How to say “topic” 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
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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.
tfaa'al ma3 il-mawDoo3, is-salaam 'a7san min iT-Towshe.
تْفاعَل مَع المَوْضُوع، السَّلام أَحْسَن مِن الطَّوْشة.
Be positive about it; peace is better than fighting.
bass bil-3aammiyye mni7ki: kull 'ishi kaan maZbooT bil-mawDoo3.
بَس بِالعامِّيّة مْنِحْكي: كُلّ إِشي كان مَظْبُوط بِالمَوْضوع.
But in colloquial we say: everything in the topic was correct.
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