Are these translations grammatically correct?
This is from the book, "Alice in Wonderland". These are 3 different Arabic translations from the original English, "Rabbit with pink eyes" that I have come across.
I am not asking if their meanings were correctly translated (for example, the translator translating eyes as ears in Arabic) but rather if their grammar was correct. The specific thing that concerns me is when they translated the, "eyes". Is ,"eyes" supposed to be translated as in the مرفوع case or مجرور case.
Here are the 3 translations:
1)أرنب أبيض له عينين زهريتين
2)أرنب له عينان ورديتان
3)أرنب صغير أبيض وردي الأذنين
To put it simply, is it both gramattically correct to translate eyes in this context as either عينان or عينين? Thank you جزاكم الله خيرًا
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Answers · 2
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ِAs you might have guessed, the second and third translations are right grammatically. There is no reason for it to be مجرورة as in the first one.
عينان: مبتدأ مؤخر مرفوع.
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the 2 and 3 are correct .
it is عينان ورديتان both are مرفوع cause الصفة تتبع الموصوف
it's وردي الاذنبن cause الاذنين is added to وردي which means (مضاف) in Arabic, and المضاف always مجرور
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