Adverbs / Phrases 1 Flashcards
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Forever
لـِلأبـَد
For short
إختصاراَ
Precisely
تحديداً
But, yet, however, although (commonly preceded by a و , as in وَلَكن)
لَـٰكِن
Due to
بْسَبَب
In addition to
بِالإِضَافَة ل
Except, apart from, else
Other, another; person(s) or thing(s) other than the one(s) in question, other(s)
غَيْر، ج غَيْرَات
فِشّ هَادَا غَيْرَك [P] is there no one other than you?; {fišš hāda ġērak}
غَيْر هَيْك [S] else
قِلْ لِي بْهَيكِ ظْرُوْف شُو كان بْيِطْلَعِ بْإِيدِي أَعْمِل غَيْر هَيك [S] Tell me, what else could I do under the circumstances?
لَيْش غَيْر هَيك بِدَّو يَعْمِل مِتِل هَالشِّي [S] Why else would he do a thing like that?
غَيْر هَوْن / هْنِيك [S] where else (هون or هنيك would be used respective of the place in reference)
وَين مِمْكِن يْكُوْن غَيْرِ هْنِيكِ بْهالوَقْتِ مْنِ النّْهَار [S] Where else can he be at this time of day
وَين مِمْكِنِ تْكُوْن غَيْر بِالبَيْت [S] Where else can she be but at home?
شِي تاني = غَيْر شِي [S] anything else, something else
حَدَا غَيْر + إضافة [S] somebody else, anybody else
في حَدَا تانِي هَون = في حَدَا غَيْرْنَا هَوْن [S] Is anybody else here?
أَيّْ شِي تاني = أَيّْ شِي غَيْرَو [S] anything else
وْغَيْر هَيْك = وْغَيْرَو [V] et cetera, apart from that {wºġēr hēk}
صَافْيَان عَنْدْنَا (عَنَّا) بَسِّ تْنَيْن = مُو صَفْيَان عَنْدْنَا (عَنَّا) غَيْرِ اْتْنَيْن [S] We have only two left
ما … غَيْر [S] nothing but
ما فَات لَتِمُّهْن غَيْرِ الخِبِز وِالمَيّ [S] They got nothing but bread and water,
أَعتِيْني وَاحَد غَيْرُو [P] give me another one (instead); { ʔɑʕtīny wāḥad ġēro}
غَيْرُو [P] anything else? can I get you anything else? (said by a shop assistant when addressing a customer); {ġēro}
زَمَان أَوَّل غَيْر وِاْليَوْم غَيْر [P] the past is one thing, the present another; {zamān ʔawwal ġēr we’ºlyōm ġēr}
غَيْر نَاس [P] other people; {ġēr nās}
وْغَيْرُو وْغَيْرَاتُو [P] …and so on and so forth; {wºġēro wºġērāto}
بيْحِبّ يْسَاعِدِ الغَيْر [P] he likes to help others; {byºḥebb yºsāʕedᴵ-l-ġēr}
مَا فِيشّ غَيْر هَا الِكْتَاب [P] there is nothing except this book; {ma fišš ġēr ha-l-ᵉkºtāb}
غَيْرُه [L] is there anything else (said as a curt response);
لا، غَيْر مَرَّة [L] no, another time (said as a polite refusal);
هَلَّق بَعْطِيك غَيْرَهْا [L] I’ll give you another one now;
ما عَنَّا (عندنا) غَيْر [L] we have nothing except;
بْتُؤْمُر شِي غَيْرُه [L] do you need anything else?
