Miscellaneous (not lyrics) Arabic <-> English Translations

Originally Posted by marjo1988

hii everybody plz can you help me for that :

- (Two months) before the Lebanon :

- Two months before my departure in the Lebanon

- Soon the Lebanon

this is simple but i'm not sure of me

thanksss ktir in advance

you wanna say two months til you go to Lebanon? Shahrein ta rou7 3a Lebnan

going to Lebanon soon - Jayye Lebnan 3an 2areeb

English and Arabic Font-
Fus7a الفصحى- please.

What are you thinking?
Which one did you chose?
Give me the remote control (TV)
Can you (he, she) explain...
I want more... You want more.... He (she) wants more... James wants more
Think about it.
Don’t touch that/this
You want it now? She (he) wants it now
Why do you ask me?
Ask him... ask her.... Ask James
Can I ask you a question?
Forget about it
You heard me (her, him)
I am lucky.. She (he) is lucky.
That was me (him, her).
It was not me (her, him).
At home..... at school.
What do you want?
What does he (she) want?
I am coming.... He (she) is coming.
They are coming (group of boys)
They are coming (group of girls)
I don’t know what I said... I don’t know what she (he) said.
What is for dinner/lunch?

Originally Posted by Daydream

I know some Yemeni people and I'd be glad to ask them for anything you need

If you can get me any of the above phrases in Yemeni dialect as well ... would be great. and please do not hassle yourself if you are busy or if you can't get all the phrases. cheeze.

Fus7a الفصحى-

What are you thinking?
بماذا تفكر؟
bematha tufakker - asking a male

بماذا تفكرين
bematha tufakereen - asking female


Which one did you chose?

أي واحدة إخترت؟
ay wa7eda ekhtart - when asking a male
أي واحدة إخترتي؟
ay wa7eda ekhtarte - when asking female

Give me the remote control (TV)

أعطني الريموت كونترول
a3teene al remote control

Can you (he, she) explain...

هل تستطيع الشرح
hal tasta6ee3 alshar7 - asking a male

هل يستطيع الشرح
hal yasta6ee3 alshra7 - asking if he can explain

هل تستطيع الشرح
hal tasta6ee3 alshar7 - asking about female if she can explain


I want more...
أريد المزيد
oreedol mazeed

You want more....
أنت تريد المزيد
anta tureed almazeed

He (she) wants more...
هو يريد المزيد
howa yoreedol mazeed - he

هي تريد المزيد
heya toreedol mazeed - she

James wants more
جيمس يريد المزيد
james yoreedol mazeed

Think about it.
فكر بالأمر
fakker bel amr - talking with male

فكري بالأمر
fakkeri bel amr - when talking to female

Don’t touch that/this
لا تلمس هذا ..هذه
la talmiss hatha / hatheh - talking to male

لا تلمسي هذا..هذه
la talmissy hatha /hatheh - talking to female

You want it now? She (he) wants it now
أنت تريدها الأن
anta toreedoha al-aan - you /male

هي تريدها الأن
heya toreedoha al-aan - she

هو يريدها الأن
howa yoreedoha al-aan - he

أنتي تريدينها الأن
ante toreedenaha al-aan - you/ female


Why do you ask me?
لماذا تسألني؟
lematha tas2alonee - if the one who ask u is male

لماذا تسأليني؟
lematha tas2aleene - when the one whos asking u is female

لماذا تسألوني؟
lematha tas2aolni - when group asking you

Ask him...
إسأله
es2alho

ask her....
إسألها
es2alha

Ask James
إسأل جيمس
es2al james

Can I ask you a question?
هل أستطيع أن أسألك ؟
hal asta6ee3 an as2alak ?

