Introduction
Synonomous with على بال ما and على ما . If after reading through these examples you need further explanation see the page for على ما.
until
while
by the time
Synonomous with على بال ما and على ما . If after reading through these examples you need further explanation see the page for على ما.
until
while
by the time
Example 1
مديحة: وعارف هتركب ايه؟ |
| Madiiha: Do you know what you are going to ride?* Ali:I'll take any bus. Madiiha:A bus?! You will need like around a year until you figure out where this bus is going or where that one is going. (علي يا ويكا) |
Example 2
طب اقعد ساكت هنا متتحركش عقبال ما أرجع لك |
| Ok. Sit here quiet and don't move until I come back.
(ابي فوق الشجرة) |
Example 3
ولا انا نسيتك قعدت فترة طويلة قوي عقبال مـ قدرت استوعب ان انت خلاص مش موجود في حياتي |
| Nor did I forget you. It was a very long time until I was able to comprehend that you were no longer in my life.
(الفيل الأزرق) |
Example 4
والنبي يا حاجّة يا معلم نص ساعة كده وتعالوا عقبال ما نخلص. نص ساعة وهنديكو كلكو |
| Please! 30 minutes and then come back until we finish. Half an hour and then we will give to you, all of you.
(بين السرايات) |
Example 5
طب بقول لك ايه يا فيسو شوف صحابك يشربوا ايه عقبال ما أخش أنا المكتب أعمل شوية اتصالات |
| Ok, tell you what Fisu, see what your friends would like to drink while I go into the office and make a few calls.
(الجيل الرابع) |
Example 6
طب دخّله اوضة المكتب عقبال ما أطلع أنده الدكتور من فوق |
| Ok, let him into the office while I go up and get the doctor from upstairs.
(حالة عشق) |
Example 7
طب تحب ننزل احنا عقبال ما تغير انت |
| Would you like us to go out while you change.
(حب البنات) |
Example 8
سيف: بس عقبال بقى مـ القرار يوصل للبنك المركزي نكون احنا صرفنا اللي نقدر عليه |
| Sayf: But by the time the decision reached the central bank we will have cashed all the checks that we are able to. Maher: The problem is that all of that dispersal of funds could sound an alarm at the central bank and at that point they will be paying attention. Sayf: Well by the time the alarm sounds we will have withdrawn all that we were able to. The rest of the money, I will tell you how we can get it. (الاكسلانس) |
Example 9
طب ما انتوا عقبال ما تقبضوا الفلوس نكون حددنا ميعاد العملية مع الدكتور |
| Well, by the time y'all get the money, we will have scheduled the operation with the doctor.
(ادم وجميلة) |
Example 10
بقول لك ايه انت وهو عقبال ما تقعدوا يا وتعملوا لي الحكاية دي اكون انا روحت سلام عليكم |
| I will tell you what, by the time you and him sit there and scream 'yaaa' and perform for me the whole song and dance I will have gone home. See you later.
(صعيدي في الجامعة الامريكية) |
Example 11
ما هو بالبطء اللي انت فيه ده العيال هتموت من الجوع عقبال ما ترجع لهم بالاكل |
| With how slow you are going, your kids will die of starvation by the time you return to them with food.
(صباحه كدب) |