Adverbs / Phrases 7 Flashcards
God preserve you! (often used as please or thank you)
الله يْخَلِّيْك
Perfectly, properly, accurately, quite, sheer, even, exact, exactly, utterly, definitely, certainly (basically an adverbial intensifier)
عَ المَظْبُوْط
سَاوَاهَا عَ المَظْبُوط لَأَوَّل مَرَّة [S] He did it perfectly the first time,
بْورْجِيك كِيف بِتْسَاوِيْهَا عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] I’ll show you how to do it properly
هادا أَكِل هَوَا عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] That’s sheer nonsense,
هادا بِيْكُوْنِ جْنَان عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] That would be sheer madness
صَفْيَان عَنْدِي دَزِّيْنِة واحْدِة عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] I have an even dozen left,
لَطَشَو يَاها بْوِجَّو عَ المَظْبُوط = وَالله لَطَشَو ياها بْوِجَّو [S] He certainly gave it to him
هادا هَللي بْسَمِّيْه صَدِيْق (سَدِيئ) عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] That’s what I call a real friend
سَكِّرِ عْيُوْنَك عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] Shut your eyes tight
القَطْرَمِيز مَخْتُوم عَ المَظْبُوط [S] Is the jar sealed tight?
هُوِّ شَاعِر عَ المَظْبُوْط / عَن صَحِيح / عَن حَقَا [S] He is a true poet,
بْيِلْبِس مِتِل اِسْتَاذ عَ المَظْبُوْط [S] He dresses like a typical professor,
هادا أَكِل هَوَا عَ المَظْبُوْط = كِلَّو أَكِل هَوَا هادا [S] That’s pure nonsense
First
أَوَّل، ج أَوَائِل / أُوَلَى، المؤنث: أُوْلَى
Second
تَاني، ج تَانيِيْن، المؤنث: تَانيِة
Third
تَالِت، المؤنث: تَالتِة
Fourth
رَابِع، المؤنث: رَابْعَة
Fifth
خَامِس، المؤنث: خَامسِة
Sixth
سَادِس، المؤنث: سَادْسِة
Seventh
سَابِع، المؤنث: سَابْعَة
Eighth
تَامِن، المؤنث: تَامْنِة
Nineth
تَاسِع، المؤنث: تَاسْعَة
Tenth
عَاشِر
In answer to
جَوَابًا على
جَوَابًا على سُؤَالَكِ بْحِبّ اْقُول إِنَّو [S] In answer to your question would like to say that…
In writing
كِتَابِيًّا
Must, needs, got to (modal of necessity)
لَازِم
لَازِمني / لَازِم لي [P] it is necessary for me (e.g. to go, to do, etc.)
Note that لازم alone is used for present and future. To make it past, كان لازم is used
I have a sore throat
زلاعيمي ملتهبين
Having a rash
مْحسّس
On the one hand… and on the other hand
مِن جِهَة… وْمِن جِهَة تانْيِة
As for
أَمَّا
بِالنِّسْبِة إِلِي بِنْتِظِر هَون = أَمَّا أَنَا بِنْتِظِر هَوْن [S] As for me, I’ll wait here
أَمَّا هُوِّ ما فِي مانِع [S] As for him, it’s all right
In front of, ahead of
قِدَّاْم
Much, many, numerous, a lot
كْتِيْر، ج كْتَاْر
However, no matter
كِيْف مَا
Beyond, across, on the far side of (preposition)
قَاْطِع
البَيْت قاطِعِ النَّهِر [S] The house is beyond the river
بَيْتْنَا قاطِعِ النَّهِر [S] Our house is on the far side of the river
سَاْكِن قَاْطِعِ الشَّارِع [S] He lives just across the street
الِمْحَطَّة قَاطِعِ النَهِر [S] The station is across the river
As soon as
أَوَّل ما
Sparingly
بْتَوْفِيْر
Seriously, really!
عَن جَدّ
Percent
بِالمِيِّة
By sight
بِالشَّوْفِة
At least
على الأَقَلّ
Slowly
عَلَى مَهلَك
Up-to-date, well aware, informed
اْطِّلَاع
خَلِّيْني عَلَى اْطِّلَاع [P] keep me informed
خَلِّينِي عَلى اِطِّلَاع [S] Keep me posted
Until, as far as, up to
لَحَدّ
لَحَدّ [P] until, as far as, up to; {laḥadd}
لَحَدّ هَوْن وْبَسّ [P] this is as far as it goes; {laḥadd hōn wºbass}
لَحَدِّ اليَوْم [P] until tomorrow; {laḥaddᴵ-l-yōm}
لَحَدِّ الخَطّ [P] up to the line; {laḥaddᴵ-l-ḵɑṭṭ}
لَحَدِّ البَيْت [P] as far as the house; {laḥaddᴵ-l-bēt}
(I) wonder… (expression of wonder / question)
يا تَرَى
يا تَرَى شُو رَحَ يْسَاوِي هَلَّق [S] I wonder what he’ll do now
يَا تَرَى وَيْنَو [S] I wonder where he is
يا تَرَى لِسَّاهُن هَون [S] I wonder whether they’re still here
لَيْش عِمِل هَيْك، يَا تَرَى [P] I wonder why he did that
If only, (I) wish that, (I) hope that, would that…!;
(note that the meaning depends on the tense. Past tense is used for past tense events. A conditional, usually with كان or the imperfect tense without ب is used for the future tense.)
