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"cold new fish"
Translation:سَمَك جَديد بارِد
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These arabic lessons are horrible because it's just guessing and no pictures to help memorize... Pleade update!
Whom are you asking to update? This is a user forum, not a place that developers come reading.
Are there any rules or common practices around adjective order? For example in English we usually put size first. Most wouldn't say "the grey big fox". It would be "the big grey fox". Thanks
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It'll be the same order, but reversed, is my understanding. The order of adjectives is fairly universal across languages, just sometimes in reverse order, and the noun can appear at the beginning or end of the list, or even in the middle (eg French)!
Same question...i missed points on a phrase simply because i switched the order of 2 adjectives but had the noun order right. Is this actually wrong or an oversight by Duolingo?
I'm unsure, but I think it sounds more natural in that order. There's some useful discussion of Arabic adjective order here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/32854689
No , in Arabic we are saying سمك بارد جديد سمك جديد بارد So, the same in Arabic
Please let me know the meaning of these words before forming sentences... it's difficult... And really like shooting arrows in dark i agree to jihel5
Smak سمك means fish Jadid جديدmeans new Barid باردmeans cold I hope that is help you
It would be nice if the lesson tips for Arabic were available through the app, like some of the other languages. Most of us are using Duolingo through our phones app.
Question: are there any accentuation rules in Arabic in pronouncing stressed syllables?
Yes, there are some words. We know the accent words by placing an accent on it. This ( ّ ) to accentuate the letter, for example, هو حرّ means he is free:)
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There needs to be grammar lessons to know how to place words. Some people may not jnow that Arabic is written and read right to left and there is no direction on how to do this.
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There are short grammar explanations on the "Learn" page. You click on the lesson circle and then the lightbulb icon. Sadly though, these explanations are not available on all smartphone apps. Update: The lightbulb icon has been replaced with the word "Tips".
Same here, first I had the fish and I translated to "fish cold" and it stated that it was wrong but then for chicken, it stated that it should be "Chicken cold" and not "cold chicken"...
For everyone complaining I understand your struggle so heres a tip:open up excel or any writing program and all the new words you learned copy paste them and write the definition.Remember no app or book can teach you EVERYTHING so take some time to do other stuff hope this helped bye :)
Why there are no "word order" practice lectures? This doesn't help us to learn properly.
These should include a reading of the sentence in arabic once the answer has been finalised. Would make it easier to learn for future references.
First of all, there is no rule for ordering adjectives in Arabic. As for the order, learn this trick. Just write the translation under every word and your sentence will be ready
No sound on the words when clicked. Would be nice to hear the word im trying to use in context of the sentence.
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Did you get this as a multiple choice reading question? No language, that I know of, on Duolingo has sound on the multiple choice reading questions, but you can always go/come to the discussions and hear the correct sentence there/here.
This seems like the right grammatical order, didn't know they wanted word to word placement
These lessons are very good. Nothing is perfect, but for me, these come very close.
In fact it is easy ,you see it hard because you are Beginner If u need anything to learn i will help u.
How am I supposed to know that the subject must come first? These kinds of questions sorely need some explanation before they're given.
