20 - "li" / "saar" / "laazim"

Question 1

Q. How long have you been standing in front of the post office?

Answer 1

Q. qaddaysh Saarlak waaqif quddam ilbariid?

Question 2

Q. qaddaysh Saarlak waaqif quddam ilbariid?

Answer 2

Q. How long have you been standing in front of the post office?

Question 3

Q. qaddaysh Saarilkum waagfiin hawn?

Answer 3

Q. How long have y’all been standing here?

Question 4

Q. How long have y’all been standing here?

Answer 4

Q. qaddaysh Saarilkum waagfiin hawn?

Question 5

A. Saarilna Hawaali rubi3 saa3a(t).

Answer 5

A. We have been (action carried/implied from question) for about a quarter hour.

Question 6

A. We have been for about a quarter hour.

Answer 6

A. Saarilna Hawaali rubi3 saa3a(t).

Question 7

Q. How long was he in the operating room (the room of the operations)?

Answer 7

Q. qaddaysh Saarlo(h) fi gurfit il3amaliyyaat?

Question 8

Q. qaddaysh Saarlo(h) fi gurfit il3amaliyyaat?

Answer 8

Q. How long was he in the operating room (the room of the operations)?

Question 9

A. He was (there) more than half an hour.

Answer 9

A. Saarlo(h) ‘akthar min nuSS saa3a(t).

Question 10

A. Saarlo(h) ‘akthar min nuSS saa3a(t).

Answer 10

A. He was (there) more than half an hour.

Question 11

Q. How long have y’all been married?

Answer 11

Q. qaddaysh Saarilkum mitzawjiin?

Question 12

Q. qaddaysh Saarilkum mitzawjiin?

Answer 12

Q. How long have y’all been married?

Question 13

A. We have been (action implied from question) for 4 years.

Answer 13

A. Saarilna ‘arba3 sniin.

Question 14

A. Saarilna ‘arba3 sniin.

Answer 14

A. We have been (action implied from question) for 4 years.

Question 15

Q. How long has his hand been injured?

Answer 15

Q. qaddaysh Saarilha ‘iido(h) majruuHa(t)?

Question 16

Q. qaddaysh Saarilha ‘iido(h) majruuHa(t)?

Answer 16

Q. How long has his hand been injured?

Question 17

A. Saarilha majruuHa(t) ‘usbuu3.

Answer 17

A. It (she) has been injured for a week.

Question 18

A. It (she) has been injured for a week.

Answer 18

A. Saarilha majruuHa(t) ‘usbuu3.

Question 19

qaddaysh Saarlak mu’min?

Answer 19

How long have you (m) been a believer?

Question 20

qaddaysh Saarlak naayim fi lxaymi(t)?

Answer 20

How long were you sleeping in the tent?

Question 21

qaddaysh Saarilkum saakniin hawn?

Answer 21

How long have y’all lived here?

Question 22

qaddaysh Saarilkum qaa3diin fi lbustaan?

Answer 22

How long were y’all sitting in the garden?

Question 23

qaddaysh Saarilkum fi lmaktab?

Answer 23

How long were y’all in the office?

Question 24

qaddaysh Saarilha fi madrasit ittamriiD?

Answer 24

How long has she been in nursing school?

Question 25

qaddaysh Saarlo(h) mariiD?

Answer 25

How long was he sick?

Question 26

qaddaysh Saarilhum msaafriin 3a’amriika?

Answer 26

How long were they traveling to America?

Question 27

qaddaysh Saarilkum mista’jiriin baytkum?

Answer 27

How long have y’all been renting your house?

Question 28

saafar liyinbasiT.

Answer 28

He travelled in order to enjoy himself.

Question 29

yuHib ‘an yudrus.

Answer 29

He loves to study.

Question 30

daras likay yinjaH.

Answer 30

He studied in order to succeed.

Question 31

daras Hatta yinjaH.

Answer 31

He studied in order to succeed.

Question 32

darast Hatta ‘anjaH.

Answer 32

I studied so that I could succeed.

Question 33

daras Hatta xallaS.

Answer 33

He studied until he finished.

Question 34

Hatta ‘ibnik kaan hawn.

Answer 34

Even your (f) son was here.

Question 35

“Hatta” as a PREPOSITION means . . .

Answer 35

“Even . . .”

Question 36

“Hatta” as a SUBJUNCTIVE PARTICLE means . . .

Answer 36

”. . . in order to . . .”

Question 37

“Hatta” as a CONJUNCTION means . . .

Answer 37

”. . . until . . .”