المحافظة على ممتلكات المدرسة

08:10 Apr 20, 2012
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Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / education
Arabic term or phrase: المحافظة على ممتلكات المدرسة
what its equivalent in English?
thanks in advance
Fatima Mohammad
Local time: 13:13


Summary of answers provided
5maintenance of school property
Lucinda Wills
5Maintenance of the school property
nurhussen
5respect(ing) school property
Ahmed AbuSaad
4preserving school's properties
hassan zekry
4to maintain school's assets
Murad AWAD


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preserving school's properties


Explanation:
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hassan zekry
Local time: 11:13
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maintenance of school property


Explanation:
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Lucinda Wills
United States
Local time: 02:13
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to maintain school's assets


Explanation:
بسلام

Murad AWAD
Germany
Local time: 10:13
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish, Native in ArabicArabic
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Maintenance of the school property


Explanation:
1.If you say Maintenance of school property, it means property of any school.Therefore, "The " must be added to make the school definite because in the arabic phrase there is ا ل
2. If you say school's properties, You will make two mistakes:
A. As I told you previously , there is no "no"
B.Property is uncountable, so it can not be plural.

nurhussen
Local time: 12:13
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respect(ing) school property


Explanation:
what is between brackets is to make the verb into a noun, it may fit in as a verb in the case of, 'students must respect school property'.

Ahmed AbuSaad
United Arab Emirates
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