Verbs 20 Flashcards
To camp, encamp, go camping
خَيَّم، يْخَيِّم
To pick up, organize, clean up tidy up (ه = s.th., e.g. a room)
To pack up
To pack (ه = s.th.) (e.g. for travel), to cram (ه = s.th., ب = into)
To put away (ه = s.th., e.g. clothes)
ضَبّ، يْضُبّ
قُوم ضُبّْ أَوضْتَك [L] get up and clean your
room!
ضَبَّيْتِ الشَنتَة [P] I packed the suitcase
ضَبِّ غْرَاضَو وْمِشِي [S] He packed up his
things and left
To prepare (ه = s.th., ل = for); (other translations include to work out, get ready, draw up, fix up, process. Also to set / lay a table)
حَضَّر، يْحَضِّر
جَهَّز، يْجَهِّز
تْحَضَّر
To smuggle (ه = s.th. / s.o.)
هَرَّب، يْهَرِّب
تْهَرَّب، يِتهَرَّب
To lie in wait (ل = for) (also to set an ambush, but ambush is specifically كمين)
تْرَصَّد، يِترَصَّد
البِسّ بيْترَصَّد لَلفِيْرَان [P] the cat lies in wait for the mice
To fly
طَاْر، يْطِيْر
To reserve (ه = s.th.)
To book, reserve (ه = s.th.)
حَجَز، يِحجِز
لا تِنْسَى مَا تِحْجِزِ لْنَا مَحَلَّاْت [S] Don’t forget to reserve seats for us
سَبَق وْحَجَزِت بِالطَّيَّارَة [S] Have you already booked air passage
To land (said of an airplane)
هَبَط، يُهبُط
To arrive, get ( ل / على / ه = at / to s.th.);
To reach, access (ل = to)
To get through (ل = to)
وِصِل / يِوصَل / يُوْصَل
To rule, govern
حَكَم، يِحْكُم
نحَكَم ، يِنِحكِم
To vote, cast a ballot (ل = for s.o. / s.th.)
صَوَّت، يْصَوِّت
To nominate (ه = s.o.) as a candidate
To catch a cold
رَشَّح، يْرَشِّح
تْرَشَّح
لَمَّا بِترَشِّح [P] when you get a cold (masculine form); {lamma bitraššeḥ}
لَمَّا بِترَشّْحي [P] when you get a cold (feminine form); {lamma bitraššºḥy}
رَشَّحْتِ مْبَارِح [S] I caught cold yesterday
To elect (ه = s.o.), elect by voting; (note while صوّت is sometimes listed as a synonym, صوّت more precisely to vote, whereas this is properly to select or elect s.o., and hence to elect by voting becomes a meaning in certain contexts)
اْنتَخَب، يِنتْخِب
لَمَيْن صَوَّتْت = مِيْنِ اْنْتَخَبِت [S] For whom did you vote?
مِين لَحَ يِنْتِخْبُوا رَئِيْس هالسِّنِة [S] Whom are they going to elect president this time?
هَدَوْلِ اللي اْنتَخَبُوْهُم [P] those they elected; {hadōlᴵ-l-ly ‘ºntaḵabūhom}
فِيْه أَمَل إِنُّو يِنتِخْبُوْهَا [P] there’s a chance she’ll be elected; {fīᴴ ʔamal ʔinno yinteḵºbūha}
تْمَانِين بِالمِيِّة مْنِ السِّكَّان رَاحُوا وِاْنْتَخَبُوا = تْمَانِين بِالمِيِّة مْنِ السِّكَّان رَاحُوا وْصَوَّتُوا [S] eighty percent of the population voted
To demonstrate (على = against)
تْظَاهَر، يِتظَاهَر
To distort, skew (ه = s.th.)
حَرَّف، يْحَرِّف
في جريمِة إخْبَارِيِّة بِتْحَرِّف كِلِّ الخَبرِيِّة [L] there is an informational crime that distorts all the news
To break, contravene, violate (ه = a law)
خَالَف، يْخَالِف
اْخْتَرَق، يِخْتِرِق
بيْخَالِفِ القَانُوْن [P] he breaks the law
To steal (ه = s.th., من = from s.o. / s.th.)
سَرَق، يِسْرُق
To break (ه = into s.th.), intrude, invade (ه = s.th.)
