"فِلَسْطين مَكان مُتَنَوِّع وَتاريخِيّ."
Translation:Palestine is a diverse and historic place.
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Well, way to piss off all the Israelis and Zionists lol... On a separate note, is there a rule that "makaan" should not be used to refer to a country, instead of "balad"?
The word makaan would be used as the word"place" but balad balad would be used as a country so no you cant use the word like that.
but a place can refer to pretty much anything in English, I wouldn't mind calling Russia a place, is the same not true for Arabic?
Complete endings:
فلسطينُ بلدٌ متنوِّعٌ وتاريخيٌّ.
FilasTiin(u) balad(un) mutanawwi3(un) wa taariikhiyy(un).
It is pretty similar to whether we use "the" or not for naming countries in English. It is irregular.
Just to add to the conversation, it also happens in Spanish with "El Perú", for example, while we don't say "La España" or "El México"...
No but some words (eg almohada) comes from the arabic المخدة. So now, hispanics say la almohada - effectively saying the the pillow! fun fact!
My submission, "Palestine is a diverse and a historic place", was marked incorrect; please let me know why it shouldn't be taken as an alternate option?
Shouldn't it be falastin? At least I thought this is the pronunciation I usually hear when there are palestinians speaking arabic in the news.
In the written Arabic (MSA), which Duolingo is teaching us, it is Filistin. In spoken Arabic, it is Falastin. On the streets of an Arab country, you are more likely to hear Falastin.