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How to say “now” in Palestinian Arabic

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al-'aan

الآن

now

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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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