To hack into (ه = a computer)
اْقتَحَم، يَقتَحِم
To rape (ه = s.o.)
اْغتَصَب، يِغتَصِب
To kill, murder (ه = s.o.)
قَتَل، يِقْتُل
اْنْقَتَل ، يِنْقِتِل
To attack (ه = s.th.)
هَاجَم، يْهَاجِم
تْهاجَم / اِتْهاجَم، يِتْهاجَم
To damage, break, cause to break down (ه = s.th.)
To destroy (ه = s.th.)
خَرَّب، يْخَرِّب
دَمَّر، يْدَمِّر
تْخَرَّب، يِتْخَرَّب
To catch, seize (على = s.th.)
قَبَض، يِقْبَض
قَبَضُوا عَلَيْه [P] they caught him
To interrogate
اسْتَجْوَب، يِسْتَجْوِب
To convict (ه = s.th.)
To owe, (ل = s.o., ب = s.th.), be indebted (ل = to s.o., ب = for s.th.)
دان، يْدِين
To be judged (على)
اْنحَكَم، يِنِحكِم
To run away, escape, flee
هَرَب، يِهْرُب
To get rich
غِنِي، يِغْنَى
ما لَحَ تِغْنَى بْلَيْلِة وْضِحَاهَا [S] You won’t get rich overnight,
To manufacture (ه = s.th.)
صَنَع، يِصْنَع
اْنْصَنَع
شُو بْيِصْنَعُوا بْهالمَصْنَع [S] What do they make in that factory? (any of the words فبرك، عِمِل، ساوى can also be used in this case)
أَهْلْ الِبْلَاد بْيِصْنَعُوا أَسْلِحْتُهْنِ الْبِدَائِيِّة لَحَالُهْن [S] The natives forge their own crude weapons
شُو بْيِصْنَعُوا هَوْن [S] What do they manufacture here?
To milk (ه = s.th.)
حَلَب، يِحْلِب
To plow, cultivate (ه = s.th.)
حَرَت، يُحرُت [S] حَرَت، يِحْرُت، حَرِت (حَرْت) [CA]
حَرَث
فَلَح، يِفلَح
اْنْحَرَت
بيْفلَح أَرضُو [P] he ploughs his land; {byºflaḥ ʔɑrḍo}
أَرض مَفلُحَة [P] ploughed land / cultivated land
To water, irrigate (ه = s.th.)
To give (ه = s.o.) a drink
صَقَى، يِسقي
To harvest, reap (ه = s.th.)
حَصَد، يِحْصُد
عَم بْيُحُصدُوا / عَم بُحُصدُوا [P] they’re harvesting; {ʕam bºyuḥᵒṣdu / ʕam buḥᵒṣdu}
أَيْمْتَى بْتِحِصْدُوا القَمْحِ بْهالقَرَاْنِي [S] When do you harvest the wheat around here?
زَلِـمْتَيْن بِدُّهْن عَ الأَقَلِّي جِمْعَة لَيِحِصْدُوا حَقْلِة هالقَمِح [S] It’ll take two men at least a week to harvest this field of wheat
To announce, declare (ه = s.th.)
To proclaim (ه = s.th., ه = as s.th.)
To advertise (عن = s.th. or for s.th.)
أَعْلَن، يِعْلُن
اْنْعَلَن
To draft, conscript, recruit (ه = s.o.);
جَنَّد، يْجَنِّد
To defend, stand up for (عن = s.o. / s.th.)
دَافَع، يْدَافِع
تْدافِع / اِتْدافِع / اِدَّافِع، يِتْدافِع
الشَرَف لازِم يْتدافِع عَنُّه [E] honor must be defended
To free, liberate (ه = s.th.)
حَرَّر، يْحَرِّر
To think about, ponder (في / ب = s.th.)
To think, assume (انّ = that, or can be followed directly by a sentence)
فَكَّر، يْفَكِّر
فَكَّرنَا فِيْكي [P] we thought about you
To remember, recall (ه = s.th.);
like other verbs of knowing in Levantine, this will often be used with the present tense marker ب .
تْذَكَّر، يِتذَكَّر
To remind (ه = s.o., ب / في = of s.th.), to call to mind (ه = s.o.’s mind, ب = s.th.)
