"اِمْرَأة ذَكِيّة"

Translation: a smart woman

[PennyFore]

What the "atoon" in the middle of the phrase

[benton.1]

The "...atun" ending is the feminine ending for the nominative/subjective case.

[DavidLopez296212]

But it's not written? no تُن

[benton.1]

No. It's written the way it is at the top of the page with the letter "taa marbuu Ta", which is the last letter of the first word.

[Amol62014]

It sounds like "imra 2atun" sound instead of "imra a2un". Is duo trying to tell that for indefinite nouns ending in "a", a "tun" sound has to be used instead of "un". Or is it simply a mistake?

[benton.1]

No, it is not a mistake. The feminine endings, that end in the "a/ah" sound, will sound like "...atun" when the nominative case endings are used.

[lambertsimnel]

Does this mean that the woman is intelligent, or that she's dressed formally, or (like in English) both?

[GunnyTunes]

This means intelligence!

[benton.1]

Hi, Gunny! Glad to see you here. Do you know if, and when, corrections to the TTS recordings will be made, or are things just going to be left as they are?

[phuvtuo]

I don't know what is normal English where you are but in my English, we would say a smartly dressed woman not a smart woman if we were referring to how she dresses. Regardless, the phrase is outdated. If I heard somebody say "smartly dressed" I would think they were either being funny or they are a bit pretentious.

[mYUSUF450651]

Women this is how it is spealt. You spell as 'woman.'

[benton.1]

Duolingo is correct. Woman is singular (1), women is plural (more than 1 woman).