Miscellaneous (not lyrics) Arabic <-> English Translations

@LHL

أطفئ النور means turn off
أشعل النور means turn on

Originally Posted by LHL

and how do you say ' Look at me' and ' are you all (pl/ms) lebanese? in Fus7a- the two are two different statements.

I didn't understand what's the question here.., could you explain more!!

أنا أشاهد هذا البرنامج is I am watching this program
You're right!!

I am changing this program إنني أغير هذا الرنامج

Originally Posted by LOUIE

to classify that we are going to do something or something is located in some place such as : الطاقية بل حمام (the hat is in the bathroom)
in this sentence (بل ) means IN
or lets say "I want to go to sleep " بدي انام
in this one (ب) means in the near future
I hope that helps a little, like I've said earlier I'm not a teacher but I do my best.

Excuse me, what is this بل thing here..
first let's write the sentence in correct way الطاقية بالحمام and the correct way to say that the hat in the bathroom is الطاقية في الحمام i.e. using fi instead of bi and I'm sorry to tell you that بل is completely wrote (basically بل is حرف عطف يفيد الإضراب) and has nothing to do with in meaning.

and for بدي is one word and can't be partitioned into ب and دي simply because دي alone means nothing.
and بدي (the whole word) means gives the meaning of near future and means I want to or I intend to do in non-fus7a (Sham countries dialect) which meets أريد in Fus7a

@Orieeeeeeeeita, Actually i'll just comment on Louie's first sentence.., الطاقية بالحمام is right and we say it actually instead of في, in Syrian we say
وين الطاقية؟
الطاقية بالحمام

I have never said الطاقية في الحمام
but it's right toooo , they are both right...!

Originally Posted by LHL

I forgot one more thing. أنا أشاهد هذا البرنامج is I am watching this program... right? thn what is ' I am changing this program'? l am guessing- Ana badalto hatha el-barnamaj... right or wrong?

light could mean also ضوء
change means both يبدل & يغير
بدلت القناة is past
to make futrue always make sure that you used one of these letters which are gathered in one word أنيت
for example:
أنا ألعب
هو يلعب
هي تلعب، أنتَ تلعب، أنتِ تلعبين
نحن نلعب.... إلخ

Originally Posted by Orwa

Look, the all past sentence words are right.. and the first sentences also was right.., but for the present words i don't know how to explain the difference between the examples because we really use them both

for example :

إنت بتسافر لوحدك؟ do you travel alone??
إنت بتعرف تكتب do you know how to write?
أنا احكي معهم؟ i talk to them??
إنتوا بتحكو مع بعض you're talking together
إنتو إحكو وأنا رايح نام you talk and i'll go to sleep
هو بيحكي عن نفسه he talks about himself
هو يحكي وأنا أسمع he talks and i listen

as i mentioned.., i don't know how to explain why we use both of them.., sorry

Present tense
I talk - a7ki احكي / ba7ki بحكي
I talk بحكي talk to (order) E7ki إحك
You talk(m) - ta7ki تحكي / bti7ki بتحكي, enta bti7ki in fact I think it depends on the situation and bi is used to ask a question
You talk (f) - ta7ki تحكي/bti7ki بتحكي ... same as bove
He talks - ya7ki يحكي / by7ki بيحكي
She talks - ta7ki تحكي / bta7ki بتحكي
We talk - na7ky نحكي / mni7ki منحكي or bni7ki
You talk - ta7ku تحكوا / bti7ku بتحكوا
They talk - ya7ku يحكوا / by7ku بيحكوا

My options were the opposite of yours

ORIEEEE, that example hard for me to explain what's the difference between the examples (Bte7ky & ye7ky), so could you or anyone help her..

Past tense
I talked – 7akeet حكت حكيت
You talked – 7akeet حكت حكيت male
You talked – 7akeeti حكتي حكيتي femle
He talked - 7aka حكى
She talked - 7akat حكت
We talked – 7akena حكنا حكينا
You talked – 7aketu حكتوا حكيتوا
They talked – 7aku حكوا

Orwa why you dropped حرف الياء

Originally Posted by amira7

That is my problem. I don't know when I can use the present form without -b (e.g.: a7ki) and when I can use the present form with b+ (e.g.: ba7ki)..

7arf al-ba2 mostly added when experssing the present tnese (and you're not ordering someone)
ana b7ki... ana bl3ab.... ana baktob
howe bi7ki... bil3ab... biktob
heya bti7ki... btil3ab... btoktob
e7na bni7ki... bnil3ab.. bnoktob
hommeh biko.. bil3abo... boktobo
(in present either when I or we do the action and when using what is called in arabic ضمير الغائب, i.e when talking about someone)

but in
enta bti7ki... enta btoktob... enta btil3ab
enti bti7ki... enti btil3abi... enti btil3abi
ento bti7ko...btil3abo... btoktobo
Here you're either asking a question (are you doing, or do you do) or you're sth like warning someone.

