Usages of ماذا
ماذا تكتب؟mâdhâ taktubu?
What are you writing?
ماذا يأكل الرجل؟mâdhâ ya'kulu ar-rajulu?
What does the man eat?
ماذا تزرعون في الحديقة؟mâzâ tazra'ûna fî al-hadîqah?
What do you (pl) plant in the park?
ماذا تفعل الآن؟mâdhâ taf'alu l-âna?
What are you doing now?
ماذا سنفعل في العطلة؟mâdhâ sanaf'alu fî al-'utlati؟
What will we do in the vacation?
ماذا سوف تفعل في عطلتك القادمة؟mâdhâ sawfa tafalu fî utlatika al-qâdimah
What will you do on your next vacation?
ماذا فعلت الأسبوع الماضي؟mâdhâ fa'alta al-usbû'a al-mâdî؟
What did you do last week?
ماذا هناك في الملاهي؟mâdhâ hunâka fî-l-malâhî?
What is there in the amusement park?
ماذا كان عند الجد؟mâdhâ kâna 'inda l-jaddi?
What did the grandfather have?
ماذا ستفعل في نهاية الأسبوع؟mâdhâ sataf'alu fî nihâyati al-usbû'?
What will you do at the weekend?
ماذا يعني هذا؟mâdhâ ya'nî hâdhâ?
What does this mean?
ماذا يعني الاسم؟mâdhâ ya'nî al-ismu?
What does the name mean?
ماذا تفعل في وسط الحديقة؟mâdhâ taf'alu fî wasati l-hadîqati?
What are you doing in the middle of the garden?
ماذا يعزف أولئك الفنانون؟mâdhâ ya'zifu ulâ'ika al-fannânûn?
What are those artists playing?
لما سألني المدير ماذا حدث، لم أتذكر تماما.lammâ sa'alanî al-mudîru mâdhâ hadath, lam atadhakkar tamâman
When the manager asked me what happened, I did not remember exactly.
ماذا ترتدي اليوم؟mâdhâ tartadî al-yawma?
What are you wearing today?
ماذا حصل عندما رن الجرس؟mâdhâ hasala 'indamâ ranna al-jaras?
What happened when the bell rang?
ماذا تفعل الليلة؟mâdhâ taf'alu allaylata?
What are you doing tonight?
ماذا تقصد؟mâdhâ taqsidu?
What do you mean?
ماذا تعني بهذا؟mâdhâ ta'nî bihâdhâ
What do you mean by this?
ماذا كتبتن أمس؟mâdhâ katabtunna amsi?
What did you (f. pl.) write yesterday?
ماذا تريد حضرتك؟mâdhâ turîdu hadratuka?
What would you like, sir?
ماذا تأكلين في هذه الحمية لكي تحصلي على بروتين بدون سعرات؟mâdhâ ta'kulîna fî hâdhihi l-himyati likay tahsulî 'alâ brûtîn bidûni su'arât?
What are you eating in this diet in order to get protein without calories?
ماذا حدث في اليوم السابع عشر؟mâdhâ hadatha fi l-yawmi s-sâbia ashara?
What happened on the seventeenth day?
يا لطيف! ماذا حدث لسيارتك؟yâ latîfu! mâdhâ hadatha lisayyâratika?
Good heavens! What happened to your car?
ماذا تنوي أن تفعل؟mâdhâ tanwî an taf'ala?
What do you intend to do?
ماذا سميت ابنك؟mâdhâ sammayta ibnaka?
What did you name your son?
لا أدري ماذا أقدم للضيوف.lâ adrî mâdhâ uqaddimu lid-duyûf.
I don't know what to serve the guests.
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