Breakdown of السقالة بعيدة عن الكهربائي؟
بعيد
far
عن
from
الكهربائيal-kahrabâ'i
the electrician
السقالةis-sa'âla
the scaffold
Questions & Answers about السقالة بعيدة عن الكهربائي؟
How do I pronounce السقالة بعيدة عن الكهربائي؟
A rough Egyptian Arabic pronunciation is:
is-siʔāla baʿīda ʿan il-kahrabāʔi?
A few useful notes:
- ق in سقالة is often pronounced as a glottal stop ʔ in Cairo Egyptian.
- ع in عن is the deep throat sound ʿ.
- The final ة in السقالة and بعيدة is pronounced like -a here.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
Because in Arabic, present-tense sentences like X is Y often do not use a verb for to be.
So:
- السقالة بعيدة = The scaffold is far
There is no separate word for is in the present tense.
If you wanted past tense, then a verb would appear, for example:
- كانت السقالة بعيدة = The scaffold was far
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