الماكينة قالت ان لازم اعمل تحويل قبل السحب.

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Breakdown of الماكينة قالت ان لازم اعمل تحويل قبل السحب.

• لازم: to have to
• قبل: before
• ان: that

Questions & Answers about الماكينة قالت ان لازم اعمل تحويل قبل السحب.

How would a speaker pronounce this sentence in Egyptian Arabic?

A natural learner-friendly pronunciation is:

el-makīna 'ālet en lāzem aʿmal taḥwīl abl es-saḥb

A looser English-style transliteration would be:

el-makeena aalet en laazem a3mal tahweel abl es-sa7b

A few sound notes:

• الـ is usually pronounced el-
• ع in اعمل is the Arabic ʿayn, which has no exact English equivalent
• ح in تحويل and سحب is a stronger, breathier sound than normal English h

Why is it قالت and not قال?

Because الماكينة is grammatically feminine in Arabic.

So:

• قال = he said / it said for a masculine noun
• قالت = she said / it said for a feminine noun

Even for inanimate things, Arabic nouns still have grammatical gender. Since ماكينة is feminine, the verb agrees with it and becomes قالت.

Can قالت really be used with a machine?

Yes. In Egyptian Arabic, just like in English, people can use said for machines, screens, apps, ATMs, and devices.

So الماكينة قالت... can mean:

• the machine said
• the machine told me
• the machine displayed a message saying

It does not have to mean literal human speech.