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How to say “happen” in Palestinian Arabic

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

صَار

verb

to happen · to become

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Saar sits behind each of these too.

In a sentence

شُو صار بالحاكُورَة؟

What happened in the vegetable plot?

Saar li mudde ma shuftak.

صار لي مُدّة ما شُفْتَك.

It's been a while since I saw you.

smi3t Syaa7 u-hwaayaat barra, shoo Saar?

سْمِعْت صْياح وهْوايات بَرّا، شو صار؟

I heard shouting and blows outside; what happened?

baTTalna ish-shughol lamma Saar fee bard.

بَطَّلْنا الشُّغُل لَمّا صار فِي بَرْد.

We stopped working when it got cold.

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