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From what I have observed, the last "mark" is ` above when addressing men and , below the last letter when addressing women. Do I have that correct?
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Why do you say No, Benton? The mark IS above for men (the vowel A) and below for women (the vowel I)
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Thank you for explaining, Benton. That's the trouble when people can correct their original text - it makes a nonsense of the reply.
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Yes. And I think a good way to remember that is that the positions are similar to the symbols for male and female - a cross and circle for a female (below the line), and an arrow pointing diagonally up for a male (above the line). I hope that's clear.
Yes. The accent mark above for the men (fatha) indicates an 'a' sound, whereas the below mark for the women (kasra) indicates a 'i' sound. Then there's also the curly (kind a like a &) mark above (damma) which indicates a 'u' sound.
The vowel marks are above (fathaa) for male and below (kasra) for female. A quick explanation of vowels... https://www.madinaharabic.com/arabic-reading-course/lessons/L000_002.html
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No, Anaam. Both those pronouns are second person (you), not third (he/she). Although you're right about the genders.
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How would you put this as a question? Because it seems a weird sentence to tell somebody where he is from. Are you from Australia, Bob?
I can think of two instances when I might use this type of sentence. First, if Bob was asking me if I knew where he was from. I would answer, "You're from Australia, Bob." Second, if I'm about to ask him something about being from Australia. For example, "You're from Australia, Bob. Have you ever seen a kangaroo?"
This is just a statement - you add 'هل' / 'hal' to make it a question, 'هل أَنْتَ مِن أُسْتُرالْيا يا بوب؟' - as you learn later on in this course =). some of the statements are quite weird... Depends on the context in which you are using them.
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Also the sentence in Arabic is marked by rising intonation. I have translated it like an interrogative sentence.
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WardaWardani. The trouble is that intonation is not universally the same. For example, in Russian, intonation generally descends markedly in questions.
We can ask (هل)Hal means do you and it is used to ask about anything, for example Are you a teacher Are you happy ...
The intonation at the end makes the sentence sound like an interrogative sentence, even when it's not.
It is incredibly difficult to see the subtle differences between similar words when the writing is so small. Even with my browser zoomed in, I can barely distinguish the vowel marks. (And when I zoom in I can no longer see the buttons and progress indicators at the same time, which affects usability.)
again, the letters are too small for reading easily and turns these exercises into frustrating guessing games instead of proper reading. Please enlarge them.
Why the distinction between "You are" and "You're" in the English when Arabic doesn't need the word for "are" for the sentence to make sense?
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"You are" and "you're" mean exactly the same thing. "You're" is just a contraction, or slurring together, of the words "you are". I use "you're" most of the time. We use "you are" in formal writing or to emphasize "are", or if it sounds better to us in the sentence. In English, unlike Arabic, "are/is" has to be used in sentences.
I know, English is my first language. I'm wondering why one is considered an incorrect translation.
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Oh, if that is the case, and you didn't make a mistake somewhere, it's just because "you're" hasn't been programmed in as a correct answer. Just click "My answer should be accepted" in the "Report" section and they might program it in.
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Because the programme is imperfect. But a native English speaker would just shrug their shoulders. I think it's more concerning for non-native English speakers.
sometimes i wonder if whoever is writing these, realizes the general gender usages for the names in english, because sometimes the anti and anta seems mixed .. or maybe its just the tininess of my phone screen....
Yeah I guess you also missed the " ITS THE TEENY TINY-NESS OF THE SCREEN SO YOU CANT SEE THE EENY WEENY TEEENY TINY ACCENT SLASH UNDER THE TEENY TINY WORD.
When i write this sentence why do I feel like if bob has lost his memory and can't remember anything at all
How will we know it is a question or answer
Hit the like or comment if your answer was also wrong
To be a question, it would need to add the word هَل at the beginning, since it would be a yes/no question. Also, look to see if it ends with a period or question mark
We can ask (هل ) ( Hal) and it is used to ask about anything, for example Are you a teacher Are you happy ...
Love the fact that we are not only apparently telling bob where he is from, but we are somehow no doing it as an imperative. This app is silly
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It would be even weirder if we did it as an imperative. I think, "You are from America, Bob" is more conceivable than, "Be from America, Bob!", no?
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This sounds like and only makes sense as a question and we haven't learnt about any question indicators so Duo should accept the translation as a question.
