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Questions & Answers about الممرض شاف الدم.
How do you pronounce الممرض شاف الدم in Levantine Arabic?
A common Levantine pronunciation is:
il-mmaraḍ sheef id-damm or el-mmaraḍ shāf id-damm
A few notes:
- الممرض = il-mmaraḍ / el-mmaraḍ
- شاف = shāf or sometimes sheef depending on region
- الدم = id-damm / ed-damm
The exact vowels can vary by country and city, but that is the general idea.
What does الممرض literally mean, and is it masculine?
Yes. الممرض means the male nurse or the nurse if the nurse is male.
- ممرض = nurse, male nurse
- الممرض = the nurse, the male nurse
The feminine form is:
- ممرضة = nurse, female nurse
- الممرضة = the female nurse
So if you wanted The nurse saw the blood with a female nurse, you would say:
الممرضة شافت الدم
Why is there الـ on both nouns?
Because both nouns are definite:
- الممرض = the nurse
- الدم = the blood
In Arabic, is the definite article, equivalent to English .