Word
صديقتي بدها فندق قريب من البحر، مش بعيد عن المطاعم.
Meaning
My female friend wants a hotel close to the sea, not far from the restaurants.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about صديقتي بدها فندق قريب من البحر، مش بعيد عن المطاعم.
Why is it صديقتي and not صديقني or something similar for my friend?
صديقتي means my female friend.
- صديقة = a female friend
- ـي = my
So:
- صديقتي = my female friend
- صديقي = my male friend
The ـة in صديقة becomes pronounced as -t- when a suffix is added, which is why you get صديقتي and not صديقةي.
What does بدها mean exactly?
بدها means she wants in Levantine Arabic.
It comes from بدّ / بده patterns used in spoken Levantine to express wanting.
A useful set is:
- بدي = I want
- بدك = you want
- بده = he wants
- بدها = she wants
- بدنا = we want
- بدهم = they want
So in this sentence:
- صديقتي بدها فندق = My friend wants a hotel
This is very common in spoken Levantine, even though it is not the same as Modern Standard Arabic wording.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?