Usages of على
بدك تروح عالسوق اليوم؟
Do you want to go to the market today?
انا بروح عالمطعم مع صديقي.
I am going to the restaurant with my friend.
ليش عم تروحي عالسوق؟
Why are you going to the market?
انا بروح عالشغل من هاد الشارع.
I go to work from this street.
بكرا الصبح رح اروح عالشغل.
Tomorrow morning I will go to work.
مبارح رحت عالسوق مع امي.
Yesterday I went to the market with my mother.
مبارح كمان رحت عالشغل الصبح.
Yesterday I also went to work in the morning.
بعد السوق اجيت عالبيت مع امي.
After the market, I came home with my mother.
بعد الشغل اجيت عالبيت بالمسا.
After work, I came home in the evening.
ابي رجع عالبيت بالمسا.
My father returned home in the evening.
انا كمان رجعت عالبيت بالمسا.
I also returned home in the evening.
خلص الشغل، ورح روح عالبيت.
Work is finished, and I will go home.
قبل ما تروحي عالشغل، اتصلي فيني.
Before you go to work, call me.
بعد ما ترجعي عالبيت، اتصلي فيني.
After you return home, call me.
هي طلعت مع امي ورجعت عالبيت.
She went out with my mother and returned home.
قبل ما تروح عالسوق، استنى هون دقيقة.
Before you go to the market, wait here a minute.
امي راحت عالشغل بالباص لانه محطة الباص قريبة من البيت.
My mother went to work by bus because the bus stop is close to the house.
اذا معك وقت بعد الغدا، روح معي عالحديقة.
If you have time after lunch, go with me to the garden.
بعد الفطور رح اروح عالشغل، وبعد الغدا رح اروح عالبيت.
After breakfast I will go to work, and after lunch I will go home.
لما في برد وما في شمس، ما بروح عالسوق.
When it is cold and there is no sun, I do not go to the market.
حضرتك لازم توصل بكير عالامتحان.
You need to arrive early to the exam.
اذا في مطر، لا تروح عالحديقة.
If it is raining, don't go to the garden.
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