That's what I could say now, and if anything had come into my mind I'll tell you

Originally Posted by Orwa

@Orieeeeeeeeita, Actually i'll just comment on Louie's first sentence.., الطاقية بالحمام is right and we say it actually instead of في, in Syrian we say
وين الطاقية؟
الطاقية بالحمام

I have never said الطاقية في الحمام
but it's right toooo , they are both right...!

Yes, both bi el7mam and fi el7mam are correct but I was going to die when I saw it written as بل حمام
it is بالحمام as you wrote it

in fact we use both

Originally Posted by citlalli

Yesssss, null problemo ya gameel the same happens in other languages

Thanks for your remark and your tip anyway قبلة كبيرة من ألمانيا

I got another example for the word رب in the meanign of سيد, it is in sorat Yousuf, Aaya (verse) 50:
"وقال الملك ائتوني به فلما جاءه الرسول قال ارجع إلى ربك فاسأله ما بال النسوة اللاتي قطعن"
(111: 50)

Originally Posted by Oriee

Excuse me, what is this بل thing here..
first let's write the sentence in correct way الطاقية بالحمام and the correct way to say that the hat in the bathroom is الطاقية في الحمام i.e. using fi instead of bi and I'm sorry to tell you that بل is completely wrote (basically بل is حرف عطف يفيد الإضراب) and has nothing to do with in meaning.

and for بدي is one word and can't be partitioned into ب and دي simply because دي alone means nothing.
and بدي (the whole word) means gives the meaning of near future and means I want to or I intend to do in non-fus7a (Sham countries dialect) which meets أريد in Fus7a

I was just trying to explain that theres no difference between bel or fi thats all. so don't give me a lecture on my own language cause I know it very well, and I even speak Jordanian do you what that means ? it means that we have words that no one in the whole middle east could find a meaning for.

Originally Posted by Orwa

@Orieeeeeeeeita, Actually i'll just comment on Louie's first sentence.., الطاقية بالحمام is right and we say it actually instead of في, in Syrian we say
وين الطاقية؟
الطاقية بالحمام

I have never said الطاقية في الحمام
but it's right toooo , they are both right...!

and when you find the hat what do you guys say? شحو شحو

@Orieeeeta, i didn't drop the ي, but i noticed that she wrote them right in the en-ar letters, so i was sure she know them.., that's why i didn't want to confuse her , but you're ABSOLUTELY right
btw, i am a little bit confused between Oriee & Orwa in posts.., your nickname & my name are sooooo the same, uffffffff

@Louie, Ehm, Noooooooo, Jordanian, Syrian & Palestinian are totally the same.., we all nearly have the same words.., just little difference in how to pronounce them.., so, don't worry, WE know ALL Jordanian words (I think), but give us some examples so we can test ourselves

And by the way, بسوريا بنقول شحو ، بس بما إنه الطاقية مؤنث بنقول شحها
actually i am not SUPER syrian to say such a word.., but i know what it means!

Thanks again..., and no worries, since you were explaning to a native speaker so it doesn't a matter how you wrote the words

Originally Posted by Orwa

@Orieeeeta, i didn't drop the ي, but i noticed that she wrote them right in the en-ar letters, so i was sure she know them.., that's why i didn't want to confuse her , but you're ABSOLUTELY right
btw, i am a little bit confused between Oriee & Orwa in posts.., your nickname & my name are sooooo the same, uffffffff

@Louie, Ehm, Noooooooo, Jordanian, Syrian & Palestinian are totally the same.., we all nearly have the same words.., just little difference in how to pronounce them.., so, don't worry, WE know ALL Jordanian words (I think), but give us some examples so we can test ourselves

And by the way, بسوريا بنقول شحو ، بس بما إنه الطاقية مؤنث بنقول شحها
actually i am not SUPER syrian to say such a word.., but i know what it means!

Thanks again..., and no worries, since you were explaning to a native speaker so it doesn't a matter how you wrote the words

well, you think that you do but really when you go to the ghetto you can't even understand a word. like this word (عقافة) or (اتجقمن)، (اقظب) any idea what it means ? lol

oh you have to pause between the aleef an F in the word and make sure you say it with a manly voice so you get the feeling of this B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. word lol

I told you Jordanian is NOT easy, it takes a long time to adjust to Jordanian accents. if you need to know what those three words mean you just let me know.

pls help-me with these in jordanian and syrian dialect: ( in arabic and english letters) Thanks

a clean house
spring cleaning
general cleaning

I clean
he cleans
I cleaned
He cleaned

I cleaned my house today.
You (sg f) should have cleaned your room today.

