"عَفْواً يا عُمَر."

Translation: You're welcome, Omar.

[maggslingo]

Doesn't 3afwan mean 'sorry' or 'excuse me'?
Ahlan is welcome?

[WasfiAkab]

Yes it means sorry.
اهلن وسهلن alhaln wasahlan means you are welcome

[benton.1]

Yes, but ahlan wasahlan is used for "welcome" as in "You are welcome to my house. "3afwan" is used for "You are welcome" as a response to "thank you".

[maryonair]

So, both excuse me and you are welcome ( giving answer for thanks ) are correct?
The hint is just "excuse me" and it accepts this answer, however the key words mode does not provide "excuse me" option, only "you are welcome".

[PatMiFi]

I learned that 3afwan means "never mind" in the sense of "is wasnt that important what i did for you". Like " de nada" in portuguese or "de rien" in french.

For "you're welcome" there is another translation, anybody knows?!

[AmanShah980109]

3afwan means. Sorry.??? If I am not wrong

[yanggdlp]

I always thought 3afwan meant "excuse me". So it also means you're welcome?

[chrystasantos]

What's the yaa for?

[ibrahimg42]

It's mean "Hey Omar" It used for addressing

[HishamAhamad]

yaa would translate to 'O', so this sentence would translate to 'You're welcome, O Umar'

[Sue982688]

It shows we are talking to that person (the second person) rather than taking about that person (3rd person). It's similar to using the 'vocative case' in many of the romance languages. Can someone tell us whether we must include يا ?

[bambamgyuu]

yaa the same as yeah the same as you say "hey umar", "oi farid"

[sims157640]

I dont understand y welcome omer is wrong answer

[benton.1]

Because Omar just said "Thank you" and you are responding "You're welcome". We only use the word "welcome" by its self when we are welcoming someone to a location.

[Tom678599]

That absolutely makes no sense. If it means "excuse me" the correct solution can't be "you're welcome".

[sudeeeee.....]

excuse me and You' re welcome are same meaning??

[benton.1]

They are the same word, but not the same meaning. The use of the word depends on the dialect.

[SadiyaZareen1]

Omer can be written as umar or Omar.. These are all right.. Why does it always mark my answer wrong.

[benton.1]

This Omar's name is spelled O-m-a-r. One might ask, "Why, when you know how his name is spelled, do you insist upon spelling his name a different way, even when you keep getting it wrong?".

[ChickenRunner02]

3afwan or 3afwaan?

[KimiaSh.]

3afwan

[prero]

Why does the dropdown say "Excuse me" but the choices say "You're welcome"?

[benton.1]

Those are not choices in the drop down. Just like in a dictionary, the drop down shows the different meanings of a word, you have to choose the correct one for the situation.

[cinghialebianco]

That's simply wrong! Were do people welcome you with عفوا ?

[Rumactree]

They don’t.

You’re right, عفوا does not mean “welcome” to my home.

The “You’re welcome” used in the answer is the polite thing you say in response when someone says “thank you”.

[Marie1062]

My answer was correct but as l did put comma it became wrong very ann

[Marie1062]

I did not add comma so it became wrong so annoying

[benton.1]

Duolingo does not mark answers incorrect for punctuation or capitalization errors.