Word
المفضلة فيها نسخة مكررة.
Meaning
The favorites contain a duplicate copy.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Breakdown of المفضلة فيها نسخة مكررة.
فيه
there is
المفضلةel-mufaddala
the favorites
النسخة المكررةan-nuskha al-mukarrara
the duplicate copy
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Questions & Answers about المفضلة فيها نسخة مكررة.
How would an Egyptian speaker usually pronounce this sentence?
A natural Egyptian-style pronunciation would be:
el-mofaDDala fiiha noskha mokarrara
A few notes:
- الـ is usually pronounced el- in Egyptian.
- فيها is fiiha.
- نسخة is often pronounced noskha in Egyptian speech, rather than the more MSA-like nuskha.
- مكررة is pronounced mokarrara.
- The letter ض in المفضلة sounds like an emphatic d.
Why is المفضلة feminine singular, even if the meaning is something like Favorites?
This is a very common question.
المفضلة is grammatically feminine singular, but that does not always mean the meaning is singular in English.
In Arabic, especially in menus, apps, and interface language, a word like المفضلة can be shorthand for a longer phrase such as:
- العناصر المفضلة = favorite items
- الصفحات المفضلة = favorite pages
For non-human plurals, Arabic often uses feminine singular agreement. So even if the hidden noun is plural, the adjective may still appear as المفضلة.
So here, المفضلة can function like a label meaning Favorites.
What exactly does mean here?