ذَكَّر، يْذَكِّر
To plan, lay out, map out (ه = s.th.)
خَطَّط، يْخَطِّط
To understand, grasp, comprehend (ه = s.th.)
فِهِم، يِفهَم
اْنْفَهَم
To decide
قَرَّر، يْقَرِّر
تْقَرَّر، يِتْقَرَّر
تْقَرَّر نَقْلَه لْبَغداد [I] It was decided he’d be transferred to Baghdad.
To imagine (ه = s.th. / إنّ = that)
تْخَيَّل، يِتخَيَّل
To guess (ه = s.th.)
حِزِر، يِحْزَر
To quiz, make guess (ه = s.o.)
حَزَّر، يْحَزِّر
حَزَّرْتَه شْقَد (شْگَدّ) كَلّْفَتْنِي السَّيَّارَة [I] I made him guess how much the car cost me
خَلِّي أَحَزّْرَك شِي. شْ جِبِتْ لَك [I] Let me quiz you on something. What did I bring you?
كان (چَان) يْحَزِّرْنَا بْأَشْيَاء ما تِجِي عَ البَال [I] He was giving us riddles about things you’d never think of.
To expect, anticipate (ه = s.th.)
تْوَقَّع، يِتوَقَّع
To annoy, harass, bother, distress (ه = s.o./s.th.)
ضايَق، يْضايِق
To be disturbed, bothered, irritated, annoyed (من = by s.th.)
تَضَايَق
To surprise (ه = s.o.)
فَاْجَأ، يْفَاْجِئ
تْفَاجَأ، يِتفَاجَأ
To excite
حَمَّس، يْحَمِّس
تْحَمَّس، يِتحَمَّس
To be afraid, be frightened, be scared (من = of, على = for)
خَاف، يْخَاف
To praise, speak highly of (ه = s.o. / s.th.)
مَدَح، يِمدَح
اْنْمَدَح
To criticise (ه = s.th.), be critical of (ه = s.th.)
اْنتَقَد، يِنتَقِد
To complain (من = of / about)
To tell on, complain about, inform against (ه = s.o., ل = to)
شَكَى، يِشْكِي
اِنْشَكَى
حاجة ما يِتْشِكِيْش مِنْها [E] a matter one doesn’t complain about
شَكَاني لَأَبُوْي [P] he told my father on me; {šakāny laʔ¡abūy}
شَكَيْت صَاحبَك لَلِمْعَلِّم [P] did you tell the teacher on your friend?
To admire, like (ب)
اْنْعَجَب، يِنْعِجِب
To prefer (ه = s.th., على = over)
To favor, give preferential treatment (ه = to s.o., عن = over others)
فَضَّل، يْفَضِّل
To be compared (مع = with), to be comparable (مع = with)
تْقَاْرَن
هالأَوْتَيل ما بْيِتْقارَن مَع بَقِيْةِ الأَوْتَيْلات هَون [S] This hotel doesn’t compare with the other hotels here.
To order, command (ه = s.o, فعل مضارع بدون علامة = to do s.th., or ب = to do s.th.)
أَمَر، يِأْمُر
To agree (مع = with s.o., على = on s.th.)
To come to an agreement, get along, reach an understanding;
اِتَّفَق، يِتِّفِق
To get along (مع = with)
اْنْسَجَم
ما بِقْدِر اِنْسِجِم مَعَو [S] I can’t get along
مْنِنْسِجِمِ كْتِير مَع بَعِضْنَا [S] We get along well with each other
تْلَاتِتْنَا مْنِنْسِجِم مَع بَعِضْنَا كْتِيرِ مْنِيح [S] The three of us get on very well
To fit
ظَبَط، يِظْبُط
المُفتَاح مَا بُظبُطش / مِش ظَابِط [P] the key doesn’t fit
To argue (ه = with s.o., ب = about)
جادَل، يِجادِل
شارع، يْشَاْرِع
ما تْجادِلْنِي [S] Don’t argue with me
To wish, hope (ه = for s.th., or فعل مضارع بدون علامة = to do s.th., or أنّ = that)
تْمَنَّى، يِتمَنَّى
To look forward (ل = to)
تْشَوَّق
عَم نِتْشَوَّق لَفِرْصِتْنَا [S] We’re looking forward to our vacation
مِتْشَوِّقِ كْتِير اِجْتِمِع فِيْك [S] I’m looking forward to meeting you
أنا مِتْشَوِّق لَزْيارْتَك [S] I’m looking forward to your visit
كِلّْنَا مِتْشَوّْقِين لَشَوْفْتَو تاني مرَّة [S] We’re all looking forward to seeing him
To become religious, observant
تْدَيَّن، يِتدَيَّن
To hold out, hold out, last, keep
ضَايَن، يْضَايِن
اللَحْمِة بِتْضَايِنِ بْهَيْك طَقِس [S] Will the meat keep in this weather?
