Word
عندي موعد بالبنك بعد ساعة.
Meaning
I have an appointment at the bank in an hour.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about عندي موعد بالبنك بعد ساعة.
Why does عندي mean I have? It looks like at me.
That’s exactly the idea. In Levantine Arabic, possession is often expressed as “at me” rather than with a verb like to have.
- عند = at / with
- ـي = my / me
So:
- عندي = I have / literally at me
- عندك = you have
- عنده = he has
- عندها = she has
So عندي موعد literally means I have an appointment.
Why isn’t there a verb in this sentence?
In Arabic, especially in the present tense, you often do not need a verb like am / is / have in the same way English does.
In this sentence:
- عندي موعد = I have an appointment
There is no separate verb for have. The idea is built using عند + pronoun.
This is very normal in Levantine Arabic.
What does موعد mean exactly?
موعد means appointment, meeting time, or scheduled time, depending on context.