How to say “foreigner” in Palestinian Arabic
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أَجْنَبِي
foreigner
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أَجْنَبِيِّة
foreigner
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In a sentence
Saa7bi 'ajnabi, u-jaari 3arabi zayyna.
صاحْبي أَجْنَبي، وْجاري عَرَبي زَيّنا.
My friend is a foreigner, and my neighbour is an Arab like us.
Saa7ebti 'ajnabiyye, u-'ukhti 3arabiyye zayyna.
صاحِبْتي أَجْنَبِيِّة، وْأُخْتي عَرَبِيِّة زَيّنا.
My friend is a foreigner, and my sister is an Arab like us.
il-lugha il-'ajnabiyye 'aS3ab min il-3arabi 3alayy.
اللُّغة الأَجْنَبِيِّة أَصْعَب مِن العَرَبِي عَلَيّ.
The foreign language is harder than Arabic for me.
b-il-mustaqbal biddi 'a3raf lugha 'ajnabiyye kwayyes.
بِالمُسْتَقْبَل بِدّي أَعْرَف لُغة أَجْنَبِيِّة كْوَيِّس.
In the future I want to know a foreign language well.
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