Questions & Answers about اذا بدك المكنسة، هي ورا الباب.
How do you pronounce اذا بدك المكنسة، هي ورا الباب?
A common Levantine pronunciation would be:
iza baddak il-maknase, hiyye wara l-bab
A few notes:
- بدك is usually pronounced baddak when talking to a man, and baddik when talking to a woman.
- هي in Levantine is often pronounced hiyye, not just hiya.
- الـ often sounds like il- or el- in speech, so المكنسة is often il-maknase and الباب becomes l-bab after wara.
What does اذا mean here?
Here اذا means if.
So the first part, اذا بدك المكنسة, means if you want the broom.
In both Standard Arabic and Levantine, اذا is a very common way to introduce a condition.
What exactly does بدك mean?