"اَلْكَلْب تَعْبان اَلْحَمْدُ لِله."
Translation:The dog is tired, praise be to God.
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Oh really? I actually don't know the exact meaning of the words. They could change 'praise be to God' to 'unfortunately'. Then learners could learn another useful word.
Yeah that make sense if the dog is unable to bite... and george is in blue skirt is okay i hav nothing to do it even if george is wearing a bikini... if a person is good to me i m good to him but what i meant was pepl make mistakes in learing arabic so if the words swaps mistakenly it becoms really ugly sentence... thats it.
Well, if that dog was chasing YOU, you, sr., would be very grateful too lol
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Sick tired as in fatigued from being sick? Or very tired like being exhausted because the dog ran around all day playing wiffle ball?
adjectives in Arabic are axial of sorts, think of them as two dimensional... تعبان is a perpetual adjective - meaning literally: 'tired' but chronically/perpetually tired, like this is the dog's norm. Not as in he is momentarily tired.
if the dog is tired from running around with a ball it would be الكلبُ متعَبٌ
From other sentences in this course where the word تعبان is misused, I think this is not the meaning intended, because the course is teaching a bad form of Arabic - that is biased to specific dialects where this word may mean 'momentarily tired' Also because the whole sentence doesn't make much sense. No one would say that, ever.
I pray that may answer your question.
I'm starting to think I should ignore what the sentences mean as long the sentence structure is correct.
Actually, the dog is tired because the extra energy is used so it can be fair to expect good behavior from it, assuming the dog is trained and healthy. It is the owner's responsibility to put the dog in a position to succeed. A child also needs to use up enough energy to behave well. A child with nothing to take the energy WILL get in trouble more. I'm not saying children and dogs are the same, I'm saying both need outlets for energy or they get in trouble and it's not 100% fair to punish them for the adult human's failure to provide for the needs of the innocents in their care.
I suppose if a pet dog had surgery and needed rest and had trouble going to sleep someone could use this phrase. But still, I don't understand why I have to use the depths of my imagination to make these sentences less confusing :D
It's a muslim thing to praise God for even the bad things. So in Arab, it's more of a tradition.
Simple, really: some dogs are very energetic and NEED so much exercise so the energy is used productively instead of...eating the sofa or something destructive and unwanted and maybe the human is tired or busy, so praise God the dog is tired! Not so confusing. A dog without a way to use the energy in a good way often ends up doing something that gets them in trouble, which is not entirely fair because providing what a dog needs to behave how people want is the human's responsibility.
Guessing this is from the perspective of robbers who are trying to break into a property guarded by dogs. Lmao
or maybe it's from a perspective that the person is tired and they want to rest, but the dog is not letting them. so, now as the dog is tired, you can finally rest.
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Native English speakers: is there a difference between 'praise god' and 'praise be to god' ?
The answers you have received are not good. "Praise be to God" means that God is the one responsible for what has happened and thus he is being praised. On the other hand, "praise God" can be limited to just simply thanking God and does not have to carry the idea that he did something specific to be praised for. You can simply "praise God" for being God. That is just an appreciation of his nature and position as God. But "praise be to God" carries the additional sense that something has happened or there is some state or condition for which you believe God to be responsible and you are giving to God the credit for whatever that is.
Or we need the dog to be tired and it finally is, so we get to rest and that's something to thank God for!
Praise be to god is an equivalent of may praise be to god which means i praise god as an act of appreciation... whereas praise god can be imperative... here you can also almost say thank god instead of الحمدلله
praise God carries the meaning in english imho as does thank God. i seem to recall the arabic phrase used in multiple situaciones with differing contextual shades.
I agree: praise God and praise be to God mean the same in English. However (as I've commented elsewhere) "praise be to God" is, in English, very old-fashioned, and you probably shouldn't use it in English unless you want to sound a bit quaint. Arabic is, of course, another matter.
It could indeed be a relief when the dog is finally tired and stops bouncing through the house :)
I think I'm lost in translation!!! What is the meaning of this phrase???? It doesn' t make sense.
The biggest problem with this app is that there is rarely any context for the sentences we're supposed to translate. I'm sure there must be some situations where one would thank or praise God that the dog is tired. Maybe the speaker thought that the dog might chase him or her. But, no, hamdulila, the dog is tired. I don't know.
I am not an arab. but as I know most of muslim don't pet a dog unless for necesarry task like guarding a farm or field. and most of us don't like it. The most common time we met dog is when we walk in the street. and the most common dog that we met is a stray dog. So for arabic perspective it's a blessing that the dog is tired so we can walk through safely.
This is not good .....example ...duolingo plz change....if someone is tired .it should not be a act of praise
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Is translated in some places as "praise God" and in other places as "Praise be to God", shouldn't both be accepted?
If the dog needs to get his energy out and the human is tired, it would be a good thing. My dog is FINALLY tired, paise God!
maybe it's from a perspective that the person is tired and they want to rest, but the dog is not letting them. so, now as the dog is tired, you can finally rest.
i do not like references to any God in a language course. One is o.k., but not to repetition
If we are also learning their religious convictions in this language course, then please tell me how that is consistent with Judy and Carrie getting married and Seth wearing a skirt. You can't have your cake and eat it too.
It is not about religious convictions but how a language is influenced by the main religion of the speakers. How many times are "Oh my God", or "Thank God" used by non Christians or by Christians in a non-specifically religious meaning? I'd say plenty. Learning Arabic without using "Alhamdulillah" is delusional :)
yeah granted, but who the ❤❤❤❤ is learning anything useful with this constant referring to a non existent invisible 'entity'?
People can believe in G-d/practice religion without having a problem with those who are LGBTQ+ and there are people who have such identities who are themselves believers.
You can't speak arabic if don't want to learn their "-God" expressions. You will hear mashALLAH/alhamdulILLAH/subhanALLAH and other variations like 3 times every sentence, even if the speaker isn't as much religious
I would really like to keep up with muslim culture, I like common Arabic sentence like praise be to Allah. But why are in ARABIC course sensitive sentences like homosexuality, crossdressing, or even dogs, which are impure, as many of us know. Is that necessary?
Dogs have a place with muslims, too. We can use a dog for hunting and still eat the animal, and we can use them for guarding. One could argue that just having the dog around helps deter people from steal from, or harming, your property. Some can also be trained to do things like warn people with certain conditions that they are about to have an episode. That's guarding from harm, too.
I dunno man. The dog is okay but the lgbt stuff is pretty unnecessary considering it's not allowed in Arab anyways.
This sentence sounds mocking like many others in Duo. We should respect the languages and cultures that are related to them.
At first it was supposes to mean "praise god" now its wrong and it should be "praise be to god". So which one is right ?
Please leave this comment. Have never even heard this. And check your system. Tried 3 times. Words correct and system complaining it's wrong. Cant move forward.
It's fun how everyone is wondering about the meaning. The thing is, "praise be to god" is not only used in positive situations but also in but ones. It has a broader meaning than just "thank god"
