"عُمَر مُتَرجِم."

Translation: Omar is a translator.

[weitzhandler]

Why is it spelled as Umar but narrated as Amar?

[OliverBens1]

I think it's spelled "3umar" which gets pronounced as "Aumar". Hope that helps.

[pixilico]

You're right. That's an 'Ain' (ع) starting the word.

[Multilingual03]

Everyone starting his translating business

[JimenezOmaar]

Yee

[saturn38906]

"a"? Why do i have to say "a translator". Omar is translator (mutarjim). I think it is enough.

[bohle]

In english you need thr article "a". If you omit it, people will understand you, but it will be wrong.

[Przemekp934259]

Because "Omar is translator" isn't a correct English sentence.

[Mahin112420]

I had a typo Omer but the correct one is Omar and i lost it

[kneeees]

SAME. id been on a streak completing multiple lessons without a single mistake and then homeboy omAr came along and ended my entire career

[q8dream]

audio should be corrected. مترجم وليس مطرجم

[AijazKunbher]

I spelled it as "Omer", and the app marked my whole answer as "Wrong". Very much "Mumta3"

[EdreesMakki]

She said moTarjem instead of motarjem

[MoonKhan8]

It marked my correct answer wrong while translating to "Omar is a translator".

[5PCw4]

مُتَرْجِم وليس مُطُرْجِم (yes ت ، no ط)

[kneeees]

i spelled omar as omer and got a wrong answer. every thing else is correct tho? sigh

[empressesosa]

What exactly is the "3" in front of the arabic words?

[kneeees]

its the sound of the arabic letter ع. it comes from the back of the throat. theres no english equivalent to that sound so we use the 3 to signify it! we'd spell it Omar in english, but the actual arabic pronunciation has that hard, guttural sound at the beginning.

[empressesosa]

Wow. This is really enlightening. Thank you.
But there is already an 'a' sound. ا. So, what is the need for this ع.

[Fidan0679]

Is this omar/umar/aumar/3umar?

[Quathia]

Yes to all!

[kneeees]

then why wont duolingo recognize it as such orz

[Luisa43430]

Mistake: Omar a translator

Correct: ...is a...

[Sara134121]

AY