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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
That's how children learn a language. If you stick to it and don't quit due to frustration, it actually works quite well.
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).
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".
