بان انو التصليح غالي.

It seemed that the repair was expensive.

Breakdown of بان انو التصليح غالي.

• غالي: expensive
• انو: that
• تصليح: repair
• بان: to seem; appear

Questions & Answers about بان انو التصليح غالي.

What does بان mean here?

Here بان means something like:

• it became clear
• it turned out
• it appeared

It comes from the verb بان / يبين, which is used when something is revealed or becomes obvious.

So the sentence structure is basically:

• بان = it turned out / it became clear
• إنو التصليح غالي = that the repair is expensive

What form is بان grammatically?

بان is the past tense form of the verb.

A helpful way to think about it:

• بان = it turned out / it became clear
• بيبين or بيّن in other contexts/forms can relate to showing or becoming clear

In this sentence, بان is being used impersonally, a lot like English it turned out that... There is no separate written word for it in Arabic here.

What does انو do in the sentence?

انو means that and introduces the clause that follows.

So:

• بان انو... = it turned out that...

In Levantine, this word is very common and is often written in different ways, such as: