How to say “now” in Palestinian Arabic
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al-'aan
الآن
now
هَلَّق
now
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In a sentence
المُدِير مَشْغُول كْتِير هَلَّق.
The manager is very busy right now.
بِدِّي أَفْتَح الْبَاب هَلَّق.
I want to open the door now.
fee nuqTa muhimme laazem ni7ki 3anha hal-'aan.
في نُقْطة مُهِمّة لازِم نِحْكِي عَنْها هَالآن.
There is an important point we have to talk about now.
bil-3aammiyye bniqool hallaq, u-bil-fuS7a bniqool al-'aan.
بِالعامِّيّة بِنْقول هَلَّق، وَبِالفُصْحى بِنْقول الآن.
In colloquial we say hallaq, and in fuṣḥa we say al-aan.
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