"دَوود وَكَري مِن هولَنْدا."
Translation:David and Carrie are from Holland.
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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.
There are many ways to transliterate Daud, Dawood, Dawud...all should be accepted for purposes of this exercise
Agree, maybe for this exercise only
But most of these prophetic names also known in Arabic Such as Yusuf and Joseph Sulaiman and Solomon Musa and Moses Harun and Aaron Ishak and Isac Nuh and Noah Ibrahim and Abraham
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It sounds to me as if the voice says li-Hollanda. What is the li? Or am I imagining it?
The purpose of this lesson is to learn the "Ha" sound and letter. , For the goal of this lesson, Netherlands is an inappropriate answer.
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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’.
The next to speech for "Holland" is just beyond unrecognisable for me...
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The Netherlands is most accurate for هولندا because Holland is an area from the Netherlands (to the best of my knowledge). But in translation, if a foreign noun becomes familiar to the people who speak the native language, then it is all right to be accepted as it is. In Arabic people know the Netherlands as هولندا and not نيذلاندز (at least, for the majority of Arab speakers). More examples are like: camera, laptop, doctor, ... are known for Arabs as كاميرا، لاب توب، دكتور though they could be better used as آلة تصوير، حاسوب محمول ، حكيم او طبيب
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.
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Oh it's a hard life. I've had that sort of thing. We have to be wide awake, and go over our answer before pressing CHECK, or whatever the button is. :)
I was right in this sentece but you show me wrong even a single spelling is not wrong.....
This is very hard for me actually yeah!! Holand is the Netherlands but why should it be so hard for other people and easy for other people :(