Mar 23, 2019 13:36
5 yrs ago
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Arabic term
Türkiye
Hard work never killed a man.
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Syrian, Lebanese, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Palestinian, Egyptian, Jordanian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
كان يعمل جادا
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
History
وبعد أربع سنوات مامن شك بأن العراق كان يعمل جاد ًا لإعادة بناء برامجه للأسلحة الكيميائية والبيولوجية
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | has been working hard |
Youssef Ahmed
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| 5 +1 | past perfect |
Mahmoud Afandy
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| 5 | Present perfect continuous |
Neveen Shehadeh
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| 5 | had worked diligently |
A Bougatef
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| 5 | has been doing his best |
Mohamed Hosni
|
Change log
Mar 23, 2019 19:52: Murad AWAD changed "Term asked" from "كان يعمل جادا (past perfect or present perfect?)" to "كان يعمل جادا " , "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Proposed translations
20 mins
Arabic term (edited):
كان يعمل جادا (past perfect or present perfect?)
Selected
has been working hard
Present Perfect Continuous
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1 hr
Neveen Shehadeh
Jordan
Jordan
Native in Arabic
Jordan
computer terms translator
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Jordanian) 
Works in: English to Arabic
Arabic term (edited):
كان يعمل جادا (past perfect or present perfect?)
Present perfect continuous
has been working hard.........
+1
5 hrs
Arabic term (edited):
كان يعمل جادا (past perfect or present perfect?)
past perfect
Past perfect if the action had finished. If not finished, we use present perfect for it because the project has begun but hasn't finished yet.
2 days 8 hrs
A Bougatef
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Arabic
&
English
United Kingdom
Linguist Extraordinaire
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, French to Arabic, and 1 more.
had worked diligently
The past perfect
4 days
Mohamed Hosni
Morocco
Morocco
Native in Arabic
Morocco
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to French, English to Arabic, French to Arabic, and 3 more.
has been doing his best
Has been doining his best to......
Discussion
past perfect
أما لو كان طوال الأربع سنوات أو مستمر حتى الآن تستخدم:
present perfect
أو
present perfect continuous