How to say “no one” in Palestinian Arabic
The word is ma-7ada (ما حَدا). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.
ما حَدا
nobody · no one · not anybody
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In a sentence
ما حَدا بالمَخْزَن.
Nobody is in the storeroom.
وْما حَدا كان بَرّا.
And nobody was outside.
كْوَيّس، ما حَدا بِيدْفُش بِدُكّانِي.
Good, nobody pushes in my shop.
il-beet kaan faaDi, ma kaan fee 7ada juwwa.
البِيت كان فاضِي، ما كان فِي حَدا جُوّا.
The house was empty, there was no one inside.
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