"زَيد مُمتاز."
Translation:Zayd is amazing.
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I wrote "amazing Zayd" as there was no translation showing 'is amazing'. My answer was marked wrong but maybe the definition could suggest 'is amazing' in future.
Perhaps it will in the future :)
Remember this though, as this is the grammatical structure for X is Y in Arabic, you see the noun then the descriptor whether it be an adjective or another noun. Often you will need context to know for sure whether its "A bright fish" or "a fish is bright" but its easier than you might expect if you've only seen languages that use explicit copulas before.
زيد ممتاز is a complete in Arabic which consists of a mobtada and a khabr, so you should always translate this sentence as Zayd is amazing
It is because they add right answers manually. They probably forgot about some short versions.
am I just getting old or are the scripts really small and hard to read..?
I have a friend, her name is Mumtaz, so I thought it was Zeyd Mumtaz is a person name XD
Im struggling really badly with the little line above some of the characters and what that does. Sometimes it adds an "i" and sometimes an "a" it seems. Help?
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The little line above means to add an "a" sound, but it is very close to "e" or "uh".
The little line below means to add an "i" sound.
The mim letter (مُمتاز) looks very similar to Syriac mim. https://www.reddit.com/r/Assyria/comments/44r7g0/differences_between_arabic_and_syriac/
Thanks for the link, AniOhev (or AnaUHibb in Arabic)!
By the way, unfortunately, the male voice from Duolingo gives the wrong pronunciation. According to Standard Grammar, it should be: -- زيدٌ ممتازٌ "zaid(un) mumtaaz(un)" and is not "mumtaazan".
Funny how sometimes Duo accepts the spelling as "Zaid" and other times (on the same question) in a different unit it says its a typo. It's my son's name; pretty sure I know how to spell it, lol.