قبل ما تطلع من البيت، تاكد من وقت الاجتماع.

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Breakdown of قبل ما تطلع من البيت، تاكد من وقت الاجتماع.

• ال: the
• بيت: house
• قبل ما: before

Questions & Answers about قبل ما تطلع من البيت، تاكد من وقت الاجتماع.

What does قبل ما mean, and why is ما used here?

قبل ما means before in a very common Levantine pattern.

• قبل = before
• ما here helps introduce the following verb phrase

So:

• قبل ما تطلع = before you leave / before going out

In Levantine, this is a very natural way to say before + verb.
In more formal Arabic, you might see something like قبل أن تخرج instead.

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What exactly does تطلع mean in this sentence?

Here تطلع means you leave / you go out.

The verb طلع can have several meanings depending on context, such as:

• go out / leave
• go up
• appear / come up

In this sentence, because it is followed by من البيت (from the house), the meaning is clearly:

• تطلع من البيت = leave the house / go out of the house

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Why is it تطلع من البيت and not just تطلع البيت?