"شُكْراً يا مَها."

Translation: Thank you, Maha.

[Shathu_Entayla]

What is that يا?

[Agnethe542941]

Yee, it is said before a name to draw attention, sort of like 'hey'.
It's explained in the reference page for this lesson.

[aysha_mlk]

@Shathu_Entayla
The يا means "O"

[asma261960]

It is a politer way of calling someone. You say O Maha nit just Maha. The Yaa means O. I hope that helps you

[NordicEstonia]

For female names, do you use the ة at the end?

[Karolina127059]

In arabic culture, except for like four really old names, you can tell a person's gender by their name :)

[hadi949111]

Some male names have it to like : معاوية

[hadi949111]

Some names have it. Some names don't

[Anaam744249]

Yes, only in adjectives

[IamKarl2020]

What's the real pronunciation in spoken arabic? is it syukran or syukron?

[Andrew-Lin]

I found that in Wiktionary, they put the double slash "an" like this: شُكْرًا, rather like Duo's شُكْراً. Is there one more correct or more common than the other?

[hadi949]

Both are used. Maybe the شكرًا is more correct. But the other is more common i think

[Anaam744249]

The same

[king528946]

Thank yoy maha

[MostfaAhme6]

Faxk