"شَيْء مُهِمّ"

Translation: an important thing

[MikeStoltz1]

Can someone tell me why the answer "something important" would be marked as incorrect? شَيْء مُهِمّ

[anno35]

agreed

[CeeCeeSong]

"Something important" should be accepted.

[jennagabriela]

I always hear something like 'un' between the two words in the fast version. In the slow version not. I don't understand why. Can someone explain?

[cuzi_hd]

I read in another thread that is an indefinite article or something similar that is usually not written. The text-to-speech program adds it automatically although it shouldn't be there.

[mc0re]

It should be there except for the last word in a sentence.

[Jeff891289]

The speaker is pronouncing this word wrong, or maybe in a local dialect. She is distinctly saying "Shayp," but there is no "p" sound in Arabic, and the word should be pronounced just "Shay"

[MacMahonz]

It may be the Hamza vowel. Looks like that ² which is causing slight tweak in sound.

[Pia.M.]

I don't hear a "p"

[blyatcyka7]

there's no P, it's just a hamza at the end of the word that makes it sound like that

[Zoha170839]

Shay in means thing?

[CeeCeeSong]

yes