done with Beta

[elderhenrythomas]

I learned it more as "kee-fik", but my class was mostly focused on Jordanian arabic. Are both correct?