Putting things in order
To list points, number them with أولا(awwalan) (first) and ثانيا(thâniyan) (second); they are the ordinals أول and ثاني with the adverb ending ـاً.
| I have two reasons: first, the weather is cold; second, I am tired. | عندي سببان: أولا، الجو بارد، ثانيا، أنا متعب.indî sababâni: awwalan, al-jawwu bâridun, thâniyan, ana mut'abun. |
Telling a story
A story starts ذات يوم(dhâta yawmin) or في يوم من الأيام(fi yawmin mina l-ayyâm) (one day). It moves on with ثم (then) and بعد ذلك (after that), and the next day is في اليوم التالي(at-tâlî). It ends في النهاية(fi n-nihâyah) (in the end) or with أخيرا (finally). في البداية(fil bidâyah) is at first, often set against what happened later.
| One day, the farmer went to the market. | ذات يوم، ذهب الفلاح إلى السوق.dhâta yawmin, dhahaba l-fallâhu ilâ s-sûqi |
| At first I didn't understand the lesson, then I understood it. | في البداية ما فهمت الدرس، ثم فهمته.fī al-bidâyati mâ fahimtu ad-darsa, thumma fahimtuhu. |
| The next day, we went back to the city. | في اليوم التالي، رجعنا إلى المدينة.fil-yawmit-tâli, raja'nâ ilal-madînah |
| We waited an hour, and in the end we went back home. | انتظرنا ساعة، وفي النهاية رجعنا إلى البيت.intazarna sâatan, wa fi n-nihâyati rajaana ila l-bayti |
Later, last
في وقت لاحق(fī waqtin lâhiqin) is later (on). أخير(akhîr) (last, final) is an adjective that follows its noun: اليوم الأخير the last day.
| I will call you later. | سأتصل بك في وقت لاحق.sa'attasilu bika fi waqtin lâhiq |
| This is the last day of the vacation. | هذا هو اليوم الأخير في العطلة.hâdhâ huwa al-yawmu al-akhîru fî al-utlati |
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