Topic: Arabic

"دَوود مُمتِع."

Translation:David is fun.

July 2, 2019

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Schatzdose
  • 17

What shall it mean: David is fun? - David has fun. Or David is funny?

July 6, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/ConchiCastillo
  • 18

According to the dictionary, the word مُمتِع can mean: amusing, agreeable, entertaining, nice, pleasant, pleasurable, readable, rewarding, watchable, enjoyable. So, I don't think 'David is fun' necessarily means that he is funny, but rather that he is a fun person to be with.

July 12, 2019, 1:31 PM
https://www.duolingo.com/Schatzdose
  • 17

Thanks. "Nice", "pleasant" or "entertaining" for example sound much better. I never had heard of "a person is fun". But I'm not a native speaker so that doesn't mean that you can't say it.

July 12, 2019, 8:50 PM
https://www.duolingo.com/SirV3nt90

    Yeah. It's pronouncing it as Dawud-un mumte3.

    July 6, 2019
    https://www.duolingo.com/AlanAbonyi
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    • 42

    Daoud should be accepted as it is the correct transliteration.

    July 6, 2019
    https://www.duolingo.com/SirV3nt90

      There is no letter O in the arabic alphabet. Just like there is no letter I.

      July 6, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/Akihiko64

        Why is "fun" pronounced differently here? Is that the "un" again?

        July 2, 2019
        https://www.duolingo.com/TvrtkoBalio
        • 3

        Why is و written twice instead of once with the w like sign above it? Also, why does it sound like there's an "un" between the words?

        July 11, 2019
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