How to say “not anybody” 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.
ma 7ada ghaSabo, huwwe 'aDrab b-'iraadto.
ما حَدا غَصَبو، هُوّه أَضْرَب بْإِرادْتو.
Nobody forced him, he went on strike of his own will.
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