يَا رَيْت
يا رَيْت اِقْدِر اِصَل لَهْنِيك [S] If I could only get there
يَا رَيْت تِقْدِرِ تْسَاعِدْنِي [S] If you could only help me
يا رَيْت / رَيْتْنِي اِقْدِر اِبْقَى أَكْتَر مِن هَيْك [S] I wish I could stay longer
يَا رَيْتْ / رَيْتَهْا كانِت مَعْنَا هَلَّق [S] I wish she were with us now
يَا رَيْت / رَيْتَك تاكُل أَكْتَر مِن هَيْك، اِنْتِا نَحِيْفِ كْتِير [S] I wish you’d eat more, you’re too thin
يَارَيْت شَتَّتِ مْبَارِح [P] if only it had rained yesterday; {yārēt šattatᵉ mºbĒreḥ}
يَارَيْت كُنت بَقدَر [P] if I only could! I wish I could; {yārēt kunt baqdɑr}
يَارَيْتنَا نِقدَر [P] If only we could! I wish we could!; {yārētna niqdɑr}
يَارَيْت يْكُوْن هَيْك [P] I hope that is how things are / would turn out; {yārēt yºkūn hēk}
يَارَيْتِ اْنّي أَعرِف [P] I wish that I new; {yārētᴵ ‘ºnny ʔaʕref}
يَارَيْتني أَشتْرِيْه [P] I wish I could buy it; {yārētny ʔaštºrīᴴ}
بِدّي أَسأَلِك سُؤَال وْيَارَيْتِ تْجَاوْبِيْني بْصَرَاحَة [P] I’ll ask you a question and I hope you’ll give me a straight answer; {biddy ʔasʔ¡alek suʔ¨āl wºyārētᵉ tºjāwºbīny bºṣɑrᾱḥɑ}
يا رَيْتْنِي عَصْفُور [L] I wish I was a bird;
Now and then, from time to time, occasionally
مِن وَقِت لَوَقِت = بَيْن وَقِت لَوَقِت
Hey! (used to get s.o.’s attention)
لَيْك
ليك، اِنْت بْتِحكِي عَرَبِي [V] Hey, do you speak Arabic
I can get by
بمرِّق حالي
Fluently
بْطَلَاقَة
Ever, in (my, his, her etc.) life
بْحَيَاة + ضمير
بْحَيَاتَك رِحِت لَأَمَيْرْكَا [S] Have you ever been in the United States?
Approximately
تَقْرِيبًا
Cautiously
بْحَذَر
Be on your guard
كُوْن عَلَى حَذَر = خَلِّيْك عَلَى حَذَر
لازِم تاخُد حَذَرَك مِنْهَا [S] You have to be on your guard with
At the time that
وَقْتِ للي
وَقِت مَا
مِن وَقِت مَا [S] since
ما كِنْتْ بِالبَيْت وَقْتِ للي تَلْفَن [S] I wasn’t home when he called
ضَرَب رَقَم قِيَاسِي بِالوَقِت يَللي رَكَض فِيه المِيْل [S] He ran the mile in record time,
ضَرَبِت رَقَم قِيَاسِي بِالوَقِت يَللي خَلَّصِت فِيه الشَّغْلِة [S] I finished the job in record time
أَرْجِت حالَهْا كْتِير لَطِيفِة وَقْتِ اْللي تْعَرَّفِت عَلَيْهَا [S] She showed herself to be extremely kind when I met her.
ما كِنْتْ بِالبَيْت وَقْتِ للي تَلْفَن [S] I wasn’t home when he called
ضَرَب رَقَم قِيَاسِي بِالوَقِت يَللي رَكَض فِيه المِيْل [S] He ran the mile in record time
ضَرَبِت رَقَم قِيَاسِي بِالوَقِت يَللي خَلَّصِت فِيه الشَّغْلِة [S] I finished the job in record time
أَرْجِت حالَهْا كْتِير لَطِيفِة وَقْتِ اْللي تْعَرَّفِت عَلَيْهَا [S] She showed herself to be extremely
kind when I met her.
