البنك لغى البطاقة.

bank

Breakdown of البنك لغى البطاقة.

• بطاقة: card
• لغى: to cancel

Questions & Answers about البنك لغى البطاقة.

How do I pronounce البنك لغى البطاقة?

A common urban Levantine pronunciation is el-bank lagha l-biṭā'a.

A few helpful notes:

• ال often sounds like el- or il- in Levantine, not the careful al- of Standard Arabic.
• غ in لغى is a gh sound, made in the back of the throat.
• ق in البطاقة is often pronounced as a glottal stop in many urban Levantine accents, so biṭā'a. In some other accents, it may sound more like q or g.

What tense is لغى?

لغى is past tense, specifically third person masculine singular: he canceled.

Because the subject is البنك (the bank), the whole sentence means The bank canceled the card.

Why do I sometimes see ألغى instead of لغى?

ألغى is the more standard/formal form you would expect in Standard Arabic.

In Levantine speech and informal writing, the initial hamza is often dropped, so ألغى becomes لغى. So:

• ألغى = more formal / Standard Arabic
• لغى = very natural in dialectal Levantine writing

Why do both البنك and البطاقة start with ال?