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- "دَوود وَكَري مِن هولَنْدا."
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Holland is actually The Netherlands right? I have no problem with Holland being used, but I wonder why The Netherlands isn't used here.
Agree, It has to be possible for both answer, and even the Netherland is the correct English answer.
The Netherlands is called Holland in Arabic, it's too late to correct it now
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There are many ways to transliterate Daud, Dawood, Dawud...all should be accepted for purposes of this exercise
The purpose of this lesson is to learn the "Ha" sound and letter. , For the goal of this lesson, Netherlands is an inappropriate answer.
Then choose another word to learn the Ha sound. Holland is not a country. The Netherlands is .....
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Hogwash. The point of any translation exercise is to translate properly. I imagine Holland should be accepted, if this term is used to translate the Dutch provinces of that name, but The Netherlands should also be accepted, since this is the name of the country in Arabic.
You’re right, they should.
These are old comments. I believe both Holland and The Netherlands have been accepted for months. Unfortunately, sometimes a sentence is rejected for other reasons and that isn’t clear to the person who submitted their answer. e.g. the person who forgot ‘the’ when writing ‘the Netherlands’.
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It sounds to me as if the voice says li-Hollanda. What is the li? Or am I imagining it?
No. That does not mean exactly the same thing. They can be Dutch without ever having been to Holland. But this sentence says they are from Holland. They lived there. This is why we have to practice saying things in different ways. There are subtle changes to meaning when we change sentences.
I give ' is' instead of 'are' , shoudn't this be auto correct?because this has nothing to do with Arabic grammar
