"تَماماً يا فَريد."

Translation: Absolutely, Farid.

[BeCY71]

What purpose is "yaa" serving in these sentences?

[muhammad_shafiq]

Yaa is used when you are addressing someone.. It also can be used as Hey,Dear e.g. Ya Allah (Hey/Dear God)

[DerAndereLerner]

Is it some kind of Vocative or a remnant thereof?

[EllenSchou3]

is "absolutely" like a very strong yes?

[Away54]

EllenSchou3,

In Standard Arabic, تماما means: "perfectly", "completely", "exactly", and so on. Whilst, in Slangs, تماما means like: "Ok", "Yes", "Absolutely". So, if we choose the "Absolutely" meaning for تماما, it is simply a variation to say "Yes".

[toffee1141]

In You're welcome Rose, it was Rose-en. But here its judt Farid. Why?

[redearth329]

Pronouncing the tanwiin on the alif of a proper name is incorrect. That's a persistent error in this beta version of the Arabic course.

[WilfredoVi826008]

It's not in beta anymore

[JasonVoorheess]

It shouldn't be Rose-en.
Report it.

[Sbzm123]

your profile picture is like my profile picture hahahahaha

[osanos98]

what does the يا mean?

[Away54]

osanos98,

yaa يا is a harf nida / Vocative Particle that is used to get attention from someone that we want to call. In Latin, it is like lup-e, for example, Et tu Brute!. In Old English, it is like "O", e.g., "O Farid!". In Chinese Mandarin, it is like 啊.

Nb: In Arabic, there are some others vocative particles (huruuf nida). "yaa" is the most commonly used.

[Shakkhor752044]

Why "totally" is showing wrong?

[Away54]

Shakkhor752044,

It should be correct! Please report it :)

Duolingo uses the Slangs' meaning, ie. "absolutely", while "totally" is valid according to MSA.

Nb: كليا also means "totally", perhaps, they want to differentiate between تماما and كليا. I don't know.

[norlock]

I know tammam can be used in serveral circumstances. does anyone know the times that it would be appropriate to use tammam? I only know a couple, like you can use it here as absolutely or you can use it as you are doing well type idea, any others?

[Away54]

norlock,

tamaaman تماما in MSA and in Dialects have different meanings a bit - as far as I know. In MSA, تماما is used when we want to express "complete", "done", "perfect", etc." Whilst, in Slangs, it is simply meant as "Ok!".

[WilfredoVi826008]

Formally it's used as: Absolutely as in: Exactly, Completely
Slang it's used as: Absolutely as in: Yes, Of course.

[Yuhanna15]

"OK" and all right etc. should also been accepted as translations!

[HessieLondon]

It accepts OK now! (March 2020)

[philip618380]

I hear : Farid-u. Do you know why ?

[Away54]

philip618380,

If we have really heard "fariid-u", it means the audio attempts to pronounce the ending sound. In Standard Grammar, after يا yaa (harf nida), فريدٌ "fariid(un) /fariid" is spelled as follows:

يا فريدُ.

"yaa fariidu".

But, I believe it is an audio glitch because Duolingo tries to omit almost all ending sounds.

[NaushinSar1]

Fared /farid..system does not recognize that it is the same

[Afsha49871]

Totally is same as absolutely

[TRaqis]

They give totally as possibility, I used it, .. not accepted.

[Aryan263150]

It's my question, too

[Aryan263150]

Why "totally" is not true? It's accepted for "تماما". Duolingo please answer me