لما بكون الدوام طويل، عادي تكون تعبان.

When the workday is long, it is normal to be tired.

Breakdown of لما بكون الدوام طويل، عادي تكون تعبان.

• ال: the
• كان: to be
• تعبان: tired
• لما: when

Questions & Answers about لما بكون الدوام طويل، عادي تكون تعبان.

What does لما mean here?

Here لما means when or whenever.

In this sentence, it introduces a general, repeated situation: when/whenever the workday is long...

So it is not talking about one specific past event. It is more like a general rule or common situation.

What does الدوام mean exactly?

الدوام is a very common Levantine word. Depending on context, it can mean:

• work hours
• the workday
• a shift
• sometimes school hours or office hours

So here it means something like the workday / the shift / work hours.

It is not exactly the same as job. For job/work in a broader sense, learners will also often hear شغل.

What is بكون doing here?

بكون comes from كان / يكون.

In Levantine, the prefix بـ often marks a normal present or habitual meaning. So بكون here helps express something like:

• is
• ends up being
• happens to be

So لما بكون الدوام طويل is basically: when the workday is long / when the shift ends up being long