Forget about it
إنسى الأمر
ensa al amr - when you talk to male

إنسي الأمر
ensi al-amr - talking to female

You heard me (her, him)
أنت تسمعني
anta tasma3onee - you /male

انتي تسمعينني
ante tasma3enanee - you /female

هو يسمعني
howa yasma3onee - he /male

هي تسمعني
heya tasma3onee - she

I am lucky.. She (he) is lucky.
انا محظوظ
ana ma7zooz - me /male

انا محظوظة
ana ma7zooza - me /female

هي محظوظة
heya ma7zooza - she

هو محظوظ
howa ma7zooz - he

That was me (him, her).
لقد كان انا
lakad kan ana - i /male

لقد كان هو
lakad kan howa - he

لقد كانت هي
lakad kanat heya - she

لقد كنت أنا
lakad kontu ana - I /female


It was not me (her, him).
لم أكن انا
lam akun ana / me

لم يكن هو
lam yakon howa / him

لم تكن هي
lam takon heya / her

At home..... at school.
فالبيت
fel-bait / at home

فالمدرسة
fel-madrasah /at school

What do you want?
ماذا تريد؟
matha toreed - what do u want /asking male

ماذا تريدين؟
matha toredeen - what do u want /asking female

ماذا تريدون؟
matha tureedoon / what do u want /plural


What does he (she) want?
ماذا كانت تريد
matha kanat toreed / she

ماذا كان يريد
matha kana yoreed / he

ماذا كانوا يريدون
matha kanoo yoreedoon / plural

I am coming.... He (she) is coming.
انا قادم
ana kadim - me /male

انا قادمة
ana kadima - me /female

هو قادم
howa kadim - he

هي قادمة
heya kadimah - she

هم قادمون
hom kadimoon - they /male group

هن قادمات
honna kadimaat - they /female group



I don’t know what I said...
لا أعرف ماذا قلت
la a3ref matha kolt / asking singular male

I don’t know what she (he) said.
لا أعرف ماذا قالت
la a3ref matha kalat - she

لا أعرف ماذا قال
la a3ref matha kaal - he

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا
la a3ref matha kaloo - plural /male

لا أعرف ماذا قلن
la a3ref matha kolna plural /female


What is for dinner/lunch?
ماذا سيكون عالعشاء
matha sa-yakoon 3al 3asha2 / dinner

ماذا سيكون عالغداء
matha sa-yakoono 3al ghada2 / lunch


here you go

Maviii- What are the differences between this ' لا أعرف ماذا قلت' and لا اعرف ماذا اقول


andلا أعرف ماذا قالوا means - I don't know what they (group of males) said....right?


لماذا تسألوني؟
lematha tas2aolni - when group asking you

How about when I am asking a group of people?
1 group of males and 1 group of females and 1 group of females and males.

anywayz.... thanks for the reply- Rspect.

لا أعرف ماذا قلت

i don't know what i said

لا اعرف ماذا اقول
I don't know what i am saying

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا

i don't know what they said (It's just a group (Males & females)

لماذا تسألونني؟
yes, when a group asking you!


How about when I am asking a group of people?
what is the sentence which you want to ask to the group??, i don't know what to answer here!!

but for examples (for a group of males & females, it's the same)
ماذا تلعبون
ماذا تفعلون
ماذا تكتبون
هل قرأتم الدرس
لماذا لا تسألونني؟؟

I hope above is useful!


PS, Mavitto, sorry if i answered, but i really want to post anything

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا – Maviii said this refers to plural/male- and now you ( Orwa) are saying that it refers both males &females... which one is which?

How do you say- I don’t know what they said (referring only to males)
How do you say- I don’t know what they said (referring to both males & females)

And how about- فكري بالأمر- how do you read it?-
Do you read it as ‘ fakrii’ or is there meant to be a shaddah on the ك ?

Is it possible of someone to put the ‘harakats’ for me?

Originally Posted by LHL

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا – Maviii said this refers to plural/male- and now you ( Orwa) are saying that it refers both males &females... which one is which?

Both, Maviii and Orwa, are right: it can be a group of men only or a group of men and women (but it can't be a group of women only, that requires a different ending)

Originally Posted by citlalli

Well, I would translate "rab" as "lord", since it can be both a human (like in "rab al osra"- the lord of the family) or it can mean God (Ya rab!- Oh Lord!)

right dear , but the translation here was from english , (Husband is god) , so I thought that the translation will be closer to rab than to elah , we do not call husband (Elah ) in Arabic , so what do you think ?

Well, I wouldn't call my husband "god" in any language to be honest

In my first language (spanish) we just commonly say he's "the boss", that's enough for us

Anyway, of course that if I had to choose between "rab" and "elah" I'd pick "rab"

I completly agree with you

Originally Posted by LHL

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا – Maviii said this refers to plural/male- and now you ( Orwa) are saying that it refers both males &females... which one is which?

