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- "عَفْواً يا مَها."
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Please accept the phrase '(I'm) sorry' as an alternative translation for عَفْواً .
yes, i was gonna say this. عَفْواً also means sorry, iv been saying it as sorry my whole life and everyone around me say عَفْواً
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Yes, and i put it as they suggested and got it wrong... I wonder if the flagged mistakes are even taken into consideration
Lebanese here, people say 3afwan for welcome as well. Since Lebanese is kinda similar to egyptian, and egyptian is taught here. I'm assuming 3afwan meaning depends on the dialect.
Why is "You are welcome Maha" not accepted. It seems that duolingo is requiring the comma. This is not the case on any other duolingo language I have worked with. It requires a screen shift on my phone and is clumsy and unnecessary.
It is correct to include the comma, but I agree that it shouldn't be necessary.
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The hint on "عَفْواً" says "excuse me", but "Excuse me, Maha" isn't accepted. Either the hint is wrong or that answer should be accepted, but I'm not sure which.
You always say "Yaa" before you address someone. If I want to say something to you I say "Yaa adityamohekar" first. I suppose it's a way to make sure someone's listening before you say something to them!
Yaa is used directly talking to some one. If I will talk to you I will say. "How are you. Ya aditya"
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Hi, my question doesn't have anything to do with the translation, it's about the little "bubble" above the letter making the sound "f". I thought it meant that there was no vowel afterwards...so, isn't "uu" considered a vowel? And if it isn't, why is there an exercice where the two same letters follow one another and where the "f" doesn't have this "bubble"? I hope someone can explain this mystery to me. :(
It is because gramaticaly و is considered a consonant, in this case sounds like "wa", and also, the sukkun ( the bubble) applies only to supress short vowels, but doesnt afect long vowels (و,ا,ي)
It would be if anyone ever looked at them... From reading the feed it seems pretty futile - almost like resisting the Borg...
So it’s ambiguous whether the person being excused is you or them?
I.e. this could mean: “Excuse me, Maha.” Or “You’re excused (you’re welcome), Maha.” Depending on the context?
It should be excuse me or pardon me... Or something else but not 'welcome' I've checked Arabic dictionary but every where i found عفو is pardon excuse etc.. So here it is wrong translation.
Excuse me and you are welcome-both are acceptable. But why duolingo have not accepted excuse me?
