"Arwa has a cat."

Translation: عِنْد أَرْوى قِطّة.

[gunnarsen_k]

It would be great if this kind of exercise could read the correct answer back so one can check if his pronunciation is okay

[SteveMediterra]

Nobody actually talks with the verb "have" first. They say "arwa 'aind qitta" not "'aind arwa qitta". I wish this course taught how people actually speak in person which is Subject- verb- object NOT Verb- subject- object which is only used in classical arabic and writing.

[Away54]

Actually, 3inda عند is not a verb but something that we call a "preposition" in English. "3inda" literally means "beside" or "at". So, "3inda 2arwaa qiTT(un)" literally means "beside Arwa a cat". For "Arwa has a cat", we cannot say "2arwaa 3inda qiTT(in)" which literally means "Arwa at a cat", but we should say "3inda 2arwaa qiTT(un)".

However, it is true that Arabic can have both the "Verb + Subject" or "Subject + Verb" structures as we already know that Arabic is more flexible than English. And, yes, it should be explained :))

[LisannevH]

Shouldn't لاروى قطة be correct, as well?

[Away54]

LisannevH,

3inda "عند" here means لدي. So, "Arwa has a cat" | أروى لديها قطّة.

If we use "ل", the closer meanings will be:

(1). "a cat/the cat is belong to Arwa" if " لِ" means ownership "المِلْك"

or

(2). "a cat/the cat is for Arwa" if "لِ" means 2ilaa "إِلى".

(My explanation refers to the "MukhtaSSar Mughni Al Labib" مختصر مغني اللبيب book - an advanced source a bit. Please correct me if I am wrong, am still learning both English and Arabic. I accept any feedback).

[OguzhanFil2]

Isn't this wrongly spelled? Aind -> should a y and d but it's A N D?