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How to say “subject” in Palestinian Arabic

The word is mawDoo3 (مَوْضُوع). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.

مَوْضُوع

subject · topic

plural mawaaDee3

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mawDoo3 sits behind each of these too.

In a sentence

المَوْضُوع إنُّه فِي حَرْب بالعالَم.

The thing is that there's a war in the world.

آه، المَوْضُوع صَعْب. مَصِر كْبِيرِة كْتِير.

Yeah, it's a tough situation. Egypt is very big.

أَنا تَرَكْت الأَكْل بَرّا، هادا المَوْضُوع.

I left the food outside, that's the issue.

balaash qalaq. khalleena min hal-mawDoo3, baddi 'a7azzrik 7uzzeere.

بَلاش قَلَق. خَلّينا مِن هَالمَوْضوع، بَدّي أَحَزِّرِك حُزّيرة.

Don't worry. Let's drop this subject, I want to ask you a riddle.

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