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Active Participles in اللغة العربية
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shagarah
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12 December 2010 at 3:01pm | IP Logged

strikingstar wrote:

Are there any differences between these two sentences?

ندرس في المكتبة . (nadrusu fil maktaba)

vs.

نحن دارسون في المكتبة (nahnu daarisuuna fil maktaba)

Don't they both mean "We're studying in the library." Is there any reason to use the
2nd sentence over the 1st.

The first sentence means "We study in the library." or "We're studying in the library." but the second one is actually wrong, it doesn't make sense, but if you want the closest translation: "We are students in the library", which should be written:
نحن طلبة في المكتبة

For your second sentence, it can only mean "I am a writer in the school", if you want to write "I'm writing in the school" you write : أنا أكتب في المدرسة

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strikingstar
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Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written)

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13 December 2010 at 7:24pm | IP Logged

Thanks for all the responses. And welcome to the forum, shagarah.
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