Word
الحيوان الاليف لازم يتطعم.
Meaning
The pet has to get vaccinated.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of الحيوان الاليف لازم يتطعم.
لازم
to have to
الحيوان الاليفel-hayawân el-alîf
the pet
يتطعمyittaim
to get vaccinated
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Questions & Answers about الحيوان الاليف لازم يتطعم.
How would I pronounce the whole sentence in Egyptian Arabic?
A natural Egyptian pronunciation is:
el-ḥayawān el-aleef lāzem yetṭaʿʿam
A simpler learner-friendly version would be:
el-hayawaan el-aleef laazem yettaʿam
A few notes:
- الـ is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian Arabic.
- ح is a stronger, breathier h sound.
- لازم sounds like lāzem / laazem.
- يتطعم has a doubled ṭ sound, so it feels a bit like yet-taʿʿam.
Why does الحيوان الاليف have الـ on both words?
Because in Arabic, adjectives follow the noun and match it in definiteness.
So:
- الحيوان = the animal
- الأليف = the tame/domestic/pet
Together:
- الحيوان الأليف = the pet animal
If the noun is definite, the adjective also has to be definite.
Compare:
- حيوان أليف = a pet animal
- الحيوان الأليف = the pet animal
This is a very common Arabic pattern.
Why is it written الاليف here? Shouldn’t it be الأليف?