It may be that at conversational speed, the vowel is influenced by the following sound. I had the same complaint.
You are right.
When I put the cursor on the first word to hear it, it sounds correct (mi3Taf), but when I click on the phrase, the voice seems to say ma3Taf.
Actually it is right because it depends on the sentence.
Report it as a bug to Duolingo here: https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
I'm actually learning feom spanish. Does this light means "liviano"?
Sí. No pesa mucho. liviano y ligero también son light.
the audio says "ma3-ra-taf"
i speak arabic now
It sounds like ma3ataf...sooo bad audio