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"Harvard is a university."
Translation:هارْفارْد جامِعة.
July 7, 2019
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Away54
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Rebecca862525,
(1) "is it being pronounced like jaami3a-tun or without tun? "
You can read "jaami3a-tun" formally and can neglect the "-tun" informally, ie. "jaami3a(h)".
"jaami3a-tun" = "jaami3a(h)"
(2) "Usually the tun is dropped for the last word of a sentence...? "
Yes, many natives do that -- similar to when we recite Quran.
(3) "Or is that only for adjectives?"
The "un" (Damma-tain) is not only for adjectives. It exists when the word is nakirah (without ال) in the nominative case -- like jaami3a-tun in this sentence, ie. as the complement of "Harvard".