Questions & Answers about جيراننا في العمارة هاديين، بس عندهم كلب صوته عالي بالليل.
Why does the sentence start with جيراننا? What exactly does that word mean?
جيراننا means our neighbors.
It is made of:
- جيران = neighbors
- ـنا = our
So جيراننا literally means neighbors-our.
A useful comparison:
- جار = neighbor
- جيران = neighbors
- جاري = my neighbor
- جيراننا = our neighbors
Why is في العمارة used here? Does العمارة mean architecture?
In Egyptian Arabic, العمارة very often means the apartment building or the building.
So في العمارة literally means in the building.
In this sentence, جيراننا في العمارة means our neighbors in the building, in other words, the neighbors who live in the same building as us.
Even though عمارة can be related to architecture in other contexts, in everyday Egyptian speech it commonly means residential building / apartment block.
Where is the verb are in جيراننا في العمارة هاديين?