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Lebanese Arabic Vlog Lesson: A Walk Through My Village in Lebanon
Learn Lebanese Arabic through a real-life walk in a Lebanese village, with everyday vocabulary, natural expressions, listening practice, and a glimpse into local culture.
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|
| سَنْثيا! أَنا live، تَعَيْ! | Cynthia! ana live, ta3é! | Cynthia! I'm live, come on! |
| بِهَيْدي المَنْطَقة اسْمْها قَرْنَة الحَمْرا... | bi-heydé l-mantaqa ismha Qarnet el-Hamra... | This area is called Qarnet el-Hamra... |
| شوفوا هَيْدي السَّيّارة القَدِيمة. | shoufo heydé s-sayyara l-2adiime. | Look at this old car. |
| هَيْدي سَيّارة قَدِيمة ومِحَرْتَقة. بَسّ كْتير حَلْوة. | heydé sayyara 2adiime w-me7rta2a. bass ktir 7elwé. | This is an old, burnt-out car. But very nice. |
| هَيْدا كَمان بَيْت قَدِيم لُبْنانيّ... بَيْت لُبْنانيّ قَدِيم. | hayda kamen bayt 2adiim lebnéné... bayt lebnéné 2adiim. | This is also an old Lebanese house... an old Lebanese house. |
| هَيْدا بَيْت تُراثي. شْبابيكُه خُضر. | hayda bayt torété. sh-babiiko khoDor. | This is a heritage house. Its windows are green. |
| هَيْدا كَمان بَيْت قَدِيم. عَمْ بِيِتْرَمَّم... كْتير كْتير حَلْو. | hayda kamen bayt 2adiim. 3am bitrammam... ktir ktir 7elo. | This is also an old house. It's being restored... very, very nice. |
| كُنّا نِلْعَب بْهَيْدا البَيْت وَقْتْها لَمّا كُنّا صْغار. | kenna nel3ab b-hayda l-bayt wa2tha lamma kenna Sghar. | We used to play in this house back then, when we were little. |
| وْهون... هَيْدي شَجَرِة لَيْمون... شَجَرِة كْلِيمَنْتين. | w-hon... heydé shajaret layméon... shajaret kleméntéén. | And here... this is a lemon tree... a clementine tree. |
| سَنْثيا! وَيْنِك؟ عَمْ بْصَوِّر، تَعَيْ! | Cynthia! wén-ik? 3am bsawwer, ta3é! | Cynthia! Where are you? I'm filming, come on! |
| وْهَيْدا كَمان بَيْت... هَيْدي بِنايِة actually. | w-hayda kamen bayt... heydé binéyé actually. | And this is also a house... this one is a building, actually. |
| بِنايِة | binéyé | Building. |
| كَمان كُنّا نِلْعَب هون. | kamen kenna nel3ab hon. | We also used to play here. |
| هَوْني كان في شَجَرِة خَرّوب. (Carob tree) | hawni kén fi shajaret kharroub. (Carob tree) | Here there used to be a carob tree. (Carob tree) |
| سَنْثيا! كَيْف بِيْقولو خَرّوب بِالإنْجِلِيزي؟ | Cynthia! kif bey2ulu kharroub bil-ingliizi? | Cynthia! How do they say kharroub in English? |
| مَثَلًا، هَيْدي البِنايِة ما كانِت. | mesalan, heydé l-binéyé ma kénet. | For example, this building wasn't here before. |
| هون كَمان، هَيْدا بَيْت كْتير قَدِيم. | hon kamen, hayda bayt ktir 2adiim. | Here too, this is a very old house. |
| وَكَمان هون في بَيْت تانِي كْتير قَدِيم. | w-kamen hon fi bayt tané ktir 2adiim. | And here there's another very old house. |
| كْتير بَحِبّهُن هَالبيوت. | ktir ba7ebbon hal-byoot. | I love these houses so much. |
| هَيْد البَيْت كْتير قَدِيم. | hayd el-bayt ktir 2adiim. | This house is very old. |
| كان في مِرا خْتِيارِة كْتير. | kén fi mra khtiyyara ktir. | There was a very strict old lady. |
| كان عَمْرُها يِمْكِن شي مِيَة. | kén 3omro yémken shi miyyé. | She might have been about a hundred. |
| نِحْنا كُنّا وْلاد كْتار. | ni7na kenna wlééd ktir. | We were a lot of kids. |
| كُنّا نِلْعَب كِلّ الوَقْت حَدّ بَيْتْها، وْهِيّي كانِت تِعَصِّب عَلَيْنا. | kenna nel3ab kell il-wa2t 7edd baytha, w-heyyé kénet te3eSSeb 3aleyna. | We played all the time next to her house, and she used to get annoyed with us. |
| الحَرْب العالَمِيّة الأولى. | el-7arb el-3ālamiyye el-oula. | World War One. |
| هَيْد البَيْت كَمان كْتير قَدِيم وْمَهْجور. | hayd el-bayt kamen ktir 2adiim w-mahjour. | This house is also very old and abandoned. |
| نِحْنا رايْحين عَنْد أَنْجيلا. | ni7na rayhin 3and Angela. | We're going to Angela's. |
| كُنّا نِعْمِل بِيكْنيك هون، بِالتَّراس عِنْدُن. | kenna n3emel picnic hon, bit-téras 3andon. | We used to have a picnic here, on their terrace. |
| بَيْت مَسْكون | bayt maskoun | Haunted house. |
| أَوه... يا الله، لَيْش مَحَوْهُن؟ | oh... ya Allah, layh ma7awhon? | Oh... oh my God, why did they erase them? |
| قَدّيه سْئيلين؟ | 2addéé s-éélin? | How many were there? |
| شوفوا شو حِلْو! | shoufo sho 7elo! | Look how nice! |
| شِفْتو القَناطِر؟ | shiftu l-2anatir? | Did you see the arches? |
| قَنْطَرة، جَمْع قَناطِر | 2antara, pl. 2anatir | Arch, pl. arches. |
| خَلّونا نِلاقي كَمْ وِحْدة. | khallouna nil2é kém waHde. | Let's count how many there are. |
| مَكْتوب: love نَدِيم، شاغيك، جوني – كَمان كان يِحِبّ أُخْتي – وْسَنْثيا. | maktoub: love Nadim, Shaghik, Johnny – kamen kén yHebb okhti – w-Cynthia. | It says: love Nadim, Shaghik, Johnny (he also liked my sister), and Cynthia. |
| كِلّ الوْلاد بِالحَيّ كانوا يِحْبّوا أُخْتي سَنْثيا. | kell il-wlééd bil-7ayy kanu yHebbu okhti Cynthia. | All the boys in the neighbourhood used to love my sister Cynthia. |
| نَدِيم كان يِحِبّ سَنْثيا. | Nadim kén yHebb Cynthia. | Nadim used to love Cynthia. |
| أُخْتي كانِت تِحِبّ بَسّ نَدِيم. | okhti kénet te7eb bass Nadim. | My sister only loved Nadim. |
| لَحْظة، خَلّينا نِقْرا هون. | la7za, khallina n2ra hon. | Wait, let's read here. |
