Miscellaneous (not lyrics) Arabic <-> English Translations

what is منوره بطلتك means?

hi all is this correct: shu kent ta3mel iza kent be ma7ali ( what would u do i u were in my place

yes correct, but but I thinkd it should be bti3mel or bti3mol

only this and the rest is absolutely correct

Originally Posted by kaka

what is تستاهل means?

tastahal-you deserve

no it does not mean device . it means you deserve it

Originally Posted by kaka

what is منوره بطلتك means?

It's an expression to show appreciation for you dropping by.. so literally itd mean something along the lines of "you lit up the room with your coming by"

hii plzzz help me for this word

3am betajelne!!

thanks ktir in advance

Originally Posted by marjo1988

hii plzzz help me for this word

3am betajelne!!

thanks ktir in advance

you keep postponing me

Hey everybody,

can somebody help me translating the following:

>>> if only you were a little bit more like him


I don't know how to translate this kind of subjunctive and irreal expression of "if only you were"

and also I'd liked to know how to say "more than (a word/ a letter...)"

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Jihan

Hey everybody,

can somebody help me translating the following:

>>> if only you were a little bit more like him


I don't know how to translate this kind of subjunctive and irreal expression of "if only you were"

and also I'd liked to know how to say "more than (a word/ a letter...)"

Thanks in advance

if only you were a little bit more like him-
law f2T enta kunt shoaya morr aktar min amethlah
لو فقط إنت كنت شوية مر أكتر من أمثلة
if only you were-law f2T enta kunt-لو فقط إنت كنت
more than(a word/a letter)-min aktar (kalama/rasala)-(من أكتر (كلمة/رسالة

Originally Posted by Jihan

Hey everybody,

can somebody help me translating the following:

>>> if only you were a little bit more like him


I don't know how to translate this kind of subjunctive and irreal expression of "if only you were"

and also I'd liked to know how to say "more than (a word/ a letter...)"

Thanks in advance

if only you were a little bit more like him = bas laou kont shway zayoo
if only you were"= bas laou kont
"more than (a word/ a letter...)" = aktar min ( kelmeh/ 7arf )

I forgot to mention that I would like to know it in Fus7a ;-) No dialect please

<<<If only you were a little bit more like him>>> Eza konta toshbeheho kalilan (إذا كنت تشبهه قليلاً)

<<<More Than>>> (Aksar min) (أكثر من)

Originally Posted by Orwa

<<<If only you were a little bit more like him>>> Eza konta toshbeheho kalilan (إذا كنت تشبهه قليلاً)

<<<More Than>>> (Aksar min) (أكثر من)

I think it'd be better to say لو كنت تشبهه قليلا because إذا is أداة شرط conditioning article, and there's no condition here or anser for that condition جواب الشرط

hii evereybody plzzzzzzzz can you help me for some sentences!!!

- raw3a w salbe kamen ktir...7bet 2el fekra

- bi min kenet 3am tfakker 7oun

- wein sered?

- ktir b7eba la hal soura ra2e3a jedan

- ma bkeff ysiboube bel 3ein

leh hal "waw" rawa7te chi 2aw chefte chi.

- chou ryak tjalesse lal soura?

- ma 2eza jalasta be2loub ana

- twins? aw se2abit your bdays b nafs l nhar?

- no se2abet same day w emmi hiyi emmo

- enta aktar wehdi shayfa l fare2, ma heik?

- hiyye kamen bet7ebik

- yalla rja3o tla3o la 3anna

- m3alem....

- yemkin mghalbet walla chou?...3a gheyr 3adeh

thankssssssss ktir ktir in advance :$

Originally Posted by Oriee

I think it'd be better to say لو كنت تشبهه قليلا because إذا is أداة شرط conditioning article, and there's no condition here or anser for that condition جواب الشرط

I am still not satisfied...how to say the whole sentence now? If only you were a little bit more like xx

Orwa has just mentioned it seperately and I can't get the sense together.

Yes, and there is no condition to be questioned or answered, so لو is definitely suitable.

Ah, an I think that شبه is no verb, so how come تشبهه??? I can't find it in any dictionary except as صـــــفـــــــة or اســــــــــــم

Mh?

Help?

@Orieeeeeeee, hehe, you're right, it should be "لو", but it doesn't a matter if we put "إذا", they're the same meaning, but yours is much better in the grammar, and i am soooooooooo not good in grammar rules

@Jihan, now you changed the sentence, first you said, blah blah "like him", now you're changing it to" like xx", here we will have a change in the verb "يشبه",

تشبه mean "same or like", and we add a "هــــ" refering to him (Male), did you understand the meaning??
so the sentence "If only you were a little bit more like him", "لو كنت تشبهه قليلا"
and the sentence "If only you were a little bit more like her", "لو كنت تشبهها قليلا"

And let Oriee explain more if you didn't understand

- raw3a w salbe kamen ktir...7bet 2el fekra
it's amazing and really cool too.. I loved the idea

- bi min kenet 3am tfakker 7oun
Who were you thinking of here?

- wein sered?
Where is sered? if they meant seret.. then it's Where have you reached? or Where are you now?

- ktir b7eba la hal soura ra2e3a jedan
I really like this pic alot, it's very nice

- ma bkeff ysiboube bel 3ein
I'm not worried that they will touch me with the evil eye
ysiboune bel 3ain is a way to say Jinx me.. so I'm not worried that they will jinx me

leh hal "waw" rawa7te chi 2aw chefte chi.
Why the "wow" did you see something

- chou ryak tjalesse lal soura?
What do you say to sitting in the pic?

- ma 2eza jalasta be2loub ana
If I set it I would fall over

- twins? aw se2abit your bdays b nafs l nhar?
twins? or your birthdays are on the same day?

- no se2abet same day w emmi hiyi emmo
no it happened same day and my mom is his mom

- enta aktar wehdi shayfa l fare2, ma heik?
You are the one who noticed the difference most, isn't that right?

- hiyye kamen bet7ebik
She loves you too

- yalla rja3o tla3o la 3anna
Come on you're back, come up by us

- m3alem....
Teacher, Sir etc.. it's an expression

- yemkin mghalbet walla chou?...3a gheyr 3adeh
Maybe I'm ticked or what?... for a number of reasons

@Jihan, now you changed the sentence, first you said, blah blah "like him", now you're changing it to" like xx", here we will have a change in the verb "يشبه",

تشبه mean "same or like", and we add a "هــــ" refering to him (Male), did you understand the meaning??
so the sentence "If only you were a little bit more like him", "لو كنت تشبهه قليلا"
and the sentence "If only you were a little bit more like her", "لو كنت تشبهها قليلا"

And let Oriee explain more if you didn't understand

It doesn't make a difference for the verb, if it is like him/her/them...just the suffix changes.

My matter was that there is no such verb تشبه in all of my three dictionaries of Modern Standard and Classical Arabic 8)

I don't know...is it possible to use the präfix ك instead?

And what about "little bit more" قليل أكثر

Is it possible to say لو فقط أنت كنت قليل أكثر كوالده (the latter is just an example)

Or better to say لو فقط أنت كنت قليل أكثر من شبه والده (in this case شبه would be used as noun)

???

@Jihan, "Alittle bit more" doesn't mean قليل أكثر, and in ALL arabic we don't have such a word, so, a little bit more mean "أكثر بقليل"

And, if i am not mistaken, يشبه و تشبه have the same meaning, you have to ask Orieeeee about this point

About the sentence, it'd be as follow:

لو كنت تشبه والده أكثر بقليل = لو كنت تشبه والده قليلاً

Enjoy