"سامْية بِنْت ذَكِيّة."

Translation: Samia is a smart girl.

[MarksAaron]

'Saamiya' should not have the genitive/dative ending -(t)i, nor should 'bint' have the same but indefinite ending -in. It should be 'Saamiyatun bintun dhakiyya(tun)'

[CreoleBoi]

So I have been noticing this phenomenon since sentence phrasing was introduced. I went to facebook to learn what it was because it's not taught. I learned that it is called توين. But I don't know when to use which one. Can someone help? Also, does this only happen in Fusha?

[JW3yl7]

This page is a pretty good introduction. Understanding case endings will definitely help make sense of arabic and the un-spelled pronunciations in duolingo: https://arabic.desert-sky.net/g_cases.html

[spacecatdragons]

I agree

[Hadi_Y]

Binton not bintin

[Aaron710230]

Clever girl...