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A note about the word 'Hunaak' هناك. It can come to mean 'there is/are' in many contexts. Usually if it comes at the beginning of the sentence, followed by an indefinite word and is followed at some point by 'fee' في then it would be 'there is' or 'there are'. A few examples might clarify the matter:

هناك حديقة في المدينة
There is a garden in the city

هناك الحديقة
In this sentence 'hunaak' can mean 'over there' or 'there is' depending on whether the park is in viewing distance. If the person can't see the park and points to the direction of it and says the above sentence then it would mean 'over there is the garden'. However, if the park can be seen then the sentence can be translated to 'there is the garden' which is said while the person is pointing at the object...

الحديقة هناك
The garden is over there

هناك طالب ذكي في الصف
There is a clever student in the class

هناك الطالب الذكي
As with the above example 'Hunaak al7adeeqah', this sentence can mean 'Over there is the clever boy' or 'there is the clever boy'. I said boy because طالب is masculine, the feminine version is طالبة

الطالب الذكي هناك
The clever student is there

Without short vowel signs, a beginner can get confused between these two words!

ذبابة
dhubaabah = fly, housefly

دبّابة
dabbaabah = military tank

@ vinod

If you pronounce the word for "fly" with a Lebanese accent the difference between the initial consonants will be clearly audible!

Nice! I just tested the edit/delete comment feature



This is edited, by the way!

And look! I did it again! At first I typed "fgh" but then I edited it heheeheehehehe! :D