the father of the boy who is in the house was killed

[ZeeshanParvez]

Which would be the proper way to say "The father of the boy, who is in the house, was killed."

والد الولد الذي في البيت قتل

or

الولد الذي في البيت قتل والده

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[shafaq]

Which would be the proper way to say "The father of the boy, who is in the house, was killed."

To avoid a possible confusion you say:
والد الولد الذي في البيت حاليا قد قتل



الولد الذي في البيت قتل والده=The boy who is in the house; his father killed.
I think this way is a bit awkward.

 

[Crimson-Sky]

They're both okay. Also, قتل والد الولد الذي في البيت .

 

[ZeeshanParvez]

Ah thanks! And thanks for that simple one Crimson! Don't know why that didn't occur to me.

 

[eastren]

يقتل والد الولد الذي في البيت. this sentence is in form of passive so first word is yuktul(يقتل)

 

[dkarjala]

يقتل والد الولد الذي في البيت. this sentence is in form of passive so first word is yuktul(يقتل)

You mean yuqtal and no, the sentence here is past tense so it should be qutila as the others suggested.

 

[jack_1313]

الولد الذي في البيت قتل والده

My concern with this one is the likelihood of it being ,misread as the boy who is in the house killed his father.

 

[ZeeshanParvez]

My concern with this one is the likelihood of it being ,misread as the boy who is in the house killed his father.

Good point.

 

[vinyljunkie619]

colloquial arabic (this should be universally understood): Abu el walad elli fil beet, (howa) n2atal/ngatal/nqatal
ابو الولد اللي في البيت (هو) انقتل

 

[fdb]

May I point out that if you write the English sentence without commas (as in the thread title) it means that the boy was in the house. If you write it with commas (as in no. 1) it means that the father was in the house. Most of the Arabic versions on offer can have either meaning.

 

[ZeeshanParvez]

May I point out that if you write the English sentence without commas (as in the thread title) it means that the boy was in the house. If you write it with commas (as in no. 1) it means that the father was in the house. Most of the Arabic versions on offer can have either meaning.

Yes, thank you for pointing that out. I realized that too. I am very bad when it comes to commas in English. Need to work on that as well to avoid confusing others!