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telal · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 8:48 pm Posts:91

اللغة هو مجاني

Dennis · **Posted:** Wed 24 Mar 2010 3:44 pm

I agree with you, if Google Translations translated your sentence well.

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

Which it didn't, but anyway.

telal · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 8:48 pm Posts:91

اللغة هي محاناً

اللغة هي بلاش

שפה היא חופשית

that'll teach me to post when i'm drunk i guess

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

The pronoun isn't needed there.

rickardspaghetti · Joined:Fri 17 Apr 2009 2:28 pm Posts:204 Location: Sweden

What does محاناً mean?

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

It's a typo - the correct spelling is مجاناً. So the correct translation is اللغة مجاناً although I have a suspicion the plural might be better. That would be اللغات مجاناً.

I'm also pretty sure that חפשי in Hebrew means "free" as in "at liberty," but I could be wrong. I haven't studied that language for a long time.

telal · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 8:48 pm Posts:91

Talib wrote:

The pronoun isn't needed there.

Or

Talib wrote:

The pronoun isn't needed.

so, not uncommon in many languages to use words that are not ultimately needed

point taken though

Talib · Joined:Sun 19 Apr 2009 8:22 am Posts:768 Location: Canada

No, it's actually ungrammatical. You said "the language she is free."

Also, where did you get the word بلاش? It's not in my dictionary.

telal · Joined:Sat 18 Apr 2009 8:48 pm Posts:91

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No, it's actually ungrammatical. You said "the language she is free."

ungrammatical is not the same as unintelligible

i've heard numerous native speakers use phrases very similar to the one i used, grammatical or not

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Also, where did you get the word بلاش? It's not in my dictionary.

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