اول هدف اجا بآخر دقيقة، وكل الفريق صار مبسوط.

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Breakdown of اول هدف اجا بآخر دقيقة، وكل الفريق صار مبسوط.

• و: and
• ب: in
• اجا: to come

Questions & Answers about اول هدف اجا بآخر دقيقة، وكل الفريق صار مبسوط.

Why is اول written without the hamza? Shouldn’t it be أول?

Yes—if you’re writing carefully, the standard spelling is أول.

In informal typing, many native speakers leave hamzas out, especially in chats, texts, and casual social media writing. So اول is very common and still understood immediately.

So:

• أول = careful/standard spelling
• اول = very common casual spelling

What does أول هدف mean exactly, and why is there no الـ on هدف?

أول هدف means the first goal or literally first goal.

Arabic often uses أول + singular noun without الـ on the noun in expressions like this:

• أول مرة = the first time
• أول يوم = the first day
• أول هدف = the first goal

So even though English often says the first goal, Arabic does not need the definite article here in the same way.

What is اجا? Is that the Levantine version of came?

Exactly. اجا (also often written إجا) is Levantine Arabic for he came / it came.

In this sentence, it agrees with هدف, which is masculine singular, so اجا means:

• it came
• more naturally here: it happened / it was scored

Compared with Standard Arabic:

• Levantine: اجا
• MSA: جاء