رح ضل بالمكتب للمسا.

I will stay at the office until the evening.

Breakdown of رح ضل بالمكتب للمسا.

• ال: the
• ب: at
• رح: will
• مسا: evening

Questions & Answers about رح ضل بالمكتب للمسا.

What does رح mean here?

رح is a Levantine future marker. It means something like will or going to.

So:

• رح ضل = I’ll stay / I’m going to stay

It’s very common in spoken Levantine Arabic.

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Why is it رح ضل and not رح بضل?

In Levantine, the b- prefix is usually used for the present or habitual sense:

• بضل بالمكتب = I stay / I usually stay in the office

But after words like رح, that b- normally drops:

• رح ضل بالمكتب = I will stay in the office

So رح بضل would sound wrong or nonstandard in this context.

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What does ضل mean exactly?

ضل here means stay, remain, or keep being somewhere.

In Levantine, ضل can have two common uses:

1. Stay/remain

   • رح ضل بالمكتب = I’ll stay in the office

2. Keep/continue doing

   • ضل يضحك = He kept laughing