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Why doesn't "You have honoured us, Micheal" work?
That is the literal translation, so it should at least work, if not be the answer itself.
I actually don't agree with that, it really matters how you word the translation. I think alijsh's comment at the top is the closest to the literal translation. You could say it means 'please to meet you' 'nice to meet you' or 'it's an honor to meet you', but "You have honoured us, Micheal" seems... too much?? It's like you're hailing him or something,"You have honored us with your presence"... or something?? تَشَرَّفْنا is just 'pleasure to meet you'. Maybe it sounds really formal or polite, but it could be used anywhere with anyone.
Because you are using an English language, and English people don't know what do you mean by this literal translation.
Note that "naa" hints "we -> us". It literally means something like "you gave us the privilege/honor of meeting you"
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How can I say, that " I am pleased to meet..", not "we"? Or is it a traditional form for any situation?
It's a traditional form that could be used anytime, but if you wanted it to change it from 'we' to 'I' it'd be "Tasharaftu". I'm not sure, but I think just saying 'tasharaft' can make sense too but it'd be less formal than 'tasharaftu' or 'tasharafnaa'.
This is because in Arabic some times the individual would use a plural speech when he's talking about himself (very rare). Example from Quran: We creat you - God is talking about himself using We not I (Although he is one). So تشرفنا is a traditional way to say we had an honor (for meeting/knowing you).
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It's a pleasure to meet you, Michael انه شرف ان اقابلك مايكل .............. تشرفنا يا مايكل We are honoured, Michael
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On the exercise has not been read by a human, the words how are totally differents and are mistakes. Please change the sounds to read by a human.
Honestly duo is terrible in general for listening stuff. Playaling has some really good stuff for listening in Arabic. Also if you are ok using to cartoons for listening practice then there is loads of Spacetoons (famous Arabic children's channel) stuff on arabic
Yesss! Spacetoon!!! I miss watching those shows, they are very good for Arabic practice because they speak MSA in every show so that no matter what dialect you speak, you can understand it, doesn’t matter what country you’re from. I remember learning/practicing MSA by watching TV, and a lot of it was from Spacetoon since I was a kid (and anime lol) Anyways, I highly recommend it to anyone, of any age