مِن وَقِت ما مَاتِت مَرْتَو تْهَرْگَل تَمَام [S] Since his wife’s death he’s completely lost his grip
ما شِفِت حَدَا مِن وَقِت ما رْجِعِت [S] I haven’t seen anybody since I got back,
مِن وَقت مَا رِجعَت [P] ever since she came back; {min waqt ma rijʕat}
ما حَطَّيْتِ بْتِمِّي شِي مِن وَقِت ما تْغَدَّيْت [S] I haven’t eaten a thing since I had lunch,
كان يَعْرف يِقْرَا وْيِكْتُب وَقِت كان عِمْرَو أَرْبَعِ سْنِين [S] He could read and write at the age of four.
ما بِقْدِر ساوِي كِلّ شِي بْوَقِت واحِد [S] can’t do everything at once,
مِن وَقِت مَا طِلْعِت مْنِ المِسْتَشْفَى صارِت تِبْتِعِد عَنِ النَّاس [S] Ever since she got out of the hospital, she stayed away from people
Majority, most
مُعظَم
أَغْلَبِيِّة
أَكتَرِيِّة
مِعْظَم دَخْلِي بِيْرُوْح إِجْرِة بَيْت [S] The major part of my income goes for rent
مِعْظَمِ الطِّلَّاب كانُوا مِرَضَا [S] The majority of the students were sick
مَضَّيْت مِعْظَم قَبْلِ الضِّهِر بِالتَّخِت [S] spent the better part of the morning in bed
مِعْظَم مَعَاْشِي بِيْرُوح إِجْرِة بَيْت وْأَكِل [S] The bulk of my salary goes for rent and food
Some
بَعِض
بَعضِ النَاس [P] some people some of the people; {bɑʕḍᴵ-n-nās}
في بَعضِ الحَالَات [P] in some cases; {fy bɑʕḍᴵ-l-ḥālāt}
شُو هِيِّ بَعْض الحَوادِث ال مُمْكِن تْصِير
None of
وْلَا واحِد مِنِ
وْلَا واحِد مِنِ صْحَابِي قِدِر يْسَاعِدْنِي [S] None of
وْلَا وَاْحْدِة مْنِ النِّسْوَان كان عَنْدَهْا خَبَرِ بْهالشِّي [S] None of the women knew anything about it my friends could help me
Several
كَذَا
نِفرِض زُرتِ المَحَلّ كَذَا مَرَّات [P] let’s say you visited the place several times
Plus (in mathematics)
زَائِد
Minus (in math)
نَاقِص ج نَاقصِيْن المؤنث: نَاقصَة
Times
ضَرِب
تلاتة ضرب اربعة بيساوي تنعش
Divided by
عشرين قسمة اربعة بيساوي خمسة
Day before yesterday
أَوَّلْةِ مْبارِح
Today
ليَوْم
Afterwards, later, then
بَعْدَيْن
How much?
(Used for uncountable nouns)
قَدَّيه؟
Round, around
About, approximately, around
حَوَاْلِي
دَايِر، ج دَايرِيْن
حُطِّ قشَاط دَايِرِ الشَنتَة [P] put a strap around the suitcase
الكَلْب كان عَنْدَو حَبْلِة دايِر رَقِبْتَو [S] The dog had a piece of rope round its neck
عَم يِبْنُوا حَيْط دايِرِ الجّْنَيْنِة [S] They’re building a wall around the garden
النَّاس ال دايِرْنَا / حَوَالَيْنَا كان عَم يِحْكُوا بِالعَالِي [S] The people around us were talking loudly
حَوَالَيْ الدَار [P] around the house {ḥawālē-d-dᾱr}
الِولَاد قَاعدِيْن حَوَالَيْهَا [P] the children are sitting around her; {‘il-ewlād qāʕdīn ḥawālēha}
النَّاس الْ دايِرْنَا / حَوَالَيْنَا كان عَم يِحْكُوا بِالعَالِي [S] The people around us were talking loudly
Exactly, precisely
بِاْلظَّْبط
هَيْدَا بالظَبَط اِللي أَنا كِنْت بَدِّي أَقِلَّك إِيَّاه [L] that is exactly want I wanted to tell you
This (These)
هَيدا هَيدي
هَيدول
That (those)
هَيداك هَيديك
هَيدوليك هَيدوليكي
Everyone
كِلّ وَاحَد
Someone
حَدَا
حَدًا / حَدَن
Anyone
حَيَّالله واحَد
No one
ما حَدَا
Everything
كِلّ شِي
Something
شي
Anything
أيّْ شِي
Nothing
ما شي
What
شو
Who
مين
Which
أيّ
Where
وين
When
أَيْمْتَى / أَيْمْتِي / إِيْمتَين / إِيْمتَـن
How
كيف
Why
ليه
How many?
