Usages of حكاية
عشنا حكاية غريبة.ishnâ hikâyatan gharîbah
We lived a strange tale.
عدنا إلى القرية وتذكرنا الحكاية.udnâ ilâ al-qaryati wa tadhakkarnâ al-hikâyata
We returned to the village and remembered the tale.
قال والدي إن الحكاية قديمة.qâla wâlidî inna al-hikâyata qadîmah
My father said that the tale is old.
كانت جدتي تروي لنا حكاية كل ليلة.kânat jaddatî tarwî lanâ hikâyatan kulla laylatin
My grandmother used to tell us a tale every night.
الرواة يروون حكايات في المقهى.ar-ruwâtu yarwûna hikâyâtin fî al-maqhâ
The storytellers tell tales in the café.
لم يرو الراوي الحكاية كلها.lam yarwi r-rawi l-hikayata kullaha
The storyteller didn't tell the whole tale.
ارو لنا حكاية يا جدي!irwi lanaa hikaayatan yaa jaddii!
Tell us a tale, Grandpa!
كانت أمي تكوي الملابس وتروي لنا حكاية.kânat ommî takwî al-malâbisa wa tarwî lanâ hikâyatan
My mother was ironing the clothes and telling us a tale.
روى الراوي حكاية عن تاجر حكيم.rawâ r-râwî hikâyatan an tâjirin hakîm
The storyteller told a tale about a wise merchant.
في بداية الحكاية، كان الملك فقيرا.fee bidâyati l-hikâyati, kâna l-maliku faqeeran.
At the beginning of the tale, the king was poor.
يا للبطل المغوار في هذه الحكاية!yâ lal-batali l-mighwâri fi hâdhihi l-hikâyati!
Oh, what a valiant hero in this tale!
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