| يوسِف خَنْزير كْبير، مَرْوان – مَرْوان خَيُّو لِيوسِف – حِمار كْبير، رُوني بِبْروني – رُوني بَعْدُه أَصْحاب مَعْنا، كِلّنا كِلّنا كِلّنا بَعْدْنا كْتير أَصْحاب. آه! وْجوني مَعْكَرونة! | Yousef khanzeer kbiir, Marwan – Marwan khayyo l-Yousef – 7mar kbiir, Rony bi-Bronni – Rony ba3do 2as7ab ma3na, kell-na kell-na kell-na ba3dna ktir 2as7ab. Ah! w-Johnny ma3karoona! | Yousef is a big pig, Marwan is Yousef's brother, a big donkey, Rony is pepperoni, Rony has other friends with us, we all have many friends. Ah! And Johnny is macaroni! |
| قَدّيه مَكْتوب أَشْيا سَنْثيا؟ | 2addéé maktoub ashya Cynthia? | How many things are written about Cynthia? |
| وْهَيْدا تْراس تْبَع أَنْجيلا، كُنّا نِجي لهون ونِعْمِل بِيكْنيك. | w-hayda téras tab3 Angela, kenna nijé lhon w-n3emel picnic. | And this is Angela's terrace, we used to come here and have a picnic. |
| وَكَمان، هَيْدا، هون، البَيْت هون القَدِيم الكْبير – هَيْدا البَيْت القَدِيم الحَلْو كْتير – فيه قِصّة إيه؟ هَيْدا البَيْت؟ فيه كْتير قِصَص. | w-kamen, hayda, hon, l-bayt hon l-2adiim l-kbiir – hayda l-bayt l-2adiim l-7elo ktir – fi2 2ess-a éyé? hayda l-bayt? fi ktir 2ésas. | And also, this one here, the big old house – this very beautiful old house – is there a story? This house? There are many stories. |
| هَيْدا البَيْت كان بَيْت نَدِيم. هَيْدا كان بَيْت نَدِيم – بَيْت سِتّو لِنَدِيم. | hayda l-bayt kén bayt Nadim. hayda kén bayt Nadim – bayt sitto l-Nadim. | This house was Nadim's house – Nadim's grandmother's house. |
| كُنّا نِجي لهون، لأَنّو أُخْتي سَنْثيا كانِت تِحِبّو. | kenna nijé lhon, la2anno okhti Cynthia kénet te7ebbo. | We used to come here because my sister Cynthia loved him. |
| كُنّا نِتْنَقْوَز عَلَيْه مِن هون. | kenna nit-nakwez 3aleyo min hon. | We used to jump at him from here. |
| هَيْدي شَجَرة شو يا سَنْثيا؟ (هَيْدا توت) إيه، بَسّ هَاي كَمان شَكْلها توت؟ | heydé shajara shu ya Cynthia? (hayda toot) éyé, bass hayé kamen shaklha toot? | What tree is this, Cynthia? (It's mulberry.) Yes, but this one also looks like mulberry? |
| هَيْدي شَجَرِة تّوت، كُنّا نِاكُل مِنْها. | heydé shajaret toot, kenna nékol minha. | This is a mulberry tree, we used to eat from it. |
| (آه، هَاي بِلَح يِمْكِن..) | (éyé, hayé bélaH yémken..) | (Ah, maybe this is dates...) |
| لا، هَاي مِش بِلَح ولو؟ شَكْلها مِش بِلَح. | la, hayé mesh bélaH walo? shaklha mesh bélaH. | No, this isn't dates, is it? It doesn't look like dates. |
| بِلَح... يَعْني dates، بِتْكون الشَّجَرة هِيك. | bélaH... ya3ni dates, bitkoon esh-shajara hék. | Dates... I mean dates, the tree is like this. |
| تّوت، هَيْدول تّوت، بِتْذَكَّر. لَيْكي، في تّوت – مْبَيِّنين. | toot, heydol toot, bitzakkar. layki, fi toot – mbayyinin. | Mulberries, these are mulberries, I remember. Look, there are mulberries, visible. |
| كُنّا نْعَرْبِش ع هالشَّجَرة وْنِاكُل مِنْها. | kenna n3arbesh 3a hal-shajara w-nékol minha. | We used to climb this tree and eat from it. |
| شَجَرِة الخَرّوب – صِحّ سَنْثيا؟ – هونيك كان في خَرّوب (carob tree). | shajaret el-kharroub – Sa7 Cynthia? – honéék kén fi kharroub (carob tree). | The carob tree – right, Cynthia? – over there there was a carob (carob tree). |
| وَهَيْديكي كَمان شَجَرِة الخَرّوب، كُنّا كَمان نِعْرِبِش عَلَيْها. | w-heydéki kamen shajaret el-kharroub, kenna kamen n3arbesh 3aleyha. | And this one is also a carob tree, we also used to climb it. |
| رِح فَرّجيكُن هَلّق... الجِنَيْنة هون. | ra7 farrijkon hallé... el-jnéyné hon. | I'll show you now... the garden is here. |
| هي كْتير كْبيرة بَسّ مِش مْبَيَّن بِالكاميرا. | hayé ktir kbiira bass mesh mbayyan bil-kamera. | It's very big but it doesn't show on the camera. |
| لَيْكو هَيْدي الكَنْبايَة... ما بَعْرِف مين كابْبها هون. | layko heydé l-kanbayé... ma ba3ref meen kabbeha hon. | Look at this couch... I don't know who dumped it here. |
| شو قُلْتي؟ فَوَّتي لوين؟ | sho 2oltéé? fawwati lwén? | What did you say? Where did you go? |
| فَوَّتي ع الأَبو | fawwati 3al-abu | Go over to Abu's... |
| كُنْت رِح أَوْقَع. | kint ra7 a2a3. | I was about to fall. |
| تَعَيْ مَعي! يِطْلَع شي حَدا.. | ta3é ma3é! yiTla3 shi 7ada.. | Come with me! Someone might come out... |
| أَنا وَلا مَرّة فَتّيت لهون! كان مَسْكّر الباب. | ana wala marra fettet lhon! kén maskkar il-bab. | I never went in here! The door was locked. |
| سَنْثيا، ضَوّي الضّوّ بِكاميرتِك. | Cynthia, Dawwé d-Dawwé b-kamértek. | Cynthia, turn on the light with your camera. |
| أَنا وَلا مَرّة فَتّيت لهون، لأَنّو الباب كان مَسْكّر. | ana wala marra fettet lhon, la2anno il-bab kén maskkar. | I never went in here, because the door was locked. |
| في ضَوّ عَ كاميرتِك؟ مِش عَلَيّ، هونيك. | fi Daw 3a kamértek? mesh 3aleyyé, honéék. | Is there a light on your camera? Not on me, over there. |
| لَحْظة، بِدّي أِبْرِم الكاميرا. | la7za, biddé abrem l-kamera. | Wait, I want to turn the camera around. |
| أَوه، بَسّ مِش مْبَيَّن شي... إِذا ضَوَّيْتي بِيبَيِّن؟ | oh, bass mesh mbayyan shi... iza Dawwayti bibayyen? | Oh, but nothing shows... if you light it, will it show? |
| مِش مْبَيَّن لأَنّو عَتْمة. | mesh mbayyan la2anno 3ta'me. | It doesn't show because it's dark. |
| بَسّ هَوْني كَمان... قَنْطَرة تانْية. | bass hawni kamen... 2antara tanyé. | But here there's also... another arch. |
| إيه؟ هَيْدول شو؟ مِش نِحْنا! | éyé? heydol shu? mesh ni7na! | Yeah? What are these? Not us! |
| كُنّا بَرِيئِين... كُنّا نِكْتِب "جوني مَعْكَرونة" و... شو اِسْمُه؟ ... مَرْوان خَنْزير. | kenna bariyyin... kenna nekteb "Johnny ma3karoona" w... sho ismo? ... Marwan khanzeer. | We were innocent... we used to write "Johnny is macaroni" and... what's his name? ... Marwan is a pig. |
