"هُوَّ كَلْبَك وَهُوَّ سَعيد يا عُمَر."
Translation:He is your dog and he is happy, Omar.
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Why are the sentences in this course that weird? Where I would say a sentence like that to anyone? Either the sentences are automatically generated from a bunch of words available in the database, or the person designing the course decided to have some fun and put some random words together for the confusion of the learners :P
The entire course seems to be mixture of MSA, Egyptian, and Levantine from what I can tell.
I'm confused with this "Kalbak" and "Kalbik" Fathah and kasrah placement. I thought if the dog is subject, then it would be "Kalbak" and if it after subject, then it would be "Kalbik". But I'm wrong?
Arbelius,
In some Dialects, (1) "kalbak" means "your dog" (which "your" here refers to a male interlocutor, such as "Omar") while (2) "kalbik" means "your dog" (which "your" refers to a female interlocutor, for example, "Judy") -- (both are) in any cases, ie. whether they are the subject of the sentence or else.
(In Standard, the theory is different -- I have written the diacritic marks for the sentence above according to Standard in my other comment).
The name Omar may be placed between the two phrases; "He/It is your dog, Omar, and he/it is happy.
