"هٰذا الْكَلْب جَوْعان."
Translation:This dog is hungry.
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Duolingo sentance: This + the dog + hungry = This (the) dog + is hungry = This dog is hungry.
Your questioned sentance: This + he + the dog + the hungry = This (he/it) is + the hungry dog = This is the hungry dog.
I'm seriously starting to think duo has cameras in my house. When this sentence came up my dog was gobbling her food. It's about the 3rd time duo has given me sentences regarding things that were happening around me at the time. I love you duo, but....
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It does if you want to say, 'This dog is hungry'. Without the definite article, the sentence translates to 'This is a hungry dog', as far as I know (which isn't all that far!).
In Bangladesh, we use the arabic word "jaoan" not for 'hungry', but 4 meaning 'young'.
What you're referring to is the Persian-origin word javān (جوان) that's also present in Urdu. It is not the same as the Arabic word jau'ān (جوعان).
I think this hungry dog would need al- added to hungry as well as dog:
هذا الكلب الجائع.
Is there a way to skip permanentely some words/sentences? This course is overwhelmed by dogs. I hate them, thats one of the reasons I have chosen an arabic course, to avoid them, well...
Nope. Interesting logic for learning a language. I love dogs so sorry/notsorry. Try a different course if you dislike the mere use of them in language lessons.
Cmiiw, if we erase the "al", the sentence would mean "this is a hungry dog"
Je comprend pas très bien ce que veux dire هذا (peut être parce que je suis nulle en anglais et que je ne comprend pas ce que veut dire this) quelqu'un peut m'expliquer ??
C'est un mot qui identifie une personne ou un chose spécifique. «This» en anglais est comme «ce» en francais. «Ce chien ai faim.» "This dog is hungry." «Cette rivière est longue.» "This river is long."
not al the time is the translation to English correct, that ok, but why is "This is a hungry dog" not accepted ?