| الجيل الجَديد... خَلّينا نِشوفُه. | el-jeel el-jdéd... khallina nshoofo. | The new generation... let's look at it. |
| سَنْثيا ما تِبْعَدي عَنّي، لأَنّو أَنا آخْدِة WiFi مِن التِلْفون التّانِي! | Cynthia ma tib3di 3anni la2anno ana 2é5ide WiFi min et-talfoon et-tané! | Cynthia, don't go far from me, because I'm getting WiFi from the other phone! |
| هِنّ اللي مَحَوا... | hinnéé lli ma7aw... | They're the ones who erased it... |
| نِحْنا بـ... شو اِسْمُه؟ ضَيْعة قَرْنَة الحَمْرا. | ni7na b-... sho ismo? Day3et Qarnet el-Hamra. | We're in... what's it called? The village of Qarnet el-Hamra. |
| شوفوا هَيْدا الدَّرَج، شو حِلْو الدَّرَج القَدِيم. | shoufo hayda d-daraj, sho 7elo d-daraj l-2adiim. | Look at this staircase, how nice the old staircase is. |
| هَيْدا الدَّرَج بِيوَدّي عَ بَيْت نَدِيم، صِحّ؟ | hayda d-daraj byewaddi 3a bayt Nadim, Sa7? | This staircase leads to Nadim's house, right? |
| هون في وَحِل... ما رِح إِدْعَس عَلَيْهُن. | hon fi wa7el... ma ra7 id-da3as 3aleyhon. | There's mud here... I won't step on them. |
| هَيْدا... تْراكْتور. هَيْدي شَجَرِة صَنَوْبَر. | hayda... tractor. heydé shajaret Sanobar. | This... tractor. This is a pine tree. |
| لَيْكو هول الوُرود شو حِلْوين. | layko hol el-wurood sho 7elwin. | Look at these roses, how beautiful they are. |
| هَيْدي فيلّا جَديدة، إيه يا سَنْثيا؟ ما كانِت. | heydé villa jdéyde, éyé ya Cynthia? ma kénet. | This is a new villa, isn't it, Cynthia? It wasn't here before. |
| وَهَيْدا البَيْت المَهْجور هَيْك، إِذا شِفْناه عَن بَعيد... أَحْسَن. شِفْتو؟ | w-hayda l-bayt l-mahjour hék, iza shiftnaho 3an ba3iid... a7san. shiftu? | And this abandoned house like this, if we see it from afar... better. Did you see? |
| بِدِّك تِكْمّلي؟ | biddik tkemmélé? | Do you want to continue? |
| بِدّي فَرّجيهُن صاروخ الجَبَل. | biddé farrijkon Sarukh el-jabal. | I want to show you Saroukh el-Jabal. |
| دُكّان | dekkén | Shop. |
| شِفْتو الجِبال شو حِلْوين؟ هَيْدا جَبَل كِسْروان... كْتير حَلْو. | shiftu l-jbéél sho 7elwin? hayda jbél Kesrwen... ktir 7elo. | Did you see how beautiful the mountains are? This is Keserwan mountain... very nice. |
| بَسّ هونيك بَعيد بَعيد بَعيد، رِح حُطّ أُصْبُعي هون – لا، ما رِح تِشوفوا – هَاي حَريصا. | bass honéék ba3iid ba3iid ba3iid, ra7 7ott esba3i hon – la, ma ra7 teshoufo – hayé Harissa. | But over there, far, far, far, I'll put my finger here – no, you won't see it – that's Harissa. |
| سِيِّدة حَريصا... – السَّلام عَ اِسْمها. | Sayyidet Harissa... – es-salam 3a ismha. | Our Lady of Harissa... peace upon her name. |
| هَيْدي شَجَرِة صَبير. | heydé shajaret Sabbeer. | This is a sabeer (prickly pear) plant. |
| فَواكِه | fawékeh | Fruits. |
| كُنْت عَمْ بَقول هون كان في دُكّان صَغير، اِسْمُه صاروخ الجَبَل. | kint 3am beuul hon kén fi dekkén Sghéér, ismo Sarukh el-jabal. | I was saying there used to be a small shop here called Saroukh el-Jabal. |
| كُنّا نِجي لهون ونِشْتري كِلّ يَوْم تِشيبْس وشوكولا وْهيك أَشْيا. | kenna nijé lhon w-nshtéré kell yoom chips w-shokola w-hék ashya. | We used to come here and buy chips, chocolate and things like that every day. |
| هَيْدي بِنايِة جَديدة، مِش حِلْوة. | heydé binéyé jdéyde, mesh 7elwé. | This is a new building, not nice. |
| أَنّو بَعْدْها مِنّها خالْصة. | ano ba3dha minnha khalsé. | It's still not completely finished. |
| هون، هَيْدا كان دُكّان، بَسّ هَلّق شَكْلُه صار بَيْت. | hon, hayda kén dekkén, bass hallé shaklo Sar bayt. | Here, this used to be a shop, but now it looks like a house. |
| بِدّي كَمِّل عِنْد يوسِف، فَرّجيهُن البَقَر. | biddé kammel 3and Yousef, farrijkon el-baqar. | I want to carry on to Yousef's and show you the cows. |
| عَطيني التِلْفون إِذا هَيْك... | 3aTiné t-talfoon iza hék... | Give me the phone, then... |
| خَلّيكي مَعي، تَعَيْ! | khallayki ma3é, ta3é! | Stay with me, come on! |
| Bonjour طانط! (أَهْلَا bonjour كيفِك؟) مْنيحِة، كيفِك؟ عَمْ بْصَوِّر، مَعْلي إِذا مْبَيِّنة إِنْتِ بِالكاميرا؟ (ييي، لِشو؟) رِح فَرّجيهُن مين مِرْتو لِصاروخ الجَبَل! صَوَّرْت صاروخ الجَبَل إِنّو نِحْنا وْصِغار كان في... بِدِّك أَبْرِم الكاميرا عَلَيكي؟ | Bonjour tante! (ahlen, bonjour, kifik?) mneeha, kifik? 3am bsawwer, ma3lé iza mbayyené inti bil-kamera? (yayy, lésh?) ra7 farrijkon meen martoh l-Sarukh el-jabal! Sawwart Sarukh el-jabal inno ni7na w-Sghar kén fi... biddik abrem l-kamera 3aleyki? | Hello auntie! (Hi, hello, how are you?) Good, how are you? I'm filming, can you see yourself on camera? (Yes, why?) I'll show you who Saroukh el-Jabal's wife is! I filmed Saroukh el-Jabal, from when we were little, there was... do you want me to turn the camera on you? |
| هَيْدي طانط صاروخ الجَبَل. | heydé tante Sarukh el-jabal. | This is Auntie Saroukh el-Jabal. |
| (بِهالمَنْظَر؟) لا، مَنْظَرِك كْتير حَلْو دايِمًا يا طانط. | (bi-hal-manzar?) la, manzarek ktir 7elo dayman ya tante. | (In this view?) No, you always look very nice, auntie. |
| عَمْ بَفَرّجيهُن، كِنْت أَنّو هون كان في صاروخ الجَبَل الدُّكّان. كُنّا نِجي ونِشْتري تِشيبْس وْهيك أَشْيا. | 3am farrijkon, kint anno hon kén fi Sarukh el-jabal ed-dekkén. kenna nijé w-nshtéré chips w-hék ashya. | I'm showing you, I was saying here there used to be the Saroukh el-Jabal shop. We used to come and buy chips and things like that. |
| وشَكْلِك دايِمًا حِلْو يا طانط! يَلّا، باي! | w-shaklek dayman 7elo ya tante! yalla, bye! | And you always look nice, auntie! Okay, bye! |
