"هٰذا الْكَلْب"

Translation: this dog

[VamuyahFof]

Why can't we say "This is the dog"?

[tsuj1g1r1]

Because that would normally be هذا هو الكلب.

[420SWAGMAST3R]

I know this is an old comment but is that Huwwe like He in english, or is that Hathahuu like as one word?

Basically, is that 3 or 2 words in the arabic you wrote tsuj1g1r1

[tsuj1g1r1]

"huwa" which means "he" in English, but in Arabic can also substitute for verb "to be" when the sentence is confusing without it.

[MichelleDa878143]

three words

[rafiu19]

how do you then say 'this is the dog'?

[Sadeeeq]

هذا هو الكلب

[Crossmount]

شوكداً

[SofiaKhan3]

شكرا ;Thanks is written as follows

[Crossmount]

Thank you

[Fab806294]

هذا الكلب i think the app got it wrong there or maybe there is something i am not seeing

[Santiago_G18]

What's the function of the "Al" in "alkalb"?

[Sadeeeq]

Al is called Ma3rifa(used when you know the word also serves as "the") like kalb = dog and alkalb = the dog(when you use 'the' here you it means that you know the dog you are talking about )

[ConchiCastillo]

In other words, the determiner 'this' is followed by the determiner 'the' in Arabic and becomes 'this the'. The example above is literally translated as 'This the dog'.

[sabiqrusyd]

I thought this is a trap question, but yes, I'm the one who trapped :(

[Fab806294]

Alif lam ال is "the" in English so the translation to me appears to be "this the dog". "This dog" should be "hadha kalb"

[MichelleDa878143]

That means This is a dog.

[izuddin4]

I wrote "This is a dog" but Doulingo wronged me. :(

[MichelleDa878143]

The phrase هٰذا الْكَلْب means "this dog". To say "This is a dog" you have to say هٰذا كَلْب

[prero]

Why no line over the 'a' in 'al' in the word 'al-kalb'?

[CH2nas]

In a previous question with exactly the same format, I replied ‘this wall’. It was marked correct but an alternative answer of ‘this IS the wall’ was given. With this question I responded ‘this is the dog’ and was marked incorrect!! Some consistency Duo please!