I wash dishes
He washes disches
I washed disches
He washed disches

I wash clothes
I wash laundery
She washes laundery
I washed laundery
he washed laudery

I wash the floor
I wash carpets

I remove dust
I removed dust
He removed dust

I must remove the dust from your room and then I will wash my car.

Originally Posted by Jihan

hey, can somebody help me with the correction of the following...I'm unsure if I translated it properly from English to Arabic...

When you stand in front of me and look at me
What do you know about the pain within me
And what do I know about yours.
And if I prostrated in front of you and cried and talked
What would you know more about me than about hell
When somebody tells you that it is hot and horrible
That’s why we should stand in front of each other as reverent, as meditative
As (if we stood) in front of hell’s gate

عندما تقف أمامي وتنظر إليّ
ماذا تعرف عن الأوجاع فيّ
وماذا أعرف عن أوجاعك؟
ولو أسجد أمامك وأبكي وأقص
ماذا تعلم عني أكثر من تعلم عن الجهنم
عندما شخص يقص أنّه ساخن ورهيب
لذلك لنقف أماماً تبخيلياً وفكّيراً كأمام باب الجهنم

Thanks in advance

First you did a really great job, but you need a little more effort so you become an expert

If you may me, I'll suggest you other synonyms for some words.

عندما تقف أمامي وتنظر إليّ
ماذا تعرف عن الأوجاع فيّ or you can say instead of أوجاع: ألم أو آلام, and instead of فيّ: في داخلي
وماذا أعرف عن أوجاعك؟ ofcourse if you choose to change to other synonyms of pain, then I suggest you complete with the same word.
وإذا ما سجدت أمامك وبكيت وتكلمت
فماذا ستعرف عني أكثر مما تعرفه عن الجحيم if you choose to use jahannam instead of ja7eem, then you don't need to use أل التعريف so you'll say جهنم
عندما يخبرك شخص ما أن ذلك شديد ورهيب
لهذا يجب أن نقف أمام بعضنا البعض بتوقير وتأمل كما لو كنا (نقف) أمام بوابة جهنم or الجحيم

I did my best dear friend.

[QUOTE=Orwa;609704]@Orieeeeta, i didn't drop the ي, but i noticed that she wrote them right in the en-ar letters, so i was sure she know them.., that's why i didn't want to confuse her , but you're ABSOLUTELY right
btw, i am a little bit confused between Oriee & Orwa in posts.., your nickname & my name are sooooo the same, uffffffff
QUOTE]

LoooL, Yes one may read wrong, but never mind, not a problem
I like your name from the first time I saw it, I feel it's real Arabic name, eventhough it's not common or may be old, but I like name like yours

Ok, then I appologize Orwa, may be that's because I'm pessimestice more than you and supppose that our learner friends don't kow, or may be think it's not important.
if we imagined that we are teaching in a real centre then I wouldn't pass by these little mistake without correction...

Ofcourse evry one has his way of thinking.

@louie, well, every accent has some wired words and some little people use it only, and actually there's no any Syrian word comes to my mind right now, but when I think I will tell you

I don't know what these words mean, and I don't care because there's also same as them in Syrian and I don't used to say them

@Orietaaa, nah, people always think my name is for a girl 'arwa', especially Egyptian people, but that's their problem not mine, I love my name as it is now

Eheheh, I think we are not useful to be teachers, we are just native speaker and god give us the ability to speak this language, and no problem if we can share it to people, but I am sure you may be a real teacher

I am a little bit confused about the last sentence...what means "in front of each other" in Arabic?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Jihan

I am a little bit confused about the last sentence...what means "in front of each other" in Arabic?

Edit: saw that I forgot something in the last sentence, it should be "that's why we humans should stand in front of each other..."



And can somebody tell me how to translate the following sentence:

<<Truly we are lost like children that went astray in the forest>>

Thanks in advance

infront of each other: أمام بعضنا البعض
that's why we humans should stand in front of each other..."
لذا بجب علينا نحن البشر أن نقف أمام بعضنا البعض
You can use لذا أو لهذا أو لذلك

<<Truly we are lost like children that went astray in the forest>>
حقًا إننا تائهون كأطفال ضلوا الطريق في الغابة

Originally Posted by Orwa

@Orietaaa, nah, people always think my name is for a girl 'arwa', especially Egyptian people, but that's their problem not mine, I love my name as it is now

Eheheh, I think we are not useful to be teachers, we are just native speaker and god give us the ability to speak this language, and no problem if we can share it to people, but I am sure you may be a real teacher

Oh thank you very much for your nice compliment, but I really hate to be a teacher, unless I'm teaching Arabic to non-Arabic speakers...

Yes absolutely true, عروة و أروى are very similar names in pronounciation.
But as I told your name is very very nice.