Word
اليوم رحت عالمطعم لحالي، بس بكرا منروح سوا.
Meaning
Today I went to the restaurant alone, but tomorrow we will go together.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Lesson
Questions & Answers about اليوم رحت عالمطعم لحالي، بس بكرا منروح سوا.
How would I pronounce this sentence in Levantine Arabic?
A natural Levantine pronunciation would be something like:
il-yōm reḥet ʿal-maṭʿam laḥāli, bas bukra mnrūḥ sawa.
A few notes:
- اليوم → il-yōm = today
- رحت → reḥet or riḥet depending on region/speaker
- عالمطعم → ʿal-maṭʿam = to the restaurant
- لحالي → laḥāli = alone / by myself
- بس → bas = but
- بكرا → bukra = tomorrow
- منروح → mnrūḥ = we go / we’re going
- سوا → sawa = together
The exact vowels can vary a bit across Levantine dialects, but this is a good general pronunciation.
What does رحت mean exactly?
رحت means I went.
It comes from the verb راح / يروح in Levantine, which often means to go.
So:
- رحت = I went
- رحتَ = you went (to a male)
- رحتِ = you went (to a female)
In this sentence, اليوم رحت عالمطعم لحالي means Today I went to the restaurant by myself / alone.