Arabic Interview

Ustaz استاذ

professor (or sir/master)

nahnu نحن

we (pronoun)

el-yawm اليوم

today (at present)

mawjudin موجودين

present (are located)

fi في

in (or inside)

wad' وضع

situation (a condition)

min من

from (or of)

el-shakl الشكل

type (the form)

inno انه

that (conjunction)

dababiya ضبابيه

fogginess (or ambiguity)

kamila كامله

complete (total)

el-mashhad المشهد

scene (political landscape)

el-lubnani اللبناني

Lebanese (pertaining to Lebanon)

shiqqah شقه

side (or aspect)

ula اولى

first (primary)

ihtilal احتلال

occupation (military control)

isra'ili اسرائيلي

Israeli (pertaining to Israel)

tallat تله

hill (geographic elevation)

Ali علي

Ali (proper noun)

el-Tahir الطاهر

al-Tahir (proper noun)

ay اي

that is (meaning/i.e.)

jaysh جيش

army (military force)

el-difa' الدفاع

defense (protection)

a'lan اعلن

announced (declared)

an عن

about (concerning)

hay هي

this (demonstrative pronoun)

el-shaghlah الشغله

thing (matter/issue)

el-jihah الجهه

side (or direction)

el-thaniyah الثانيه

second (other side)

el-taraf الطرف

side (party to conflict)

el-thani الثاني

second (the other)

andna عننا

we have (in our possession)

mufawadat مفاوضات

negotiations (talks)

el-mufawadat المفاوضات

the negotiations (the ongoing talks)

zay زي

like (as if)

ka'anaha كانها

as if they (the negotiations)

mish مش

not (negation)

rayhah رايحه

going (heading towards)

wala ولا

not even (nor)

ala على

to (or on)

sahlah سهله

easy outcome (smooth path)

ktir كثير

a lot of (much)

kalam كلام

talk (statements)

hilw حلو

sweet (promising words)

qibal قبل

direction of (behalf of)

ra'is رئيس

president (or head/leader)

el-jumhuriyah الجمهوريه

republic (the state)

el-hukumah الحكومه

government (the cabinet)

bas بس

but (however)

el-ard الارض

ground (the reality)

el-waqi'ah الواقعه

actual reality (real situation)

fi'liyan فعليا

actually (in practice)

tarjamah ترجمه

translation (or practical execution)

li-hadha لهذا

for this (to this)

el-shi الشي

thing (matter)

btammanna بتمنى

I hope (I wish)

nshuf شوف

to see (understand)

kif كيف

how (in what way)

tafsirak تفسيرك

your explanation (your interpretation)

el-umur الامور

matters (affairs)

aw او

or (alternative)

inta انت

you (singular male)

btshuf بتشوف

you see (perceive)

li-hal-waqi' لهالواقع

for this reality (given circumstances)

Shukran شكرا

thank you (thanks)

awwalan اولا

first (firstly)

el-istidafah الاستضافه

hosting (being interviewed)

li- ل

to (for the purpose of)

nhott نحط

put (place)

halna حالنا

ourselves (our state)

bil-itar بالاطار

in context (frame)

el-itar الاطار

context (framework)

huwa هو

is (it is)

el-tali التالي

the following (below)

ma' مع

with (alongside)

imda' امضاء

signing (executing an agreement)

ittifaqiyat اتفاقيه

agreement (pact)

ma ما

what (that which)

yusamma يسمى

is called (named)

el-ittifaq الاتفاق

the agreement (the deal)

el-framework الفريمورك

framework (borrowed term)

alladhi الذي

which (relative pronoun)

wuqqi'a وقع

was signed (ratified)

bayna بين

between (two entities)

dawlat Lubnan دوله لبنان

state of Lebanon

dawlat Isra'il دوله اسرائيل

state of Israel

dakhalna دخلنا

we entered (passed into)

bi-marhalah بمرحله

into a phase (stage)

mabda'iyan مبدئيا

in principle (initially)

naw'iyan نوعيا

qualitatively (fundamentally)

jadidah جديده

new (unprecedented)

bi-ay باي

in what (which)

ma'na معنى

meaning (sense)

dababiya kamila ضبابيه كامله

complete fogginess (total ambiguity)

el-mashhad el-lubnani المشهد اللبناني

the Lebanese scene (political landscape)

jaysh el-difa' جيsh الدفاع

the defense army (military force)

el-ittifaq el-itar الاتفاق الاطار

the framework agreement

al-ard الارض

on the ground (in reality)

tallat Ali el-Tahir تله علي الطاهر

the hill of Ali al-Tahir