How to say “on” in Palestinian Arabic
The word is 3ala (عَلَى). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.
عَلَى
prepon · onto · about
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3ala sits behind each of these too.
In a sentence
الْأُسْتَاز عَلَى الْوَقْت.
The teacher is on time.
إِجَا الْوَلَد ورَاح عَلَى الْمَدْرَسِة.
The boy came and went to school.
nizelna 3ala T-Tareeq u-rije3na ti3baaneen.
نِزِلْنا عَلى الطّريق وْرِجِعْنا تِعْبانين.
We went down to the road and came back tired.
rikebna min il-mawqaf u-Tile3na 3ala l-beet.
رِكِبْنا مِن المَوْقَف وْطِلِعْنا عَلى البيت.
We got on at the bus stop and went up to the house.
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