| طانط / عَمّه | tante / 3ammé | Auntie / aunt. |
| بِهالمَنْظَر؟ | bi-hal-manzar? | In this view? |
| كان في دَجاج... بَسّ... | kén fi dajaj... bass... | There used to be chickens... but... |
| هَيْدا كَمان بَيْت قَدِيم. | hayda kamen bayt 2adiim. | This is also an old house. |
| تَرَكْتْني... | tarakteni... | She left me... |
| وَهَيْدا شارِع قَدِيم وْمَكَسَّر... فيه جُوَر. | w-hayda shéree3 2adiim w-maksar... fiyé juwar. | And this is an old, broken road... there are potholes. |
| جُورَة، جَمْع جُوَر | jourra, pl. juwar | Pothole, pl. potholes. |
| فيه كْتير جُوَر. | fi ktir juwar. | There are a lot of potholes. |
| عَنْجَد بْحِبّ كْتير كْتير ضَيْعَتي. | 3anjad ba7ebb ktir ktir day3ti. | Honestly, I really, really love my village. |
| بَسّ كْتير بِزْعَل. | bass ktir bez3al. | But I get very sad. |
| هَلّق بْصَوِّر عَ رِواق. | hallé bsawwer 3a riwaq. | Now I'm filming on the porch. |
| كْتير بِزْعَل لَمّا يِصير في كْتير بِنايات. | ktir bez3al lamma yiSir fi ktir binéyét. | I get very sad when lots of buildings go up. |
| بِزْعَل كْتير لَمّا يِصير في كْتير بِنايات. | bez3al ktir lamma yiSir fi ktir binéyét. | I get very sad when lots of buildings appear. |
| هَيْدا كَمان بَيْت قَدِيم. | hayda kamen bayt 2adiim. | This is also an old house. |
| هَلّق نِحْنا بَطَّلْنا بِالقَرْنِة، صِرْنا بِالفَرِيكِة. | hallé ni7na baTTalna bil-Qarné, Sirna bil-Frekeh. | Now we've left Qarnet, we're in Freike now. |
| الفَرِيكة هي كَمان ضَيْعة، دُغْري حَدّ ضَيْعَتي – دُغْري حَدّ قَرْنَة الحَمْرا. | el-Frekeh hayé kamen day3a, dughri 7edd day3ti – dughri 7edd Qarnet el-Hamra. | Freike is also a village, right next to my village – right next to Qarnet el-Hamra. |
| هَوْني في كَلْب بِيضَلّ يِعَوّي. | hawni fi kalb biyDall ye3aww. | There's a dog here that keeps howling. |
| هَيْدي نِزْلة / طِلْعة. | heydé nezle / Tal3a. | This is a downhill / uphill slope. |
| عَمْ بِيِعَوّي. | 3am bye3aww. | It's howling. |
| هَيْدول صُخور. | heydol Sokhour. | These are rocks. |
| وْهون... هَلّق رِح تِشوفوا. | w-hon... hallé ra7 tshoufo. | And here... now you'll see. |
| هَيْدا الكَلْب الأَسْوَد، بِيضَلّ يِعَوّي كُلّ الوَقْت... وْبِيعَضّ كَمان! | hayda l-kalb l-aswad, biyDall ye3aww kell il-wa2t... w-bi-3eDD kamen! | This is the black dog, it keeps howling all the time... and it bites too! |
| بِيعَضّ؟ | bi-3eDD? | It bites? |
| يا حَوي! | ya 7iwwé! | Oh no! |
| شِفْتو هون هَيْدا الـ... بَيْت القَدِيم؟ بِيْقولو هَيْدي كانِت مَدْرَسة. | shiftu hon hayda l-... bayt l-2adiim? bi-y2ullu heydé kénet madrasé. | Did you see this... old house? They say this used to be a school. |
| هَيْدي بِنايِة يوسِف – يوسِف صاحْبُه لِلْبابا. | heydé binéyet Yousef – Yousef sé7ibo lil-baba. | This is Yousef's building – Yousef is my dad's friend. |
| عَنْدُه دَجاج. خَلّينا نِشوف الدَّجاج. | 3ando dajaj. khallina nshoof id-dajaj. | He has chickens. Let's see the chickens. |
| يِي، وِينْهُن؟ آه، هَيْدول مِعْزايات. | yay, weynon? éyé, heydol ma3zayét. | Where are they? Oh, these are goats. |
| Bonjour! كيفِك؟ وين الدَّجاج؟ وين صاروا؟ | Bonjour! kifik? ween d-dajaj? ween Saru? | Hello! How are you? Where are the chickens? Where did they go? |
| فينا نْصَوِّرْهُن؟ (أَيْه، أَكيد أَكيد) | fiyé nSawwarhon? (éyé, akid akid) | Can we film them? (Yes, definitely.) |
| هَيْدول مِعْزايات... ما بَعْرِف إِذا شايْفينْهُن. | heydol ma3zayét... ma ba3ref iza shayfenon. | These are goats... I don't know if you can see them. |
| وِالدَّجاج... الدَّجاجات كانوا هون. بَسّ صاروا تاني مِيلة. | w-d-dajaj... d-dajajét kanu hon. bass Saru tani mayle. | And the chickens... the chickens were here. But they've gone somewhere else. |
| بَسّ هَيْدي مِعْزاية. هَيْدول مِعْزايات. | bass heydé ma3zayé. heydol ma3zayét. | But this one is a goat. These are goats. |
| عَمْ بِعْمِل بَرْمة بِالضَّيْعة، عَمْ بْصَوِّر! | 3am be3mel barmé bi-d-day3a, 3am bsawwer! | I'm doing a loop of the village, I'm filming! |
| بَسّ هَلّق ما فينا نِوْصَل عَ الدَّجاجات، إِذا بِيضَلّ يِعَوّي هيك. | bass hallé ma fiyé niwaSSel 3a d-dajajét iza biyDall ye3aww hék. | But now we can't get to the chickens if it keeps howling like that. |
| (أيه، فيكي... بِدِّك... آه، بَسّ مَقْفَل هون. | (éyé, fiki... biddik... éyé, bass mo2fal hon. | (Yes, you... want... yes, but it's locked here. |
| مَعْلي مَعْلي، بْصَوِّر عَن بَعيد. مَرْسي! (ولو!) | ma3lé ma3lé, bsawwer 3an ba3iid. mersi! (wallo!) | Okay, okay, I'll film from afar. Thanks! (Wow!) |
| وْينُه يوسِف؟ (بِالجِنَيْنة تَحْت.) | wen Yousef? (bil-jnéyné taHt.) | Where's Yousef? (In the garden below.) |
| هَلّق بِنْزِل بِحْكي مَعُه. | hallé binzel b-7ké ma3o. | Now I'll go down and talk to him. |
| خَلَص! فَوِّت! | khalaS! fawwit! | Done! Go in! |
| وَرا في دَجاج. | wara fi dajaj. | There are chickens behind. |
| لا لا، خَلَص، تْرَكْيَه. مَرْسي! مَعْلي مَعْلي، ما بِدّي عَزْبِك. | la la, khalaS, tarkiyo. mersi! ma3lé ma3lé, ma biddé 3azbik. | No no, that's enough, leave it. Thanks! Okay, okay, I won't bother you. |
| مَعْلي، مِنّها مِشْكِلة، المُهِمّ فَسَّرْتْلُهُن إِنّو في... عَمْ بِعْمِل فيديو لِلْـYouTube Channel تْبَعي. | ma3lé, mennha mishkle, el-muhimm fassartlhon inno fi... 3am be3mel fidyo lil-YouTube Channel tab3i. | It's fine, no problem. The important thing is I explained to them that... I'm making a video for my YouTube channel. |
