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b. With Prepositions: gabul (before)
baad (after)
been (between)
mithil (like, similar to)
gabul-ma (before) huwwa raah gabul-ma ijeetu (He left before you arrived.) baad-ma (after) ruuh baad-ma tshuuf Laylaa (Go, after you see Laylaa.) been-ma (while) hiyya wislat been-ma aani naayim (She arrived while I was asleep.) mithil-ma (as, the way that) sawweet ish-shughul mithil-ma triid (I did the work the way that you wanted.)
c. With Some Nouns: yoom (day) yoom-ma (the day when) akuun farhaan yoom-ma azuur Baghdad (I will be happy when I visit Baghdad.) saaa (hour) saaat-ma (the hour when) frahit hwaaya saaat-ma shiftich (I was very happy when I saw you.) mahall (place) mahall-ma (the place where) raahaw mahall-ma shiftak (They went to the place where I saw you.)
ȳȼ ǚȮƃ Ƚ ȼȮǬ ǞȮƄƸȮűȘ ȳȼ ǚȮƃ ȮǬ ȠȚȤ Ǟƀ Ƚ ȼ ȳȼ NjȮƯȼ ȮȼŮ ǟƴƸŽ ȯǞƪɀȮů ȳȼ NjȮƯȼ ȮȼŮ ȠȶȤ ȳȼ ǜȮƸȮŮ Ǡſȕ ȳȼ ǜȮƸȮŮ ǁȼȮƴǧ ɀ Ⱦȶ Ǡƀ ǛȾȮƁƾſ ȳȼ ǚȮƅȾ ȮžȾ ȳȼ ǚȮƅȾ ȮžȾ ǚȮư ǁƁǞƦ ȮŴ ȼ ȿ ȮƪŽȚ LJ NjƁǍɀȮů
ȳȼ ȳǞȮƁ ȢȚNjưŮ ȤȶȥȖ ȳȼ ȳǞƁ ȴƾŲɀǍȼȮź ȴǞżȖ ȳȼ ǀŸȼ ƾŴ ȳȼ ǀŸȼ ƾŴ ǝƁȚǞȮƀɀ ǁȮŲȾ ȼǍɀȮź ǶȮƄȾ ɀȮƱȮŵ Ⱦ ȳȼ ǚȮƇȼ žȼ ǙȼȮƄɀȮƱȮŵ Ⱦ ȳȼ ǚȮƇȼ žȼ Ǟɀ ȮŲȚȤ ȼ
Idioms and Common Phrases (Audio) 1. makaan (ak) khaali il-baarha zirna Baabil, makaanak khaali leesh ma-jiitu lil-hafla, makaankum khaali Laylaa makaanha khaali, hiyya muu hnaa yoom ij-juma akalit ib-matam zeen, makaanich khaali
ǠŽƾų ǙȼȮſƾƳžȼ (You) were missed. (lit. Your place was vacant.) Yesterday we visited Babylon. We missed you. Why didn’t you come to the party? We missed you. Laylaa is missed, she is not here. On Friday I ate in a good restaurant. I missed you there.
ǙȼȮſƾƳžȼ ȆǚŮƾŮ ƾſɀȤȾȥ ǀŲɀȤƾƃŽȘ ǠŽƾų ȒǀƴɀȮƱƇȼ ɀȮƴȮȾŽ ǞȮƄƸȮű ȳȼ ǐƸŽ ǠŽƾų ǛȮƳ Ƚ ɀȮſƾƳžȼ ǞžȽ Ǡƀ ȆǠŽƾų ƾƷɀȮſƾƳžȼ ǟƴƸŽ ƾƶȮƀɀ țɀ ǁȾȮƴȼȮżȖ ǀƯȼ Ƶɀ ȮLJƐȚ ȳǞƁ ǠŽƾų ǶȮȾſƾƳžȼ ȆǜƁȥ ǛƯȼ ɀȮƭžȼ