"بِنْت ذَكِيّة"
Translation:a smart girl
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What is the difference in usage between "ذَكِيّة" and "ذَكِيّ"?
- بِنْت ذَكِيّة = a smart girl
- وَلَد ذَكِيّ = a smart boy
The ة at the end of dhakiyya is the feminine ending to the adjective. The masculine form doesn't take the ending.
Exactly , not to say that ALL 100% of the feminine adjectives end with ة , maybe 80-90%
For example حمراء is the adjective for a feminine red thing. هيفاء غيداء etc.
Duolingo is like" ill just put random sentences alone, people will clarify grammar itself
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That's how children learn a language. If you stick to it and don't quit due to frustration, it actually works quite well.
That suffix "un" is masculine and "tun" is feminine. Just like adding " ة " makes it feminine. Add the two feminine suffix words and you get "atun" sound. So I hear that it is spoken, but not written.
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I believe the "tun" sound here is because "bint" ends in a "t" followed by "un" so "bint-un" sounds like "bin-tun".
I have the impression to hear more than what is written. Maybe I'm wrong but I some kind of "etum" between the name and the adjective.
Yes. It has been happening to me. This has probably been mentioned before in another lesson but I can't seem to find it. When playing the whole sentence I hear . Bintun Dhakyya. But when the two words are played separately, I hear only Bint and Dhakhiyya without the "un" after "bint" (Bintum).
I have never in over 70 years used "smart" to mean "clever" "intelligent"
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It smarts that you think that way about American English's most common usage of the word. Duolingo, you know, is a smart site for language learning. I do hope you are part of the smart set that enjoys expanding their/his/its use of the English language and not a smart aleck who likes to denigrate American English. Cheers! (This is all done in fun to show the different usages of the word "smart", I hope you take it that way. I can tell that you are a smart guy.)
P.S. I can also see from your photo that you are a smart dresser. ; )
Thank you for your very interesting reply. I am in no way anti-American, I freely accept the different usages, the same as I do the English of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India/Pakistan which is often more difficult to follow. Even the English of the UK, I was born in London, but my speech is not the same as people from Birmingham, Newcastle, etc, if a Scott tells me he has a "wee bairn" I know he has a small child. So with Duolingo I get a little fed up writing English phrases that I would never use. I don't mind learning "boleto" is Mexican for "billete" or "cachorro" is Brazilian for "cão". so there you are, let's remain friends. Ciao ciao, just one more, when I go to Italy I sit on a "sedia" not a "seggiola"
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We will indeed remain friends. I enjoy learning languages, and the different word usages between English speakers. It makes life more interesting. I never happen to get upset when I'm on a British site and hear words used in different ways than I use them. I just look at it as an opportunity to expand my knowledge.