| (آه، أُوكي، أَنا أَصْلًا بِدّي أِمْشّيه...) | (éyé, oké, ana aSlan biddé messé...) | (Yes, OK, anyway I wanted to walk it...) |
| رِح أِمْشّيه. | ra7 messé. | I'll walk it. |
| هَيْدي المَدْرَسة، بِتْعَرْفي شي عَنْها؟ | heydé l-madrasé bta3refi shi 3anha? | This school, do you know anything about it? |
| هَيْدي كانِت مَدْرَسة... بَسّ أَكيد هَلّق مَهْجورة. | heydé kénet madrasé... bass akid hallé mahjoura. | This used to be a school... but now it's surely abandoned. |
| رِح يِهْجُم عَلَيّ. | ra7 yehjom 3aleyyé. | It's going to attack me. |
| هَيْدي نِزْلة قَوِيّة. | heydé nezle 2awiyyé. | This is a steep descent. |
| هَلّق أَنا عَمْ بِنْزِل بِالنِّزْلة. | hallé ana 3am binzel bin-nezle. | Now I'm going down the slope. |
| إِمّه فِلَسْطينيّة. | immo Filastiniyyé. | His mother is Palestinian. |
| "بِدْكُن أَعْمِلْكُن سَنْدويش لَبْنِة وزَيْتون؟" | "biddkon a3melkon sandwich labne w-zeytoun?" | "Do you want me to make you labneh and olive sandwiches?" |
| لَيْكو هون في حِمار! | layko hon fi 7mar! | Look, there's a donkey here! |
| إيه، صاروا تِنَيْن! هَيْدا حِمار... يِمْكِن حِمارة كَمان. شو حِلْو! | éyé, Saru tnén! hayda 7mar... yémken 7mara kamen. sho 7elo! | Yes, now there are two! This is a donkey... maybe a female donkey too. How nice! |
| في حْمارين... آه! تَلات حْمير! صاروا تَلات حْمير. | fi 7mareen... éyé! tlat 7mir! Saru tlat 7mir. | There are two donkeys... ah! Three donkeys! Now there are three donkeys. |
| عَمْ بِيِعْمِل بِي-بِي. لَيْكو! | 3am bye3mel bi-bi. layko! | It's going "bee-bee". Look! |
| وْهَلّق عَمْ بِيِشْرَب مَيّ. | w-hallé 3am byeshrab may. | And now it's drinking water. |
| بَعْتَقِد... مممم، أَه-أَو... | ba3taked... mmm, ah-oo... | I think... mmm, ah-oo... |
| هَيْدا بَيْت إِمّه لِيوسِف، بَسّ هَلّق هُوّ عَمّر بِنايِة ورا. | hayda bayt immo l-Yousef, bass hallé hoo 3ammar binéyé wara. | This is Yousef's mother's house, but now he's built a building behind it. |
| وْهون مَحَلُّه لِيوسِف. | w-hon ma7allo l-Yousef. | And here is Yousef's place. |
| يوسِف كْتير ناجِح هَلّق. سْمَعْلَّه. | Yousef ktir najeH hallé. sma3-lleh. | Yousef is very successful now. Mashallah. |
| هَلّق يوسِف صار كْتير ناجِح. سْمَعْلَّه. | hallé Yousef Sar ktir najeH. sma3-lleh. | Now Yousef has become very successful. Mashallah. |
| هون بَيْت إِمّه لِيوسِف، كَمان بَيْت قَدِيم – بَيْت لُبْنانيّ قَدِيم. | hon bayt immo l-Yousef, kamen bayt 2adiim – bayt lebnéné 2adiim. | Here's Yousef's mother's house, also an old house – an old Lebanese house. |
| البَيْت اللُّبْنانيّ القَدِيم بِيكونوا عادةً شْبابيكُه هيك. | el-bayt el-lebnéné l-2adiim bikoono 3adatan sh-babiiko hék. | Old Lebanese houses usually have windows like this. |
| وأَكيد بِيكون في أَرْمِيد مِن فَوْق. | w-akid bikoon fi armid min foo2. | And there's surely an arched ceiling on top. |
| وْكِلْهُن عَنْدُن أَرْمِيد عَ السَّطْح. | w-kellhon 3andon armid 3a s-sateH. | And they all have arches on the roof. |
| لَيْكو، هَيْدا البَيْت شو حِلْو. | layko, hayda l-bayt sho 7elo. | Look at this house, how nice. |
| أَنا بِمُوت بِالبِيوت القَدِيمة. | ana bamuut bil-byoot l-2adiime. | I'm mad about old houses. |
| في هون بِنايِة، ما حِبّيتْها. | fi hon binéyé, ma 7abbéétha. | There's a building here, I didn't like it. |
| في هون شَجَر – في كْتير شَجَر، بَسّ ما بَعْرِف شو هُنّ. | fi hon shajar – fi ktir shajar, bass ma ba3ref sho hinnéé. | There are trees here – lots of trees, but I don't know what they are. |
| هون بِتْذَكَّر كان في بَقَرة. خَلّونا نِشوف إِذا بَعْدْها هون. | hon bitzakkar kén fi baqra. khallouna nshoof iza ba3dha hon. | I remember there was a cow here. Let's see if it's still here. |
| بَسّ في بِسَيْنْتَيْن! شو مَهْضومين! أَوه، هَرْبوا. | bass fi bsayyenteen! sho mhdoumeen! oh, hrabu. | But there are two cats! How cute! Oh, they ran off. |
| آه، كمان في بِسَيْنْتَيْن هون! | éyé, kamen fi bsayyenteen hon! | Yes, there are two more cats here! |
| هَالمَدْخَل كْتير حِلْو. وهيدا مَزار. | hal-madkhal ktir 7elo. w-hayda mazar. | This entrance is very nice. And this is a shrine. |
| لَيْكو هَيْدي السَّيّارة القَدِيمة... مَعْقول شو حِلْوة؟ | layko heydé s-sayyara l-2adiime... ma3ool sho 7elwé? | Look at this old car... honestly, how nice is it? |
| وْهَيْدي طِلْعة... | w-heydé Tal3a... | And this is a climb... |
| وْهون في فان، لَوْنُه أورانج. | w-hon fi van, lono orange. | And here's a van, it's orange. |
| وْهون في عَنْزوقة – كانِت عَنْزوقة. | w-hon fi 3enzoka – kénet 3enzoka. | And here there was a stubborn one (a 'enzouka'). |
| أَنا عَمْ بِتْعَنْزَق. | ana 3am bet3anzaq. | I'm being stubborn. |
| هَلّق رِح يِنْقَطِع نَفَسي. | hallé ra7 yenqaT3 nafasi. | Now I'm going to run out of breath. |
| بِحِبّ كْتير رِيحة لـ... رِيحة الخِرا! هَهَهَه. | bHebb ktir reeHet l... reeHet el-khra! hahaha. | I really love the smell of... the smell of manure! Hahaha. |
| أَنا هَلّق عَ الطَّلْعة، رِح يِنْقَطِع نَفَسي. | ana hallé 3a t-tal3a, ra7 yenqaT3 nafsi. | I'm climbing now, I'm going to run out of breath. |
| هَيْدي هِيّي المَدْرَسة. شي مَرّة بْفوت بْصَوِّر جوّا... بَسّ هَلّق بِخاف شْوَي. لا، ما لازِم خاف. بَسّ إِنّو بِيكون في عَتْمة أَصْلًا، ما بْتِشوفوا. | heydé hiyé l-madrasé. shi marra bfoot bsawwer juwwa... bass hallé bkhéf shwayy. la, ma lazem khéf. bass inno bikoon fi 3ta'me aSlan, ma bitshoufo. | This is the school. Sometimes I go in to film... but now I'm a bit scared. No, I shouldn't be scared. But it'll be dark anyway, you won't see. |
