Usages of يقول ل
السواق قال لي: المحل قريب من البنك.as-sawwâ' 'âl lî: el-mahall 'arîb min el-bank.
The driver told me: the shop is near the bank.
الكاشير قال لي ان مافيش جزمة بالمقاس ده.
The cashier told me that they didn't have shoes in this size.
هي ردت عليا وقالت لي ان الفستان حلو.
She replied to me and told me that the dress is nice.
بعت لصاحبتي صورة الكارت، وهي قالت لي: لقيته.ba'att lisahbety soorat il-kart, wi heyya 'alet li: la'eeto.
I sent my female friend a photo of the card, and she told me: I found it.
لو حضرتك عايز حاجة تاني، قول لي.law ḥaḍretak âyez ḥâga tâni, 'ol-li.
If you want something else, tell me. (polite)
الاجتماع خلص متاخر، بس المدير قال لنا الحل.el-egtimâ khalaṣ mitâkhkhar, bass el-mudîr 'âl lina el-ḥall
The meeting ended late, but the manager told us the solution.
لو حضرتك قابلت الجيران، ممكن تقول لهم ان صوت الكلب عالي شوية؟
If you meet the neighbors, can you tell them that the dog's sound is a little loud? (polite)
زميلة من الشغل قالت لي ان الاجتماع اتاخر.
A female colleague from work told me that the meeting was delayed.
انا قاعد بستنى مكالمة من صاحبتي عشان تقول لي نجيب ايه تاني.ana qâ'ed bastanna mukâlma min sâhbeti 'ashân te'ool li negeeb eh tâni.
I am waiting for a call from my female friend so she can tell me what else we should get.
صاحبتي قالت لي: عايزة بصل وطماطم كمان، عشان الخضار اللي في البيت خلص.sâhbeti 'âlet-li: 'ayza basal we-tamâtem kamân, 'ashân el-khodâr elli fi el-bêt khelis.
My female friend told me: I want more onions and tomatoes, because the vegetables at home ran out.
الموظفة قالت لي: هات نسخة من البطاقة، وهات الاصل كمان بكرة.al-muwazzafa 'âlat li: hât nuskha min al-biTâqa, we hât al-aSl kamân bukra.
The female employee told me: bring a copy of the ID card, and bring the original too tomorrow.
بعد ما مضيت على الورق، الموظفة قالت لي ان النسخة هتوصل على الايميل.
After I signed the papers, the female employee told me that the copy would arrive by email.
صاحبي قال لي كلمة السر على التليفون، وانا كتبتها في الملف.sâHbi 'âl li kelmet es-sirr 'ala et-tilifôn, wana katabtaha fel-malaff.
My male friend told me the password on the phone, and I wrote it in the file.
صاحبتي قالت لي: لما الرصيد يخلص، ابعتيلي وانا اشحنهولك.sâhbiti 'âlat li: lamma el-rasîd yikhlas, ebatîli wana ashhanhûlak.
My female friend told me: when the balance runs out, send me a message and I’ll top it up for you.
انا قلت للموظف اني استلمت المرتب متاخر في الشهر ده.
I told the employee that I received the salary late this month.
هو قال لي: ده سر.huwa 'âl li: da sirr.
He told me: it's a secret.
الموظف في البنك قال لي ان الحساب فيه مشكلة.
The employee at the bank told me that there is a problem with the account.
كتبت الرقم غلط في الاستمارة، فالموظفة قالت لي اكتب الرقم تاني.katabt ir-ra'am ghalat fil-istimâra, fal-muwazzafa 'alit li iktib ir-ra'am tâni.
I wrote the number wrong on the form, so the employee told me to write the number again.
سيبت الكيس جنب سلة الزبالة، وماما قالت لي حطه عند باب البيت.sibt il-kees ganb sallit iz-zibâla, wi mâma 'alit li huttu 'and bâb il-beet.
I left the bag next to the trash bin, and mom told me to put it by the house door.
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