How to say “owner” in Palestinian Arabic
The word is Saa7eb (صَاحِب). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.
صَاحِب
friend · owner
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Saa7eb sits behind each of these too.
In a sentence
صاحْبِي كان بالقَهْوِة إمْبارِح.
My friend was at the café yesterday.
صاحْبَك كان قَرِيب كَمان، مَظْبُوط؟
Your friend was a relative too, right?
لأ، كان صاحِب بَس، مِش قَرِيب.
No, he was just a friend, not a relative.
ba3d-ma rije3 min is-safar, wadda3na Saa7bo 3a-l-ma7aTTa.
بَعِدما رِجِع مِن السَّفَر، وَدَّعْنا صاحْبو عَالمَحَطّة.
After he came back from the trip, we said goodbye to his friend at the station.
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