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.
اليوم بدي اروح عالمحل لانه معي مصاري.
Today I want to go to the shop because I have money with me.
مبارح رحت عالبنك، واليوم معي مصاري.
Yesterday I went to the bank, and today I have money with me.
هاد طريق جديد عالشغل.
This is a new road to work.
مبارح رحت عالبيت بتاكسي.
Yesterday I went home by taxi.
انا هلا بالطريق عالبيت.
I am on the way home now.
اختي مريضة كمان، ومشان هيك ما راحت عالجامعة.
My sister is sick too, and that is why she did not go to the university.
انا عم فكر اروح عالصيدلية مشان اشتري دوا لامي.
I am thinking of going to the pharmacy to buy medicine for my mother.
هي كمان عم تفكر تروح عالدكتور قبل الشغل.
She is also thinking of going to the doctor before work.
المستشفى بعيد شوي، بس في باص بيروح عالمستشفى.
The hospital is a little far, but there is a bus that goes to the hospital.
اذا ما لقيت الدوا بالصيدلية القريبة، روح عالصيدلية يلي جنب المستشفى.
If you do not find the medicine at the nearby pharmacy, go to the pharmacy that is next to the hospital.
الدكتور قاللي اذا عندي حرارة، لازم ما اروح عالشغل.
The doctor told me that if I have a fever, I should not go to work.
ما تروح عالشغل اذا كنت مريض واذا عندك حرارة.
Do not go to work if you are sick and if you have a fever.
لما لقيت الدوا على الطاولة، اخدته معي عالشغل.
When I found the medicine on the table, I took it with me to work.
انا ما نسيت البنطلون بالمحل، اخدته معي عالبيت.
I did not forget the pants in the shop; I took them home with me.
بدي اروح عالبيت بكير مشان ادرس للامتحان.
I want to go home early so that I can study for the exam.
بدك تروح عالشغل بالباص ولا بتاكسي؟
Do you want to go to work by bus or by taxi?
عزمت صديقتي وصديقتها عالعشا بالمسا.
I invited my female friend and her friend to dinner in the evening.
بدنا نروح عالسوق بعد الشغل.
We want to go to the market after work.
انا كمان عم فكر اروح عالسوق بعد الشغل.
I am also thinking of going to the market after work.
بدي اروح عالصيدلية مشان اشتري دوا لاختي.
I want to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine for my sister.
اليوم بعد الشغل رحت عالمكتبة واشتريت دفتر وقلمين.
Today after work I went to the bookstore and bought a notebook and two pens.
جارنا طلع عالدرج لانه نسي المفتاح بالشقة.
Our male neighbor went up the stairs because he forgot the key in the apartment.
اليوم بالليل رح نحضر الاخبار عالتلفزيون مشان نعرف اذا في زحمة عالمطار.
Tonight we will watch the news on TV so we can know if there is traffic on the way to the airport.
نحنا عم نخطط لسفرة عالبحر بنهاية العطلة.
We are planning a trip to the sea at the end of the vacation.
جارنا كمان بدو يروح عالبحر بهالعطلة مع اخته.
Our male neighbor also wants to go to the sea on this vacation with his sister.
بعد ما دخلنا عالغرفة، طلعت عالبلكون وشفت البحر.
After we entered the room, I went out to the balcony and saw the sea.
كل يوم بروح عالشغل بالباص.
Every day I go to work by bus.
انا تعبان شوي اليوم، بس لازم اروح عالشغل.
I am a little tired today, but I have to go to work.
قبل ما نطلع عالمطار، فتشت على الجواز بالشنطة السودا.
Before we left for the airport, I looked for the passport in the black bag.
لما دخلت عالبيت، شفت امي بالمطبخ.
When I entered the house, I saw my mother in the kitchen.
مديرة الشركة قالتلي انو لازم اوصل بكير عالمكتب.
The company manager told me that I have to arrive early to the office.
عادة بروح عالبنك بكير، لانه ما بكون في طابور كبير.
I usually go to the bank early, because there is not a big line then.
اليوم رحت عالمطعم لحالي، بس بكرا منروح سوا.
Today I went to the restaurant alone, but tomorrow we will go together.
رديت عالايميل بعد الاجتماع.
I replied to the email after the meeting.
اذا انت فاضي بعد الشغل، منروح عالمكتبة سوا.
If you are free after work, we will go to the bookstore together.
لما رجعت عالبيت، لقيت امي بالمطبخ.
When I came back home, I found my mother in the kitchen.
انا غسلت شعري الصبح قبل ما اروح عالشغل.
I washed my hair in the morning before I went to work.
المصعد وصل عالطابق التاني، بس انا طلعت عالدرج.
The elevator reached the second floor, but I went up the stairs.
اذا ما اشتغل المصعد، منطلع عالطابق التاني عالدرج.
If the elevator does not work, we go up to the second floor by the stairs.
مبارح طلعنا عالسطح بالليل بعد العشا.
Yesterday we went up to the roof at night after dinner.
لما وصلنا عالطابق التاني، شفت المصعد مفتوح.
When we reached the second floor, I saw the elevator open.
بعد ما طلعت من البيت، رحت عالشغل.
After I left the house, I went to work.
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