غَيْر مَرَّة [L] another time;
بَدِّي غَيْر بَطْرَوْن = بَدِّي بَطْرَوْن غَيْرَو [S] I’d like another pattern
عَطِيْنِي غَيْر هَالشَوْكِة، هايّ وِسْخَة [S] Give me another fork, this one’s dirty
Otherwise
غير هيك
Either … or
يا … أو
Each other, one another
بَعِض
I feel like … / I fancy …
جاي ع بالي
As long as, while, as long as (it is true that), since
طَاْلَـمَا
Through
In, within, in the course of, during
خِلَال
مِن خِلال = خِلال [E] through;
شافَك مِن خِلال الشِبَّاك [E] I saw you through the window;
وِقِع مِن خِلال صوابْعِي [E] it fell through my fingers;
خِلَال زْيَارتُو [P] during his visit
خِلَال سَنِة [P] within a year, in the course
of one year
إِشي شَفَّاف، بِنشُوْف مِن خِلَالُو [P] if something is transparent, (then) we can see through
خِلَال سَنِة [P] within a year, in the course of one year; {ḵilāl sane}
خِلَال سَاعتَيْن بَكُوْن عِندَك [P] I’ll be with you in two hours; {ḵilāl saʕtēn bakūn ʕindak}
خِلَال زْيَارتُو [P] during his visit; {ḵilāl zºyᾱrto}
خِلَال هَا الفَترَة رَح أَكَمِّل [P] within this period of time I will complete….; {ḵilāl ha-l-fɑtrɑ rɑḥ ʔakammel}
هادا مِنْتَظَر يْخَلِّيْك مَشْغُوْل خِلَاْل هالكَمْ جِمْعَة الجَّايِة [S] That should keep you busy for the next few weeks
Way (of doing s.th.), manner
طَرِيْقَة، ج طِرُق
Honestly
بصراحة
صراحتاً
For example
مثلاً
Even
Until
حـَتّى
حَتَّى النِهَايِة [P] until the end, right up to the end; {ḥatta-n-nihāye}
حَتَّى يِرجَع [P] until he comes back; {ḥatta yirjaʕ}
عادَةً حَتَّى آخِر شَهْر أَيْلُول [L] usually until the last of September;
كَفِّي دِغْرِي حَتَّى تُوْصَلي حَدّ الفَرْمَشِيَّة، بِتْفُوتِي بِطَرِيق صْغِير عَ الشّمَال [L] continue straight until you reach near the drug store, then you will enter a small road on the left; (note use of ب in the second clause after حتى );
اْسْتَنَّيْنَا بِالسَّيَّارَة لَرِجْعِت [S] We waited in the car until she came back
حَتَّى اِبنُو رَفَض [P] even his son refused; {ḥatta ‘ibno rɑfɑḍ}
حَتَّى لَو كَان بِدُّو [P] even if he had wanted to; {ḥatta law kān biddo}
حَتَّى الرَّجُلِ العادِي بْيِفْهَم هالشِّي [S] Even a layman can understand that,
هادا حَتَّى أَحْسَن [S] That’s even better.
حَتَّى هَلَّق ما لِي قَدْرَاْن اِقِنْعَو [S] Even now I can’t convince him
ما قْدِرِت شُوْفَو حَتَّى [S] I couldn’t even see him
حَتَّى هُوِّ مُو عَرْفَانِ الحَقِيقَة [S] Not even he knows the truth.
حَتَّى وْلَو كان هَيْك [S] even at that
حَتَّى وْلَو كان هَيْك ما بِدْفَع أَكْتِر [S] Even at that wouldn’t pay more
حَتَّى وْلَو كان هَيْك بِيْكُون كْتِيْر [S] Even at that it’ll be too much
اَللهُمَّ حَتَّى [S] let alone…!
حَتَّى هُوِّ ما بْيِفْهَم أَلْمَانِي، اَللهُمَّ حَتَّى يَعْرِف يِحْكِيه [S] He can’t even understand German, let alone talk it
Again
عن جديد
مَرَّة تَانيِة
On behalf of / Instead of
عن
أَنَا بَحمِلهَا عَنَّك [P] I’ll carry it for you / instead of you
أَنَا بَشكُرهَا عَنَّك [P] I’ll thank her on your behalf
عَنْدَك سِلْطَة تِمْضِي هالكَوْنْتْرَاْت عَنَّو [S] Do you have the authority to sign this contract for him?
For (someone’s) sake, for the sake of
كِرْمَاْل + إضافة
لِأَجِل / لِأَجْلِ + اسم
تْأَخَّرِت مِنْشانَك = تْأَخَّرِت لَأَجْلَك [S] was late because of you.
عْمِلْتَهْا لَأَجْلَهْا [S] did it because of her
رِجْعُوا لَبَعْضُهْن كِرْمَالْ الِوْلَاد [S] They went back to each other for the children’s sake,
كُرمَالي [P] for my sake!; {kurmāly}
اِعمَلي هَيْك كُرمَال جَوْزَك [P] do it for your husband’s sake; {‘iʕmaly hēk kurmāl jōzak}
مِشْ كِرْمالَك، كِرْمال لَإِمَّك [L] not for your sake, for your mother’s sake;
كُرْمَال شُو عَم تَعْطِيني رَقَمَك [L] why are you giving me your number?
At most
بالأكتر
Beginning
بْدَاْيِة
اْبتِدَاء
Leaning towards / Tending to
مايِل على
Common Uses & Examples:
1. Physical Leaning or Slanting
• “العمارة هاي مايْلَة على الجهة الثانية” → “This building is leaning towards the other side.”
• “الشجرة مايْلَة على الطريق” → “The tree is leaning towards the road.”
2. Figurative or Preference
• “هو مايِل على العمل الفني أكتر من الرياضة” → “He’s more inclined towards art than sports.”
• “أنا مايِل على الحلول البسيطة” → “I’m leaning towards simpler solutions.”
• “مايِل على فكرة السفر هذا الصيف” → “I’m leaning towards the idea of traveling this summer.”
As for …
أمّا … ف