| بِيكون في عَتْمة، يِمْكِن ما تِشوفوا. | bikoon fi 3ta'me, yémken ma tshoufo. | It'll be dark, maybe you won't see. |
| هَيْدا دَرَج قَدِيم... أَوَّل مَرّة بِطْلَع عَلَيه. | hayda daraj 2adiim... awwal marra btal3 3aleh. | This is an old staircase... first time I'm going up it. |
| واااو، شو حِلْو! أَوَّل مَرّة بِشوف. لَيْكو السَّقْف. | waaaw, sho 7elo! awwal marra bshuf. layko s-saqf. | Wow, how nice! First time I've seen it. Look at the ceiling. |
| صار كْتير قَدِيم. | Sar ktir 2adiim. | It's become very old. |
| السَّقْف | es-saqf | The ceiling. |
| شِفْتو الباب القَدِيم؟ | shiftu l-bab l-2adiim? | Did you see the old door? |
| عادةً – ما بَعْرِف ليش – البَوّابة والشَّبابيك بِيكونوا خُضر بِالبيوت القَدِيمة. | 3adatan – ma ba3ref layh – l-bawwabe w-sh-babik bikoono khoDor bil-byoot l-2adiime. | Usually – I don't know why – the doors and windows in old houses are green. |
| خَلّيني فوت بَعْد شْوَي لِجوّا. | khalliné fut ba3d shwayy l-juwwa. | Let me go in a bit later, inside. |
| ما في كْتير... آه، هَيْدا حَمّام قَدِيم. | ma fi ktir... éyé, hayda Hammam 2adiim. | There's not much... yes, this is an old bathroom. |
| لَحْظة بَسّ... | la7za bass... | Just a moment... |
| واااو، عَنْجَد شو حِلْو! | waaw, 3anjad sho 7elo! | Wow, really, how nice! |
| يِمْكِن كان صَفّ... يِمْكِن هَيْدا كان صَفّ، مَع شْبابيك، وْالسَّقْف أَكيد دايِمًا كْتير عالي. | yémken kén Saff... yémken hayda kén Saff, ma3 sh-babik, w-es-saqf akid dayman ktir 3aali. | Maybe it was a classroom... maybe this was a classroom, with windows, and the ceiling is surely always very high. |
| السَّقْف بِيكون كْتير عالي. | es-saqf bikoon ktir 3aali. | The ceiling is usually very high. |
| خَلّينا نِشوف شو في هون... | khallina nshoof sho fi hon... | Let's see what's here... |
| قَزّاز مَكَسَّر | qazaz maksar | Broken glass. |
| رِح فوت بَعْد أَكْتَر... آه، ما شي، كَمان أُوضة فاضْية. | ra7 fut ba3d aktar... éyé, ma shi, kamen oDa fadyé. | I'll go in further... no, nothing, another empty room. |
| خَلّينا نِشوف إِذا في شي تاني. | khallina nshoof iza fi shi tani. | Let's see if there's anything else. |
| أُوَض فاضْية وْمَكَسَّرة. | oDa fadyé w-maksara. | Empty and broken rooms. |
| هَيْدا حَمّام، بَسّ كْتير عَتْمة. | hayda Hammam, bass ktir 3ta'me. | This is a bathroom, but very dark. |
| يِمْكِن هَيْدا المَطْبَخ... إِيه، هَيْدا المَطْبَخ. | yémken hayda l-maTbakh... éyé, hayda l-maTbakh. | Maybe this is the kitchen... yes, this is the kitchen. |
| هَيْدا المَطْبَخ، وْهَيْدا البَيْت القَدِيم أَوِ المَدْرَسة القَدِيمة. | hayda l-maTbakh, w-hayda l-bayt l-2adiim aw l-madrasé l-2adiime. | This is the kitchen, and this is the old house or the old school. |
| شو حِلْو إِذا واحِد أَخَذْها وْرَمَّمْها. | sho 7elo iza wa7ed akhadha w-rammamha. | How nice if someone took it and restored it. |
| لَيْكو مَلّا جِنَيْنة. | layko mallé jnéyné. | Look, the garden is full. |
| صَوَّرْت الحْمير، وين البَقَرة دَخَلِك؟ | Sawwart el-7mir, ween el-baqra dakhlek? | I filmed the donkeys, where did the cow go on you? |
| بَطَلِت مَوْجودة، سَكَّروا الباب عَلَيْها أَو شي... قِلْوَلَك ماتِت؟ | baTalt mawjoude, sakkaru l-bab 3aleyha aw shi... ?allu-lak mat? | She's not there anymore, they shut the door on her or something... did they tell you she died? |
| لا، ما سَأَلْتُهُن، بَسّ كان الباب مَسْكّر. | la, ma sa2altehon, bass kén l-bab maskkar. | No, I didn't ask them, but the door was shut. |
| خَلاص، مَعْلي، مَرْسي! | khalaS, ma3lé, mersi! | That's it, okay, thanks! |
| صَوَّرْت، عَمْ بْصَوِّر الإِشْيا القَدِيمة أَكْتر، مَرْسي. | Sawwart, 3am bsawwer il-ashya l-2adiime aktar, mersi. | I filmed, I'm filming the old things more, thanks. |
| أَيّ واحِد؟ | ayyé wa7ed? | Which one? |
| هَيْدا عالْيَمين؟ | hayda 3al-yemeen? | This one, on the right? |
| إِيه إِيه أَكيد، صَوَّرْتو صَوَّرْتو. مَرْسي كْتير! | éyé éyé akid, Sawwartu Sawwartu. mersi ktir! | Yes yes, of course, I filmed it, I filmed it. Thank you so much! |
| لَيْكو مَلّا جِنَيْنة. | layko mallé jnéyné. | Look, the garden is full. |
| شِفْتو هَيْدا حَجَر قَدِيم. هَيْدا حَجَر قَدِيم، وْالبيوت القَدِيمة، أَكيد مَعْمولة مِن حَجَر قَدِيم. | shiftu hayda Hajar 2adiim. hayda Hajar 2adiim, w-l-byoot l-2adiime, akid ma3moole min Hajar 2adiim. | Did you see this old stone? This is old stone, and old houses are surely made of old stone. |
| حَجَر قَدِيم | Hajar 2adiim | Old stone. |
| خَلّونا نْكَمِّل هالمَشْوة. | khallouna nkammel hal-mashwé. | Let's carry on with this walk. |
| بِدّي شوف هَيْدي السَّيّارة القَدِيمة. | biddé shoof heydé s-sayyara l-2adiime. | I want to look at this old car. |
| يا الله، لَيْكو الجَبَل الأَخْضَر. | ya Allah, layko el-jabal el-akhDar. | Oh my God, look at the green mountain. |
| الجَبَل الأَخْضَر | el-jabal el-akhDar | The green mountain. |
| هَيْدي بِنايِة جَديدة مَثَلًا... وْعالْيَة. | heydé binéyé jdéyde mesalan... w-3aliyé. | This is a new building, for example... and tall. |
| لَيْكو المِرْسِيدِس... بَلا أَضْوِية. | layko el-mercedes... bala aDwé. | Look at the Mercedes... with no lights. |
| ضَوّ، جَمْع أَضْوِية | Daw, pl. aDwé | Light, pl. lights. |
| بَلا أَضْوِية وْبَلا شي. | bala aDwé w-bala shi. | With no lights and nothing. |
| مِرْسِيدِس عَجْنينة... ما فيها شي. | mercedes 3ajneeneh... ma fiha shi. | A junk Mercedes... there's nothing in it. |
| هَيْدا شي كْتير حِلْو. | hayda shi ktir 7elo. | This is a really nice thing. |