هالبَدْلِة ما ضَايَنِت أَبَدًا [S] This suit didn’t last at all
خَايِف لَك إِنَّو مُو رَحَ يْضَايِن [S] I’m afraid he won’t last much longer
To bring together, join (ه = s.th., ل = to)
ضَمّ، يْضُمّ
ضَمّْ إِيْدَيْه كَإِنَّو رَحَ يْصَلِّي [S] He put his hands together as if he were about to pray
To prophesy, foretell (أنّ = that)
تْنَبَّأ، يِتْنَيَّأ
To sin
أَذْنَب، يِذْنِب
To preach (ه = a sermon) (nonspecific)
وَعَظ، يِوعَظ / يُوْعَظ
To wash, perform the ritual ablution before prayer (in Islam)
تْوَضَّى، يِتوَضَّى
To baptise (ه = s.o.)
عَمَّد، يعَمِّد
تْعَمَّد، يِتعَمَّد
To stand for (ه = s.th.)
نَاْصَر
بِيْنَاصِر مَبْدَا الـمْسَاوَاْة [S] He stands for equality,
To spell (ه = s.th.)
هَجَّى، يْهَجّي
تْهَجَّى، يِتْحَجَّى
To be legible
To be read
اْنْقَرَا، يِنْقَرَى
مَا بيْنقَرَاش [P] it’s illegible! It can’t be read; {ma byºnqɑrᾱš}
خَطَّو بِالكَاد يْكُوْن مَقْرُوْء = خَطَّو بِالكَاد يِنْقَرَا [S] His handwriting is hardly legible
To be able to, capable of, can;
(this can sometimes be translated as “could”, especially in the negative past tense)
قِدِر، يِقدَر
To get away (ب = with s.th.), get out (ب = with)
نَفَد، يِنْفُد
ما فِيك تِنْفُد بْهالشَّغْلِة [S] You won’t get away with that,
بْتِعْتِقِد بْتِنْفُد بْهالعِذِر [S] Do you think you’ll get by with that excuse?
نَفَدِ بْحِكِم بَسِيْط [S] He got off with a light sentence
To pronounce
لَفَظ، يِلْفُظ
انْلَفَظ
نَطَق، يِنْطُق
To rise (said of the sun)
شَرَق، يِشْرُق
To set (said of the sun)
غَرَب، يِغْرُب
الشَّمِس صارِت غارْبِة [S] The sun has already set
To heat warm (ه = s.th.)
دَفَّى يْدَفِّي
تْدَفَّى، يِتدَفَّى
To bring to, bring to consciousness
صَحَّى, يْصَحِّي
تْصَحَّى / اِتْصَحَّى / اِصَّحَّى، يِتْصَحَّى
المَيِّ البارْدِة بِتْصَحِّيه [S] Cold water will bring him to
To rain;
(the subject of this word is usually الدِنيا or الدِنِي (i.e. the world) which is feminine so this word will usually be شَتَّت and تْشَتِّي accordingly.)
شَتَّى يْشَتّي
To soften, go soft
طِرِي، يِطْرَى
خَلِّيْه يِطرَى [P] leave it to soften
To fluctuate
To tailor one’s opinions or statements to what is expected
تْذَبْذَب، يِتْذَبْذَب
هالمُوَظَّف يِتْذَبْذَب لِلمُدِير أَكْثَرِ مْنِ اللازِم [I] That employee defers to the director unnecessarily.
شْ صَار بِالمَكِينة؟ الأُبْرَة دا تْتْذَبْذَب [I] What happened to the machine The needle is fluctuating.