How do you say- I don’t know what they said (referring only to males)
How do you say- I don’t know what they said (referring to both males & females)

And how about- فكري بالأمر- how do you read it?-
Do you read it as ‘ fakrii’ or is there meant to be a shaddah on the ك ?

Is it possible of someone to put the ‘harakats’ for me?

as Citlalli-Lalli mentioned, it's the same

لا أعرف ماذا قالوا (Referring to male, and it's the same referring to Males and females) because you're talking about "They", so it's the same!!

FAKERY BL-AMR............i don't know how to put harakat in keybord, but well, it's......
ف with فتحة
ك with shaddah maksoura شدة عليها كسرة
ر with كسرة
ي with nothing
spell it as it's is "FAKKERY"

I hope i am helping

I want to clarify something about what LHL asked :
for a group of males you say : لا أعرف ماذا قالوا
for a group of females you say : َلا أعرف ماذا قــُـلْـن
for a group including males and females (or even one boy) , then the "male conjugation" overmaster on it so you say : لا أعرف ماذا قالوا

about " فكري بالأمر "
it's read like : fakkeri bil amr
>> فــَــكــِّــرِي بـِـالأ َمـْـر <<

Hope it helps

Can anybody tell what this means:

5eer alla yeg3alo 5eer

Thank you!!

benevolent (good) , may it be good
( it's an expression said when you worry about something )

@Eleff, i thought of قلن but actually we don't use it in our Fos7a, i don't remember i've ever said such a word, but well, yours is 1000000% right, and قالو is 100% right too , i am so sure of that!!

but anyway, thanks

@selenity, "5eer alla yeg3alo 5eer" it's an expression means what happend? , or something like oh God, make it the best (Hoping & worrying)

@ Orwa : Yup I guess you don't use it in Shami , right? but it's more used in classical arabic , I've never used it either

Originally Posted by ELEEF

benevolent (good) , may it be good
( it's an expression said when you worry about something )

Originally Posted by Orwa

@selenity, "5eer alla yeg3alo 5eer" it's an expression means what happend? , or something like oh God, make it the best (Hoping & worrying)

Thank you very much, ELEEF!!
Thank you very much, Orwa!!

Originally Posted by citlalli

Well, I would translate "rab" as "lord", since it can be both a human (like in "rab al osra"- the lord of the family) or it can mean God (Ya rab!- Oh Lord!)

Oh my God, please don't missunderstand the Arabic word رب
It was translated for this script only, as LOVELYMIRABELA requested and wrote down.

But رب doesn't mean God as in رب أسرة which means in Arabic سيد
because Rab has several meanings beside godIt aslo means: master
so rab osrah means the master of the family not the god.
and no one in the world would be called as God, no mater how important he is.
and I think that what LOVELYMIRABELA wanted to say, that hasband is so important thing/ one. (and I'd translated as this not as rab)
Please remember that thing.

In Arabic you can find one word with opposite meanings, so be aware.

Originally Posted by Orieeeee

In Arabic you can find one word with opposite meanings, so be aware.

LANGUAGES , i think people who're learning Arabic are soooooooo smart cuz if i was a foreigner and want to learn Arabic, i need YEARS & YEARS to speak it, Chinese is much.....much...easier!

@Selenity, "Thank you very much, Orwa!!", for nothing, ask anytime

@Eleef, In Syrian we don't say it.., even when i was in school writing fos7a, i didn't used to say it

Originally Posted by Jihan

And what if - after you had woken up - you held the flower within your hand?
وماذا لو كنت تحمل هذه الأزهار بيدك بعد أن تستيقظ؟

Why in this sentence the verb is in present tense while in the sentences before it comes in past?

Can it be also وماذا إن حملت هذه الأزهار في يدك بعد ما إستيقظت؟

I think it's better to use إن or إذا because it is no irrealis, I think it is more a question of imagination...like: imagine you slept and within your sleep you dreamt and within your dream you picked up flowers from the sky and after you had waken up you held the flowers within your hand...

Help?

well in fact the verb in the sentence (وماذا لو كنت تحمل هذه الأزهار بيدك بعد أن تستيقظ؟
) is not in present tense it's in past.
it is كنت and not تحمل and, كنت is the past tense of تكون
But your sentence is correct also, they both have the same meaning.