البواب سمحلنا نفوت.

to enter

Breakdown of البواب سمحلنا نفوت.

• بواب: the doorman; building porter
• سمح: to allow

Questions & Answers about البواب سمحلنا نفوت.

What does البواب mean here?

البواب means the doorman, the gatekeeper, or sometimes the building porter.

In Levantine, it usually refers to the person controlling access to a building, entrance, or gate. So in this sentence, it is the person who allowed the speakers to go in.

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How should I understand سمحلنا?

سمحلنا breaks down into:

• سمح = he allowed
• لـ = to / for
• نا = us

So سمحلنا literally means he allowed to us, which in natural English is he allowed us.

This is a very common pattern in Arabic: the verb سمح takes لـ before the person who is being allowed to do something.

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Why is the ل attached inside سمحلنا?

Because in spoken Arabic, short words and pronouns often attach directly to the verb.

So instead of writing it separately as:

• سمح لنا

you will often see or hear:

• سمحلنا

They mean the same thing in Levantine speech. The attached version reflects how people actually say it.

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