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بالحفلة مبارح انبسطنا كتير لما حكت امي نكتة جديدة.
Meaning
At the party yesterday, we had a great time when my mother told a new joke.
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Questions & Answers about بالحفلة مبارح انبسطنا كتير لما حكت امي نكتة جديدة.
How would this sentence be pronounced in Levantine Arabic?
A common Levantine pronunciation would be:
bil-ḥafle mbāreḥ inbasaṭna ktīr lamma ḥaket immi nukte jdīde
You may also hear small regional differences, such as:
- bel-ḥafle instead of bil-ḥafle
- jdiide / jdīde for جديدة
- immi for أمي
A rough word-by-word pronunciation guide:
- بالحفلة = bil-ḥafle
- مبارح = mbāreḥ
- انبسطنا = inbasaṭna
- كتير = ktīr
- لما = lamma
- حكت = ḥaket
- أمي = immi
- نكتة = nukte
- جديدة = jdīde
What does بالحفلة literally mean, and why does it start with بـ?
بالحفلة literally means at the party or in the party.
It is made of:
- بـ = in / at
- الـ = the
- حفلة = party
So:
- بـ + الحفلة → بالحفلة
In Levantine, بـ is very commonly used for location:
- بالبيت = at home
- بالجامعة = at the university
- بالشغل = at work
So here بالحفلة sets the scene: at the party.