الحلقة الرابعة : رمضان Episode 4: Ramadan

Levantine Arabic: Bayni w Baynak

مرحبا جميعا و اهلا و سهلا فيكم على البودكاست بيني و بينك. اليوم رح نحكي انا و رزان عن رمضان

Hello everyone and welcome to the podcast Bayni w Baynak (between me and you). Today Razan and I are going to speak about Ramadan.

I’ve written out some of the key vocab below which should help you follow the conversation:

Follow this link for a PDF version.

صام يصوم to fast 'صيام' يعني fasting

منظر /view /manzar منظور : perspective

I think I may have said “منظول” by accident when I actually meant to say : منظور

فجر dawn

مغرب sunset مثلا: 'صلاة المغرب' يعني evening prayer

روحي : spiritual - 'روحانية' يعني spirituality روح spirit

مغرور : vain / conceited/ boastful مثلا: مش لازم تكون مغرور you shouldn't be vain

عَطشَان thirsty

نِعْمِة grace or blessing but in this context comfort or ease of life probably works better

ناعم soft

صداع headache مثلا 'صداع مش معقول' an unbelievable (terrible) headache

طَاْيْفِة، ج طَوَاىٔف sect/sects مثلا هما من طوائف مختلفة they're from different sects

دُعَاْ prayer

غصبا forced مثلا مش انو غصبا عننا it's not that we're forced to .

You can also use the verb اضطر، يضطر to force, be forced

تسحر ، يتسحر to eat the pre- fast meal سحور : the pre fast meal eaten just before dawn)

عبقة : shortness of breath مثلا: كتير في عبقة بسبب الشوب

فطور / افطار : breakfast , but used for the evening meal during ramadan as it breaks the fast

دغري straight away or directly

جانب جوانب aspect / aspects

مثلا في جوانب جربتيها مختلفة في تجربتك؟

are there aspects of her experience which differ from yours?

نفس الافكار the same ideas

منافق hypocrite

تْفَلسَف، يِتفَلسَف to quibble, to split hairs ما بقدر اتفلسف I can't really talk (because I'm just as bad)

طلعنة / توهنا عن الموضوع we went off topic

هلال sycle moon - the first moon of the month

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