Arabic-L:LING:my house query

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Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:wasamy at UMICH.EDU
Subject:my house query

May I inquire what the sentence means?  Is the following the same?

My house is nearer than your house from here

Waheed Samy

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Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:<yhamed at wesleyan.edu>
Subject:my house query

Hello,
The subject line is written wrong: How to say: My house is nearer you
(should be your) house from here

So, the translation for: "My house is nearer than your house from  
here" in
Arabic, is as follows:
من هنا ، بيتي أقرب من بيتك

If you couldn't read the Arabic script, it is transliterated as follows:
Min Huna, Baiti Aqrabu Min Baitika

Best regards--Yasir

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3)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:karam Tannous <ktannous at gmail.com>
Subject:my house query

ait-ii 'aqrabu min baiti-ka min hunaa
this is option is the best one of the three.
Karam Tannous
New York

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Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:hiyassat at GMAIL.COM
Subject:my house query

min hunaa, bait-ii 'aqrabu min baiti-ka

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Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:baudouin joseph <legrandbosra at yahoo.fr>
Subject:my house query

you say "min huna baitiy aqrabu min baytik" otherwise the sentence is  
ambiguous.

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6)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:luma ateyah <ateyah at ldc.upenn.edu>
Subject:my house query

bait-ii 'aqrabu min baiti-ka min hunaa.

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7)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:Sana N Hilmi <shilmi at gmu.edu>
Subject:my house query

Hi,
I usually say your third translation,
bayti aqrabu min-huna min baytik

Sana

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8)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From: rehab eldeeb <r_eldeeb at aucegypt.edu>

The first say is correct and you may say also:
min hunaa, baitii 'aqrabu min baitika.

Rehab El Deeb
Subject:my house query

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9)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:Ola Moshref <omoshref at gmail.com>
Subject:my house query

If you want it very literary, you may say: بيتي أقرب من  
بيتك مسافةً من هنا
like: هو أفصح مني لسانا
or: أنا أكثر منك مالا

so you use a tamyiiz to make the meaning clearer.

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10)
Date: 20 Nov 2008
From:omar trigui <trigui.omar at gmail.com>
Subject:my house query

Hello,

I think that the first and the third sentenses are right (bait-ii  
'aqrabu min baiti-ka min hunaa,bait-ii 'aqrabu min hunaa min baiti-ka).

Best Regards,
Omar Trigui

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