Phrases 1 Flashcards
I told them about my kids
حَكيتلهم عن وْلادي
What else?
rhetorical, used as filler
شو كَمان؟
My oldest son
إبني الِكْبير
before that (adv. const.)
قبل هيك
she grew up in many places
هي كِبرت بأماكن كْتير
We met Rami
احْنا قابلنا رامي
As you (f.s.) know…
زي ما بتعرفي
After we finish…
بعد ما نْخلص
After I finish…
بعد ما أَخَلّص
I usually wake up around…
عادةً بَصْحَى
May god give you (f) mercy
after she sneezes
رحمِك الله
May god give you (m) mercy
after he sneezes
رحمَك الله
I wake up around ____ o’clock
بَصْحَى حوالي ساعة ___
Her dad was in the army
ابوها كان بالجيش
Her dad worked in the army
ابوها اشتغل بالجيش
Oh well, life goes on.
Colloquial saying, no direct translation
مشي حالك
What?
ايش؟
I go to the school of languages.
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Is there anyone…?
في حدا…؟
One day…
Hopeful expression or can be used sarcastically
يوم من الايام
he exchanged from…to…
ref. exchanging currency
صرّف من … لـ …
if you (f) please
لو سمحتِ
If you (m) please
لو سمحتْ
Forget about it.
Don’t worry about.
(lit. it’s forgiven)
مْسامَح
I want to exchange from…to…
ref. currency exchange
بدّي أصرف من…لـ…
I don’t/didn’t mean it
lit. it’s not my meaning
مش قصدي
he doesn’t/didn’t mean it
lit. it’s not his meaning
مش قصدهُ
I didn’t meaning, I was kidding
مش قصدي، بمزح
they are 8 hours behind us
هم بـثمان ساعات سبقينا
your smell is nice
ريحتك حلوة
your smell is delicious
ريحتك زاكية
as long as I want
قد ما بدي
the culture is inherited
الثقافة وراثة
the strong question,
the important question
السؤال القوي
If you weren’t in the army, what…?
لو ما كنت بالجيش شو…؟
I need to know everything about this camp.
لازم أعرف كل شي عن هالمخيم
This situation happens a lot.
هالحالة بتصير كتير
I was bored because the weekend was boring.
انا كنت ملان عشان العطلة كانت مملة
I showed the film to Ahmed
فرجيت الفيلم لأحمد
I show Ahmed the film
بَفرجي احمد الفيلم
He extinguishes the fire.
هو بطفِّي الحريق
it was good fortune for me,
I got lucky
شنصّت معي
it was good fortune for him,
he got lucky
شنصّت معو
she pretends to be smart
بتعمل حالها شاطرة
What was the best job you worked in your life?
شو أحسن وظيفة اشتغلتها في حياتك؟
soccer coach for a college team
مدرب كرة قدم لفريق جامعة
If you have a million dollars, what do you do?
لو معك مليون دولار، شو بتعمل؟
There was not a need.
ما كان في داعي
He is socialist like Russia from past history.
هو اشتراكي مثل روسيا من التاريخ زمان
Speak about your work in detail.
احكي عن شغلك بالتفصيل