السيارة بدها بنزين.

car

Breakdown of السيارة بدها بنزين.

• بده: to need
• بنزين: the gasoline; petrol

Questions & Answers about السيارة بدها بنزين.

How do I pronounce السيارة بدها بنزين?

A common Levantine pronunciation is:

es-sayyāra badda بنزين
or more fully: es-sayyāra badda banzīn

A few notes:

• السيارة becomes es-sayyāra because ال changes its sound before س.
• بدها is often pronounced badda in fast everyday speech.
• بنزين is usually banzīn.

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like: es-sayyāra badda banzīn.

What does بدها mean here?

Here بدها means it needs or literally she wants, depending on context.

With things, especially machines, بدها often means needs:

• السيارة بدها بنزين = The car needs gas

With people, it often means wants:

• أنا بدي قهوة = I want coffee

So بدها can mean either wants or needs, and context tells you which one sounds natural in English.

Why is بدها feminine?

Because السيارة is a feminine noun in Arabic.

Arabic nouns are grammatically masculine or feminine, and سيارة is feminine. So when you refer to it with , you use the feminine form.