نلتقي خلال العيد.

نلتقي means we meet or we will meet, depending on context.

It comes from the verb اِلْتَقَى (to meet). In this sentence, نلتقي is the 1st person plural form, so it means we meet / we are meeting / we will meet.

Arabic present-tense forms often cover both present and future, so the exact time is understood from context. Since the sentence includes خلال العيد (during the holiday/Eid), it is often understood as we’ll meet during Eid.

In Arabic, the verb itself usually shows the subject, so a separate pronoun is often unnecessary.

In نلتقي, the prefix نـ tells you the subject is we.

So:

• نلتقي = we meet / we will meet

If you wanted to add the pronoun we for emphasis, you could say:

• نحن نلتقي خلال العيد. = We meet during Eid.

But in normal Arabic, the pronoun is often omitted because the verb already gives that information.

Formally, نلتقي is in the present/imperfect tense.

However, in Arabic, the present tense can also refer to the future, especially when the context makes the time clear. In this sentence, خلال العيد points to a future time for many situations, so نلتقي may naturally be understood as:

• we meet
• we are meeting
• we will meet

If you want to make the future more explicit, Arabic can use سـ or سوف:

• سنلتقي خلال العيد. = We will meet during Eid.
• سوف نلتقي خلال العيد. = We will meet during Eid.

خلال means during or in the course of.

So:

• خلال العيد = during Eid / during the holiday

It is commonly used in Modern Standard Arabic to express something happening within a period of time.

Examples:

• خلال الأسبوع = during the week
• خلال الصيف = during the summer
• خلال الاجتماع = during the meeting

العيد means the Eid / the holiday, with the definite article الـ (the).

In Arabic, it is very common to use the definite form when referring to a known occasion or holiday. So خلال العيد means during the holiday or during Eid, depending on context.

Compare:

• عيد = a holiday / an Eid
• العيد = the holiday / the Eid

In many contexts, العيد refers to a specific well-known holiday, such as Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha, depending on the situation.

Because خلال is followed by a noun that tells you the time period.

So the structure is:

• خلال + noun
• during + noun

Examples:

• خلال العيد = during Eid
• خلال النهار = during the day
• خلال السنة = during the year

So العيد is the object of the preposition-like word خلال, and that is why it comes after it.

Usually it means at some point during Eid or within the Eid period. It does not necessarily mean the entire time.

So نلتقي خلال العيد most naturally means:

• We’ll meet sometime during Eid
• We meet during Eid

If you wanted to emphasize throughout the whole period, you would usually need a different wording.

A common pronunciation is:

naltaqī khilāla l-ʿīd

A slightly more learner-friendly breakdown:

• نلتقي = nal-ta-qī
• خلال = khi-lāl
• العيد = al-ʿīd or, in connected pronunciation after خلال, often khilāla l-ʿīd

A few pronunciation notes:

• خ is a throaty sound not found in standard English, like the ch in German Bach.
• ق is a deep q sound, produced farther back than English k.
• ع is a consonant with no exact English equivalent; learners often need practice with it.

In fully vowelled formal Arabic, you would usually write:

نلتقي خلالَ العيدِ

Here is why:

• خلالَ takes fatḥa because of how it functions in the sentence
• العيدِ takes kasra because it is in the genitive after خلال

In normal everyday writing, these short vowel endings are usually omitted, so you typically just see:

نلتقي خلال العيد

Yes, you could, and it would be understandable.

But there is a slight difference in feel:

• في العيد = on/in Eid, a more general time expression
• خلال العيد = during Eid, emphasizing the time span or period

So:

• نلتقي في العيد = We meet on/during Eid
• نلتقي خلال العيد = We meet during Eid

In many contexts, both work, but خلال sounds a bit more formal and specifically tied to a period of time.

نلتقي comes from اِلْتَقَى, which is a derived verb, commonly identified as Form VIII.

Its root is related to ل ق ي, which has meanings connected with meeting or encountering.

A simplified path is:

• past: اِلْتَقَى = he met
• present: يَلْتَقِي = he meets / he will meet
• present with we: نَلْتَقِي = we meet / we will meet

For learners, the most useful thing to remember is simply:

• اِلْتَقَى = to meet
• نلتقي = we meet

It is a complete and natural sentence.

نلتقي خلال العيد. can stand on its own and means something like:

• We’ll meet during Eid.
• We meet during the holiday.

Of course, in real conversation, speakers might add more detail, such as:

• نلتقي خلال العيد في البيت. = We’ll meet during Eid at home.
• نلتقي خلال العيد إن شاء الله. = We’ll meet during Eid, God willing.

But the original sentence is already grammatically complete.