LEBANESE ARABIC — USING بدّ FOR MUST OR NEED — PART 6
Hi again.
Please read the disclaimer before you proceed.
Done? Great.
We all know that بد in Lebanese means to want. However, this same word has its second meaning, — it is used to express obligation or necessity.
I am not going to give you any examples this time. Just try to translate the following back into Lebanese like we did in my previous posts.
Enjoy.
- You need half a hour to get here.
- OK (literally Look), this is how we have to get out this fix.
- Hey! How much time do we need? Hey, what’s wrong?
- You have to see her first because you are my real friend (literally brother).
- What can I tell you?
- - And you preferred the easy way, you became a thief and starting stealing stuff.
- Are you serious, Sir? It’s not easy at all. The job required practice and physical training. - - Is there something wrong?
- Why does something have to be wrong? - I mean something normally comes at the expense of something else.
- I will have to neglect either my job or my house.
- It’s the same in Lebanese as in the Gulf dialects, but the pronunciation is different. If you want the Lebanese pronunciation, you have to say…
- - Is everything OK?
- ‘Is everything OK?’ What exactly can be OK??
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1)بدك نص ساعة لتوصلي لعندي. (فادي وراضي)
2)شوف كيف بدنا نخلص من هالورطة (فادي وراضي)
3)ليك قديش بدك وقت؟ ليك شو شو في؟ (مافي متلو)
4)انت بدك تشوفا أول واحد لأنك خيي الأصلي انت (مافي متلو)
5)شو بدي قول؟..
6)- واخترت الطريق السهل. عملت حرامي وصرت تسرق
-من وين لوين سيدنا؟ مش سهل أبدا. شغلة بدا تمرين بدا لياقة بدنية
(أبطال وحرامية)
7)- في شي؟
- ليه بدو يكون في شي؟
(أبطال وحرامية)
8)يعني شي بدو يجي على حساب شي تاني
9)يا بدي قصر بشغلي او ببيتي
10)نفس الشي باللبناني متل الخليجي بس اللفظ غير، ازا بدك تلفظها باللبناني بدك تقول …
11)- شو؟ ماشي الحال؟
- مشي الحال؟ على شو بَدّو يمشي الحال (مافي متلو)
