"اَلْتِّلْفاز مُعَطَّل وَهٰذِهِ مُشْكِلة كَبيرة."

Translation: The television is out of order and this is a big problem.

[Slitinsky]

When watching Champions League.

[imnotbisan]

Not as long as we have Internet

[RonEnson]

why not "and this problem is big"...? I'm confused where the implied 'is' goes.

[CarstenLu]

Your sentence needs the definite article with problem وهذه المشكلة كبيرة.

[CarstenLu]

An adjective can be used attributive (the big problem) and predicative (the problem is big). In Arabic, attributive use needs a match in definite article while predicative use has a mismatch in the definite article:

A big problem: مشكلة كبيرة and the big problem المشكلة الكبيرة vs. the problem is big المشكلة كبيرة.

Hope this helps understanding it a bit better.

[KatieC993112]

Why do people say "the definite article", when there's only one article in Arabic? Shouldn't it be "the article"? Or is "un" at the end of words also called an article - the indefinite one?

[dahmed112]

"out of service" was rejected. Seems the same to me.

[_FiX_]

التلفازُ معطلٌ

[TinoAriza]

?? مُعَطَّلٌ -- with nunation on the lam ??

[_FiX_]

yes, pronounced mu3attalun

[soobee620]

What is the difference between مَكْسور and مُعَطَّل? Would مَكسور work here?

[Greg55416]

We don't use "out of order" for something personal in a house- more for a commercial setting like a laundromat. This doesn't sound right in English.

[HaroldGarr6]

they could be at a hotel

[SultanWane]

Why are they using here هذه instead of هذا

[SultanWane]

Because mushkila is feminine ?

[AyaanAhmed20511]

Yes that's why it's mushkila or else it would have been mushkil.

[_FiX_]

'mushkil' is not an Arabic word. It is only mushkilah (feminine)

[Sama86841]

Yes

[AyaanAhmed20511]

Can we use TV instead of Television

[KatieC993112]

Yes, AyaanAhmed, Duolingo accepts TV.

[a6Ndg]

Should, usually can, they didn't accepted now. Needs more reprts

[mohsina180]

While watching series of bd

[Kathie900820]

In the US we would not use the term out of order.
We would say its not working or its broken.

[AzIgaziZsoozsy]

They teach us how to complain... :D

[Lubna782899]

I wrote it instead of this and was marked wrong