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- "عَفْواً يا فَريد."
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Arabic differs from country to country. In standard taught arabic ءَفْواً means "youre welcome" for example in a country of morocco it would mean "excuse me." These little differences have to be learned over time. Good luck to us all
I saw it another way. In many western countries, such as UK and France, the polite ritual response to a thank you is self effacing, almost feigned. 'Not at all' in the UK. 'De rien', or 'Je vous en prie', in France. The idioms are like an 'Excuse me', ie 'I do not need to be thanked'. In contrast, unfortunately, I find a glib 'You're welcome' lacks such grace.
You give two options, you are welcome and excuse me,so wich one is correct?
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Wouldnt 'Excuse me, Farid' also work? I would definitely use '3afuuan' that way, for example when passing close by someone while carrying something heavy, meaning that they'll have to move a bit so that i can pass by (just to give an example of a situation where i might say '3afuuan ya fariid').
I wrote "You're welcome Fareed" and it was marked wrong. I've almost always seen Arabic channels transliterate the "ی" as "ee" and not "i".for example they would write "Rasheed" for رشید not "Rashid". Rashid would be "راشد".so why is it not the case here?to me Farid is actually like "فارد" not " فرید".
The word excuse wasn't even in the collection of words. First place Duolingo has baffled me
In this case 3afwan is correct as "you are welcome" as a response to "thank you", and is not meant to be a salute or a welcome to Farid, like "welcome home". That's the formal way of use 3afwan in arab, to reply when someone thanks you
From the root عَفَا (to forgive, to eliminate, to excuse). The noun عَفْوٌ has a lot of meanings, but in this context: "condonation", "forgiveness", "pardon" and even "amnesty". The Organisation Amnesty International is called مُنَظَّمَةُ العَفْوِ الدُّوَلِيَّةُ
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The drop down hint states "Excuse Me". Google Translation translates this to "Excuse Me". Duo needs to accept this or at least provide a better justification and explanation as to why they won't accept "Excuse Me."
I think there is something wrong with this question. The choices don't give a correct answer
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Hint says "excuse me", not "you are welcome". If the word has two meanings it should be added to the hint.
Yes, when used in isolation. When used after "Thank you" it means the same as when we say "You're welcome" in English. Not the "welcome to my home"
What's up Duo? 'Excuse me Rosa' was accepted today, a few Qs back, but 'Excuse me Farid' here was not !
Has anyone found alternate english expressions that Duo Arab accepts for 'Y-- w-- ? [This same issue is on other Duo language sites.] see also : my other comment higher on this page, about the idiom.
I said "your welcome farid" and it tells me that i have to put in you'RE welcome, farid i think that is unfair
Can someone tell me which dialect of arabic is this that Duolingo teaches?
Shoudnt it be "3ahfan" rather than "3ahfwan". It it a mistake or am i missing something?
I just said "Welcome, Farid" not "You are welcome, Farid" which DUO counts as a mistake! Oh well...
In English, just saying "Welcome, Farid" is more like a greeting, as in welcome to my home. عَفْواً is the response to someone saying "Thank you", which in English is "You are welcome" or "You're welcome."
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I just wrote: welcome Farid and it was corrected as: you're welcome Farid. In English the 'are' can be implied.
Yes, it can be, sometimes. However, just saying "Welcome, Farid" is more like a greeting, as in welcome to my home. The phrase "You're welcome" is the response to someone saying "Thank you" and that's why DuoLingo corrected your answer.
