How to say “beautiful” in Palestinian Arabic

The word is 7ilu (حِلُو). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.

حِلُو

beautiful · sweet · nice

plural 7ilweenfeminine 7ilwe

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7ilu sits behind each of these too.

البِنْت حِلْوة.

The girl is pretty.

الْبِيت كْبِير وحِلُو. مُمْتاز!

The house is big and nice. Excellent!

هَادا الدَّفْتَر حِلُو وْكْبِير.

This notebook is nice and big.

عِنْدِي جَرِيدة، بَس مِش حِلْوة.

I have a newspaper, but it's not nice.

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