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Reacting to a conversation in a casual way.

!‫بص يا معلم العربية دي‬ !‫ دي جامدة جدا‬،‫واو‬

boṣṣ yā mʿallem el- wāw, dī gāmdah

ʿarabeyyah dī! geddan!

Translation
Hey dude, look at that car!

Wow, that's super cool!

Focus Example
.‫] جدا‬ [ ‫دي‬/‫ده‬ .‫جامدة جدا‬/‫دي جامد‬/‫ده‬
dah/dī [ ] geddan. dah/dī gāmed/gāmdah geddan.

That's super ["adjective"]. That's super cool.

Key Vocabulary

‫كيوت‬ ‫مضحكة‬/‫مضحك‬ ‫لطيفة‬/‫لطيف‬ ‫وحشة‬/‫وحش‬

kyūt moḍḥek/moḍḥekah laṭīf/laṭīfah weḥeš/weḥšah
cute funny nice ugly
Texting Slang
‫ينزل بوست‬ yenazzel būst to post
‫يشري‬ yešayyar to share
‫فولو‬ folo follow
‫صفحة‬ ṣafḥah page
‫يعمل حظر‬ yeʿmel ḥaẓr to block
‫لينك‬ līnk link
‫لول‬ lūl laugh out loud
‫تاج‬ tāg tag
‫رسالة‬ resālah text

Slang Expressions
‫يزن‬ yezenn to nag
‫يتلكك‬ yetlakkek to make up excuses
‫متهيأيل‬ methayyaʾlī to think
‫يال‬ yallā let's go
‫مية مية‬ meyyah meyyah awesome
‫إن شاء الله‬ ʾen šāʾ allah hopefully
‫تحفة‬ toḥfah wonderful
‫إنت مالك‬ ʾenta mālak mind your own business
‫شغال‬ šaġġāl fine
‫من فضلك‬ men faḍlak please
‫متام‬ tamām perfect
‫مع ألف سالمة‬ maʿ ʾalf salāmah get out of here

Idioms
‫ينشف دماغه‬ ‫يشد يف شعره‬ ‫يرضبه عىل إيده‬
yenaššef demāġoh yešedd fī šaʿroh yeḍraboh ʿalā ʾīdoh
be stubborn feel frustrated force someone to do something

‫يوريه العني الحمرا‬ ‫يحط إيده يف الشق‬ ‫مييش جنب الحيط‬

yewarrīh el-ʿeīn el-ḥamrā yeḥoṭ ʾīdoh fī el-šaʾ yemšī ganb el-ḥeīṭ
be tough with someone almost give up on someone stay on the safe side

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