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
Internationally
عالمياً
دولياً
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
Too much
زْيَادَة عَنِ اللُزُوم
Percent
بِالمِيِّة
By sight
بِالشَّوْفِة
At least
على الأَقَلّ
When, at the time that
وَقْتِ للي
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.
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}
Ethnically
عِرْقِيّاً
إثنياً
(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