(Used for countable nouns)
كَم + مفرد
How much does this cost?
قدّيْه حقّه؟
How often
كِلّْ قَدَّيْه؟
Quickly
بْسِرْعَة
Other, another
Else; (this is just an alternative translation of another, other)
تَاني، ج تَانيِيْن، المؤنث: تَانيِة
وَلَد تَاني [P] another boy, a different boy; {walad tāny}
جَاي مِن جِهَة تَانيِة [P] it’s coming from another direction; {jāy min jiha tānye}
مَرَّة تَانيِة [P] another time, a second time; {mɑrrɑ tānye}
هَايِ المَرَّة التَانيِة [P] this is the second time, this is the other time; {hāyᴵ-l-mɑrrɑ-t-tānye}
تَاني مَرَّة [P] another time, a second time; {tāny mɑrrɑ}
تَانِي مَرَّة = مَرَّة تانْيِة [S] once more
جَرِّب تانِي مَرَّة [S] Try once more
نَاس تَانيِيْن [P] other people
حَدَا تَانِي [S] anybody else, anyone else
حَدَا غَيْر + إضافة [S] somebody else, anybody else
في حَدَا تانِي هَون = في حَدَا غَيْرْنَا هَوْن [S] Is anybody else here?
فِي حَدَا تانِي رايِح مَعْنَى [S] Will someone else go with us?
شِي تاني = غَيْر شِي [S] anything else, something else
فِي عَنْدَك شِي تانِي [S] Do you have anything else?
بْمَحَلّ تانِي = بْغَيْر مَحَلّ = بْمَحَلّْ غَيْرَو [S] anywhere else, somewhere else, elsewhere
شُو ما فِينا نِلْتِقِي بْمَحَلّ تاني [S] Can’t we meet anywhere else?
لَـمَحَلّ تاني = لَغَير مَحَلّ = لَـمَحَلّ غَيْرَو [S] (to) somewhere else, elsewhere
لَيْش ما مِنْرُوح لَـمَحَلّ تاني [S] Why don’t we go somewhere else?
مَجْبُوْرِينِ نْدَوِّرِ بْمَحَلّْ تَانِي [S] We’ll have to look around elsewhere
إِذَا مُو عاجْبَك هَون مِنْرُوح لَـمَحَلّ تاني [S] If you don’t like it here, we’ll go elsewhere
وَاحَد تَاني [P] someone else
Alone
لَحَالي
Here
هَوْن
There
هونيك
Everywhere
كل مكان
كل محل
بشوفه بكل مكان
Somewhere
شي مكان
Anywhere, wherever
وَيْنَ ما كان
بِحْسِن اِلِقْطَو وَيْنَ ما كان [S] I could spot him anywhere
Nowhere
ولا مكان
Always
ديْمًا
Some day
شِي يَوْم
بِتْأَمَّل اِتْعَرَّف عَلَيْه شِي يَوْم [S] I hope to meet him some day
Some time
شي مرة
Sometimes
أَحيَانًا
Anytime
أيّ وقت
فيك تجي بأي وقت
Top, upstairs, up, above
فَوْق
As such, in and of itself
بْحَدّ ذَاتُو
المَشرُوْع بْحَدّ ذَاتُو [P] the project in itself
الِمْعَاهَدِة بْحَدّ ذَاْتَهْا / مِن حَيْثُ هِيِّة مالْهَا أَهَمِيِّة كْبِيْرِة [S] The treaty as such is of no great importance
العِرْف اِلأَخْلَاقِيّ بْحَدّ ذَاتَو [S] Absolute moral law.
الشَّغْلِة بْحَدّْ ذَاتَهْا مُو صَعْبِة [S] The work as such isn’t difficult
السَّيَّارَة ذاتَهْا بْحالِة مْنِيحَة [S] The car itself is in good condition
بْحَدّْ ذَات + ضمير [S] in itself, in and of itself
الخِطَّة بْحَدّْ ذَاتَهْا مْنِيْحَة [S] The plan in itself is good
Enough, sufficiently (adverb)
كِفَايِة
حَكَيْنَا كِفَاي عَنِ الشَغلِة هَاي [P] we’ve discussed this business enough
Heresay
حَكي قاله قال
ما تصدّق، هيدا حكي قاله قال.”
(“Don’t believe it; this is just hearsay.”)
Used for Respectful Address (Formal or Professional)
خواجة، ج خواجات
• الخواجة هو صاحب المحل.
(“The gentleman is the owner of the store.”)
