Definite or indefinite in Arabic: the article اَلـ or tanwīn

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• Which word means “a car”?
• What does اَلْمَدْرَسَةُ mean?
• In Arabic, is there a separate word for “a, an”?
• The book is new. Complete: ___ جَدِيدٌ
• Which sentence means “This is a car”?
• What does هٰذَا الْبَيْتُ mean?
• In اَلشَّايُ (the tea), the “l” is not pronounced: you say “ash-shāy”.
• A noun never carries both the article اَلـ and the tanwīn “-un” at the same time.