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How to say “old” in Palestinian Arabic

You have 3 to choose from; the shades of meaning are in each card. Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.

كْبِير

adj

big · adult · old

plural kbaarfeminine kbeere

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خِتْيار

old

plural khetyaariyye / khtyaariyye

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قَدِيم

adj

old (of things) · ancient

plural qudama / qudamaa'feminine meregister educated

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بِيتَك كْبِير.

Your house is big. (to a man)

الْبِيت قَدِيم، مِش جْدِيد.

The house is old, not new.

الخِتْيار مَرِيض، لازِم يْكُون هَون.

The old man is sick; he must be here.

فِي شَجَرَة كْبِيرِة فِي الْحَاكُورَة.

There is a big tree in the vegetable plot.

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