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the يا, is just a way of addressing someone. Kind of like 'oh, George' where the يا replaces the 'oh'. We also don't use يا all the time.
It's the wrong translation regardless; "ma'am" is a colloquial way of addressing a superior, e.g. in the Army. I cannot imagine "ustaadha" meaning exactly that. Also, "ma'am" is normally not used in writing.
Madam would probably be better than ma'am. Rather confusing that it is split into two parts in the response. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ma%27am
That depends on whose English you are speaking. In America, if I heard somebody called madam I would think she runs a brothel. Miss Kitty is a madam. The old cashier at Walmart is a ma'am. The young cashier is a miss.
I wonder why the translation not consistent.in previous exercise ustazah means professor.suddenly it is ma'am
Would "ustaadha" be pronounced as "ustaadhatan" at the end of the sentence when you're talking to someone?
I answered it, "Are you an interpreter, ma'am?" and it marked it correct, but said I had a typo, it suggested "Are you a interpreter, ma'am?". English prefers "an" before a word that starts with a vowel.
Ex: An elephant, an aardvark, an outhouse; a giraffe, a cat, a building
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The only current use I know for Ma'am in the UK is when addressing Her Majesty the Queen. The pronunciation should rhyme with ham, as you will know if you have watched "The King's Speech". Brilliant film.
It's a polite form of address for a woman whose name you don't know. Ma'am is a shorter, less formal version of madame. Ma'am is typically used for women who appear to be over a certain age. Young women and girls are often referred to as miss.
Example: In a public space like a store or on the street a woman drops her hat/gloves/bus card/bag or walks away leaving something at the cash register or on a bench, etc. If you see her do this à polite thing to say is, "ma'am is that your ____?"
Edit: Ma'am is contraction of Madam (no -e). It's far more common to address someone as ma'am than madam.
In the UK we would use Madam rather than Ma'am (unless you're speaking to the queen). Ma'am in common usage is more of an American thing.
Unfortunately duolingo had a sentence to translate which meant "Duo is stupid"!
I'm a senior citizen and all my life it has been a way of addressing a women respectfully.
My computer's dictionary doesn't even have ma'am, it gives it a red underline
At this point I think the devs are toying with us, why the crap wiuld ma and am be separated?
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Ya usthada can mean professor or madam (ma'am) if you read the earlier comments. The point is that in this sentence it's feminine and the argument is that the answers Duo gives you to click on split Ma'am into two parts, which is wrong.
Im still not clear on how to differentiate the word for professor and ma'm....are they spelt the same and the assumed based on who your speaking to
Hello, There is a mistake in this exercise, with no possibility to choose a right answer that does not figure in the boxes
If someone writes a letter to me and it says "ustedhe" what should I translate it as, Madame or professor?
