"Rosa is a Syrian American girl."
Translation:روزا بِنْت أَمْريكِيّة سورِيّة.
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The adjective that is closest to the noun it modifies in the English sentence remains closest to the noun it modifies in the Arabic sentence.
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"American" is the noun and "Syrian" is the adjective describing what kind of American Rosa is, in this sentence. In English, adjectives come before the nouns they modify (Syrian American) but in Arabic, adjectives come after the nouns they modify (amriikiiah suuriyyah).
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Slightly different meanings: A syrian american girl = a girl of a syrian family who lives in America, while an american syrian girl = a syrian girl who comes from America
Is this flip flop of Syrian and American also valid while writing the same sentence for male gender?
Good job everyone btw, Arabic is a tough language for native American speakers, much less the rest of you lovely lot.
