Syrian Colloquial Arabic 1 Flashcards

1
Q

دوبو عمرو عشر اسنين

A

He’s barely ten

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2
Q

انت عم بتصف معها؟ (int ‘am bitsaf ma’a?)

A

You’re taking her side? -you’re siding with her?

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3
Q

لساتك عم تتوحمي؟

A

You’re still having cravings?

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4
Q

سلملي عليه (sellimli alih)

A

Say hi to him for me

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5
Q

لا تفهمني غلط

A

(La tefhemni ghalat) Don’t get me wrong; don’t misunderstand me.

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6
Q

مقطوع من شجرة

A

Cut from a tree (lit.) someone with no family

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7
Q

خيرها بغيرها

A

Maybe some other time

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8
Q

انت قاعد توقف معها

A

انت عم بتصف معها

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9
Q

بتخاف ما؟

A

You’re scared, right?

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10
Q

ما بتعرف تسبح؟

A

You don’t know how to swim

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11
Q

ايه عادي

A

(Fig.) what’s so strange about that?

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12
Q

اذا وقعت انا بنقذك

A

(Iza wa’at ana banqizak)

If you fall i’ll save/rescue you

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13
Q

بالله؟!

A

(Ballah?!)

Really!?

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14
Q

ايه بلا حكي فاضي وخلينا ندوّر ع الزلمي

A

Yes, quit BSing and let’s go look for the man!

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15
Q

على رأسنا والله

A

We’re really grateful!

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16
Q

كبّه بالزبالة

A

(Kibbo biz-zibaleh) throw it in the trash

17
Q

كبّ الطابة

A

(Kabb at-Tabeh)

He threw the ball

18
Q

باقة

A

(Ba’ah’?) bouquet

19
Q

ليش حتى كبّها؟ نشّفها وبعملها زهورات

A

Why should/would I throw them out? I’ll dry them and make dried flowers (for tea) out of them. (She’s probably joking here)

20
Q

ليش لحتى أدرس بما انو رح اغش

A

Why should I study since I’m going to cheat?

21
Q

سوريا بخير ليش لحتى ما نضحك

A

Syria’s fine, why shouldn’t we laugh? (Sarcastic political comment)

22
Q

زِتّ الطابة

A

He threw the ball.

23
Q

عارف؟/عارفة؟

A

Know what I mean?

24
Q

احترنا يا قرعة من وين/منين نبوسك؟

A

We’re confused baldy(lit. Pumpkin) where do we kiss you?

-means to indicate someone who is hard to satisfy, is giving you a hard time. Bc one greets with a kiss on the cheek in the Arab world, so when someone is bald it is like their cheek and so confusing. (Any implication of a kiss ass?)

25
Q

فصعب ترضيه

A

And so it’s hard to satisfy him.

26
Q

شبهوها ب

A

It’s likened to; they likened it to…

27
Q

مدورة

A

Round

28
Q

فبتحتار تبوسك

A

So you get confused where to kiss it. (The relative pronoun/connecting phrase here is implied)

29
Q

كيف بدنا

A

How can we…how should we… how do we want to…

30
Q

يكون كتير كتير بيغلّب

A

He really really gives people a hard time

31
Q

ومهما حاولت معاه مش ضابط ولا إشي.

A

No matter how hard you try with him nothing works