"هٰذا الْكَلْب غَريب."

Translation: This dog is weird.

[SteveMediterra]

SOLUTION TO YOUR ARABIC GRAMMAR QUESTION:

1. Hada al-kalb ghareeb = this dog is weird.
2. Hada al-kalb al-ghareeb = this is the weird dog.
3. Hada kalb ghareeb = this is a weird dog.

[Rob4895_gmail]

I thought "Hadha al-kalb al-ghareeb" was "This weird dog".... and "Hadha huu al-kalb al-ghareeb" was "This is the weird dog."

[AnUnicorn]

You have no idea how often I need to use this sentence...

[Heidi_Lets_Dabke]

Yeah, and the cat is no monument to mental health, either!

[Ollie-Benson]

What is the difference between using
"الْكَلْب" and "اَلْكَلْب"?

[brendolinif]

As far as I know, none except that the vowel marker is redundant sinceال is one of the most used words and its well assumed that its اَ

[wendya1]

Starting to think they are both correct and they are trying to get us used to reading without the vowel marker but I may be overthinking it.

[wendya1]

Wondering the same thing. Were both marked right?

[SigitNugro3]

Let me know if you got the answer because that is literally my question as well

[IamYourFrnd]

scooby doo!

[melanie395182]

Does the prefix ال have to be there?

[AnUnicorn]

If you drop it and write هٰذا كَلْب غَريب, it's still a grammatically valid sentence, but it's not quite the same--then it's "this is a weird dog."

You do need the ال (and have agreement between the gender of the noun and هٰذا\هذه) in order to make it "this X [is...]"

[Temporary59882]

This is so frustrating. To get this far in learning to find errors in the answers and to be marked wrong incorrectly . I may stop using this.

[brianwould]

This is a weird dog and this is getting very annoying

[DelythT.]

Thank you for this solution. I was tearing my hair out!