| خَلّينا نِطْلَع مِن هون... لا، بِكون عَمْ بْطَوِّل الطَّريق. | khallina nTla3 min hon... la, bkoon 3am bTawwel et-tariq. | Let's leave from here... no, I'll be making the road longer. |
| كَمان هَيْدي مِرْسِيدِس قَدِيمة، بَسّ مِش كْتير كْتير قَدِيمة مِتْل هَيْدِيك. | kamen heydé mercedes 2adiime, bass mesh ktir ktir 2adiime metl heydék. | This is also an old Mercedes, but not as old as that one. |
| شو كَمان في...؟ | sho kamen fi...? | What else is there...? |
| أَكيد، هَيْدا عَمود كَهْرَبا، وهَيْدا عَمود تاني. | akid, hayda 3amud kahraba, w-hayda 3amud tani. | Sure, this is an electricity pole, and this is another pole. |
| أَكيد بِلُبْنان، في عَنّا كْتير عَواميد كَهْرَبا. | akid bi-Lubnén, fi 3anna ktir 3awamid kahraba. | Of course in Lebanon we have lots of electricity poles. |
| في كْتير عَنّا عَواميد كَهْرَبا. | fi ktir 3anna 3awamid kahraba. | We have lots of electricity poles. |
| هَلّق رِح نِطْلَع لَفَوْق. | hallé ra7 nTla3 la-foo2. | Now we're going up. |
| أَنا ما بِحِبّ أَبَدًا عَواميد الكَهْرَبا. | ana ma ba7ebb abadan 3awamid el-kahraba. | I never like electricity poles at all. |
| يَلّا، خَلّونا نِمْشي... شو بَعْد بَقول... | yalla, khallouna nemshi... sho ba3d ba2ool... | Come on, let's walk... what else should I say... |
| هَيْدا جِذْع... جِذْع زَيْتون. | hayda jed3... jed3 zeytoun. | This is a trunk... an olive trunk. |
| هَلّق بِيْعَصِّب هَيْدا... آه لا، ما عَصَّب. تْعَوَّد عَلَيْنا. | hallé bye3aSSeb hayda... éyé la, ma 3aSSeb. t3awwad 3aleyna. | Now this one's going to get annoyed... oh no, it didn't. It got used to us. |
| تْعَوَّد عَلَيْنا | t3awwad 3aleyna | It got used to us. |
| شْوَي شوب اليوم... يا ريت رِحِت عَ البَحْر. | shwayy shoob el-yoom... ya rét ri7it 3al-baHr. | Today's a bit... I wish I'd gone to the sea. |
| شوفوا الصَّنَوْبَر. | shoufo S-sanobar. | Look at the pines. |
| هَيْدا شو؟ أَكِّيدِنِي؟ | hayda sho? akiidni? | What's this? Is it a...? |
| تْراكْتور | tractor | Tractor. |
| في وَلَد عَمْ بِيِصَرِّخ. | fi walad 3am bye Sarrekh. | There's a boy yelling. |
| بِتْذَكَّر جَيْت مَرّة عَ هَالبَيْت. | bitzakkar jeet marra 3a hal-bayt. | I remember coming to this house once. |
| ما بَعْرِف أَيْمْتى... بَسّ كِنْت كْتير صْغيرة. | ma ba3ref eymta... bass kint ktir Sghayra. | I don't know when... but I was very little. |
| هَلّق رِح خَبِّركُن قِصّة. | hallé ra7 khabbarkon 2ésa. | Now I'll tell you a story. |
| هَيْدي شَجَرِة تين. | heydé shajaret tiin. | This is a fig tree. |
| في رِيحة باربيكيو. | fi reeHet barbecue. | There's a barbecue smell. |
| هَوْني في طِلْعة تانْية. | hawni fi Tal3a tanyé. | Here there's another climb. |
| كُنّا كِلّ يَوْم كِلّ يَوْم نِطْلَع مِيَة مَرّة عَ الكَنيسَة – دَيْر، وْنِقْضّي نْهارْنا هونيك. وْكُنّا نِطْلَع وْنِنْزِل كِلّ النَّهار. | kenna kell yoom kell yoom ntale3 miyé marra 3al-kneesé – deir, w-nqaDDi nharna honéék. w-kenna ntale3 w-ninzal kell n-nhar. | Every single day we'd go up to the church – the monastery – a hundred times, and spend our day there. We'd go up and down all day. |
| كِلّ نَهار – كِلّ النَّهار | kell nhar – kell n-nhar | Every day – all day. |
| هَيْدي صورة عَمّو سَرْكيس. | heydé Sourat 3ammo Sarkis. | This is a picture of Uncle Sarkis. |
| مَكْتوب "حِلْو الوَفا...". | maktoub "7elo l-wafa...". | It reads "Loyalty is sweet...". |
| نِزِل عَ الانْتِخابات، بَسّ ما رِبِح. | nezel 3al-intikhabat, bass ma ribeH. | He ran in the elections, but didn't win. |
| كِنْت حِبّو لَ إِلْياس. | kint 7abbo l-Elias. | I used to have a crush on Elias. |
| بِحِبّ إِلْياس – بِحِبّو لَ إِلْياس. | bHebb Elias – bHebbo l-Elias. | I love Elias – I love him like Elias. |
| شوفوا شو حِلْو المَنْظَر. | shoufo sho 7elo l-manzar. | Look how nice the view is. |
| وَقْتْها كِنْت حِبّو لَ إِلْياس، كان عُمْري حِدْعَش. | wa2tha kint 7abbo l-Elias, kén 3omri 7da3sh. | Back then I had a crush on Elias, I was eleven. |
| العَذْرا | el-3edra | The Virgin (Mary). |
| كان يِكون في ناس، ناس قاعْدين عَ البَلْكون. | kén ykoon fi nés, nés 3édin 3al-balkon. | There used to be people, people sitting on the balcony. |
| شو حِلْوين هَالوُرود – الزُّهور، ما بَعْرِف شو اِسْمُن. | sho 7elwin hal-wurood – z-zhoor, ma ba3ref sho ismon. | How nice these roses are – the flowers, I don't know what they're called. |
| وْهَيْدا المَنْظَر... بِيَاخُد العَقْل. | w-hayda l-manzar... byeekhod el-3a2el. | And this view... takes your breath away. |
| شِفْتو قَدّيه صار في بِنايات؟ | shiftu 2addéé Sar fi binéyét? | Did you see how many buildings have appeared? |
| صار في كْتير كْتير بِنايات. | Sar fi ktir ktir binéyét. | Lots and lots of buildings have appeared. |
| مِن قَبْل كان كُلّو أَخْضَر. كان كْتير حِلو. | min 2abal kén kullo akhDar. kén ktir 7elo. | Before it was all green. It was very nice. |
| مَنْظَر بِيَاخُد العَقْل. | manzar byeekhod el-3a2el. | A view that takes your breath away. |
| دُولاب، جَمْع دَواليب | dolab, pl. dawaleeb | Wheel, pl. wheels. |
| خِفِت وْوَقَّفْت هون. | khifit w-wa22aft hon. | I got scared and stopped here. |
| وَقَّفْت – وِقِفِت | wa22aft – wa2ifit | I stopped – I stood. |
| وْرَجَعْت، رَجَعْت عَ البِيسِيكِلات. | w-rja3et, rja3et 3al-bisiklét. | And I went back, I went back to the bikes. |
| في ناس هون... رِح صَوِّر الطَّرَف. | fi nés hon... ra7 sawwer t-taraf. | There are people here... I'll film the side. |
| هَيْدي بِنايِة، بَسّ قَدِيمة وْحِلْوة. | heydé binéyé, bass 2adiime w-7elwé. | This is a building, but old and nice. |
