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How do you say "What can't you do?" in Arabic?
أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟
Inta mish mumkin 'tiAmil 'ieeh
In Arabic, "What can't you do?" is أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟.
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Pronunciation
Say 'IN-tuh mish MUM-kin ti-AH-mil AY-eh'. Mish negates the possibility.
Writing and usage
Five words. Mish mumkin means not possible or cannot. Action follows.
Example sentence
أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه في الشغل؟
What can't you do at work?
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How to remember أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟
Mish mumkin means not possible or cannot. Negating ability or permission.
Related words
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- What is the temperature on Friday? درجة الحرارة كام يوم الجمعة؟ Daragit ilharaara kaem yoom ilgumAa?
- What is the weather? إزاي الجو؟ Izzaei ilgaww
- What is the weather on Friday? إزاي الجو يوم الجمعة؟ Izzaei ilgaww yoom ilgumAa?
- What is the weather on Monday? إزاي الجو يوم الاتنين؟ Izzaei ilgaww yoom il'itneen?
- What is the weather on Sunday? إزاي الجو يوم الحد؟ Izzaei ilgaww yoom il'had?
- What is the weather on Thursday? إزاي الجو يوم الخميس؟ Izzaei ilgaww yoom ilkhamees?
- What is your personality? إيه شخصيتك؟ Ieeh shakhsiyatk?
- Why are you here? أنت هنا ليه؟ Inta hina lih?
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Questions about أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟
How do you say "What can't you do?" in Arabic?
In Arabic, "What can't you do?" is أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟. It is a noun.
How is أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟ written in Arabic?
Five words. Mish mumkin means not possible or cannot. Action follows.
How is أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟ used in a sentence?
Use أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه؟ as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: أنت مش ممكن تعمل إيه في الشغل؟ (What can't you do at work?).
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"What can't you do?" in other languages
- Japanese できないことは何ですか？ (dekinai koto wa nan desu ka ？)
- Korean 무엇을 할 수 없어요? (mueoseul hal su eopsseoyo?)
- Chinese 你不能做什么? (nǐ bù néng zuò shén me ?)
- Spanish ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- Spanish (Latin America) ¿Qué no puedes hacer?
- French Qu'est-ce que tu ne peux pas faire ?
- German Was kannst du nicht tun?
- Italian Cosa non sai fare?
- Russian Что ты не умеешь делать? (čto ty ne umeešʹ delatʹ?)
- Greek Τι δεν μπορείς να κάνεις; (ti dhen boris na kanis)
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