| مَثَلًا، هَيْدي البِنايِة جَديدة. ما كانِت. | mesalan, heydé l-binéyé jdéyde. ma kénet. | For example, this building is new. It wasn't here before. |
| وْهَيْدي كَمان بِنايِة تانْية. | w-heydé kamen binéyé tanyé. | And this is another building. |
| هَيْدي بِنايِة تانْية عَمْ بِتِتْعَمَّر. | heydé binéyé tanyé 3am bitte3ammar. | This is another building being built. |
| هَيْدا مَنْقَل. | hayda manqal. | This is a brazier. |
| هَيْدي البِنايِة كَمان ما كانِت مَوْجودة. | heydé l-binéyé kamen ma kénet mawjoude. | This building also wasn't here before. |
| غابة | ghébé | Forest. |
| حُرْش | 7orsh | Woods, grove. |
| في كْتير شَجَر صَنَوْبَر. | fi ktir shajar Sanobar. | There are lots of pine trees. |
| كُنّا نِرُوح ناكُل... بِالسْناك هونيك. | kenna nrou7 nékol... bis-snak honéék. | We used to go and eat... at the snack bar over there. |
| وْبِالرَّجْعَة، كُنّا نِلْقُط إيدِين بَعْض. | w-bir-rej3a, kenna nel2oT iden ba3D. | And on the way back, we'd hold each other's hands. |
| كُنّا نِشَنْكِل إيدِين بَعْض، لأَنّو كُنّا نِخاف نِمْشي حِدّ المَقابِر. | kenna nshanke-l iden ba3D, la2anno kenna nkhéf nmshi 7edd el-maqaber. | We'd link hands, because we were afraid to walk near the cemeteries. |
| مَقْبَرة، مَقْبَرَتَيْن، جَمْع مَقابِر | maqbara, maqbaratén, pl. maqaber | Cemetery, two cemeteries, pl. cemeteries. |
| هَيْدي مَقْبَرة كْتير حَلْوة. | heydé maqbara ktir 7elwé. | This cemetery is very beautiful. |
| أَمين الرَّيْحاني | Amin el-Rihani | Ameen al-Rihani (name). |
| هَيْدي مَقْبَرة الشّاعِر أَمين الرَّيْحاني. | heydé maqbaret esh-sha3er Amin el-Rihani. | This is the grave of the poet Ameen Rihani. |
| هَيْدي مَقْبَرة أَمين الرَّيْحاني، حِدّ الكَنيسة، دُغْري أَكيد. | heydé maqbaret Amin el-Rihani, 7edd el-kneesé, dughri akid. | This is Ameen Rihani's grave, right next to the church, for sure. |
| دُغْري | dughri | Right next to / right beside. |
| وْرِح أَقْرِيلْكُن هَيْدا المَقْطَع اللي بِحِبّو. | w-ra7 2ra-lkon hayda l-maqta3 lli ba7ebbo. | And I'll read you this passage that I love. |
| خَلّينا نِقْرا شو مَكْتوب هونيك. | khallina n2ra sho maktoub honéék. | Let's read what's written there. |
| "أَوَدُّ أَنْ أَحْيا دُونَ أَنْ أُبْغِضَ أَحَدًا، وَأُحِبَّ دُونَ أَنْ أَغارَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ، وَأَتَقَدَّمَ دُونَ أَنْ أَدُوسَ مَنْ هُمْ دُونِي أَوْ أَحْسُدَ مَنْ هُمْ فَوْقِي. – أَمين الرَّيْحاني" | "awaddu an aHya duuna an abghiDa aHadan, wa-uHibba duuna an aghaara min aHadin, wa-atqaddama duuna an adwsa man hum duuni aw aHsuda man hum fawqi. – Ameen al-Rihani" | "I wish to live without hating anyone, and to love without envying anyone, and to advance without trampling on those beneath me or envying those above me. – Ameen al-Rihani" |
| خَلّينا هَلّق نِوَقِّف. | khallina hallé niwaqqef. | Let's stop now. |
| هَيْدي المِشْوة الحِلْوة بِضَيْعَتي. | heydé l-mashwé l-7elwé bi-day3ti. | This is the lovely walk in my village. |
| هَيْدي كَنيسَة مار جِرْجِس. | heydé kneesét Mar Jirjis. | This is the Church of Saint George. |
| هَيْدا الدَّيْر، وهَيْدي الكَنيسة. | hayda d-deir, w-heydé l-kneesé. | This is the monastery, and this is the church. |
| هَيْدا البَيْت كْتير كْتير حِلْو. | hayda l-bayt ktir ktir 7elo. | This house is very, very nice. |
| هَيْدا البَيْت كان قَدِيم، ورَمَّموه. | hayda l-bayt kén 2adiim, w-rammamu. | This house was old, and they restored it. |
| خَلّينا نِشوفُه... | khallina nshoofo... | Let's look at it... |
| خَلّينا نِشوف هَيْدا القَدِيم... البَيْت القَدِيم، sorry. | khallina nshoof hayda l-2adiim... l-bayt l-2adiim, sorry. | Let's look at this old one... the old house, sorry. |
| هَيْدا البَيْت القَدِيم اللي رَمَّموه. كْتير حِلْو. | hayda l-bayt l-2adiim lli rammamu. ktir 7elo. | This old house that they restored. Very nice. |
| رِح فَرّجيكُن مِن قُدّام... البَوّابة. | ra7 farrijkon min 2uddam... l-bawwabe. | I'll show you from the front... the gate. |
| باب – بَوّابة | bab – bawwaba | Door – gate. |
| شِفْتو البَلْكون شو حِلْو؟ | shiftu l-balkon sho 7elo? | Did you see the balcony, how nice? |
| هَيْك بِيْخَلّص دَرْسْنا لِليوم. | hék byekhalles darsna la-l-yoom. | That's how our lesson ends today. |
| رِح فَرّجيكُن بَعْد شْوَي... | ra7 farrijkon ba3d shwayy... | I'll show you again in a bit... |
| نْشالله تْكونوا نِبْسَطْتو. أَنا كْتير نِبْسَطْت بِهَيْدي المِشْوة. | inshallah tkounu nbasTtu. ana ktir nbasTt bi-heydé l-mashwé. | Hopefully you've enjoyed it. I really enjoyed this walk. |
| أَنا كْتير نِبْسَطْت بِهَيْدي المِشْوة، وْ... أَنا كْتير بِحِبّ ضَيْعَتي. | ana ktir nbasTt bi-heydé l-mashwé, w... ana ktir ba7ebb day3ti. | I really enjoyed this walk, and... I really love my village. |
| أَنا كْتير بِحِبّ ضَيْعَتي، وْبِحِبّ مَحَلّ ما كْبِرْت. بِحِبّ كِلّ زاوية. وْ... يَعْني بِحِسّ إِنّو هَيْدا المَحَلّ، هون، يَعْني هَيْدا المَطْرَح أَنا. | ana ktir ba7ebb day3ti, w-ba7ebb ma7all ma kbirt. ba7ebb kell zawye. w... ya3ni bi7iss inno hayda l-ma7all, hon, ya3ni hayda l-matraH ana. | I really love my village, and I love the place where I grew up. I love every corner. And... I mean I feel like this place, here, this place is me. |
| هَيْدا المَحَلّ أَنا. | hayda l-ma7all ana. | This place is me. |
| طَيِّب، يَلّا، شُكْرًا كْتير، وبَشوفْكُن مَرّة الجاية. | Tayyeb, yalla, shukran ktir, w-bshoufkon marra l-jayyé. | Okay, come on, thank you so much, and I'll see you next time. |