بدأ — "to begin, start" in Egyptian Arabic
بدأ
bádaʔ [1s1]
to begin, start
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بدأ in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
الماتش بدأ والناس كلها كانت فرحانة أوي.
El match bada2 wel nas kollaha kanet far7ana awi.
The match started, and all the people were very happy.
هو قال السلام عليكم وبعدين بدأ يسأل عن كل حاجة حواليه
Howa al as-salamu alaykum we baden bada yis-al an kol haga hawalih
He said Peace be upon you and then started asking about everything around him
إمبارح علي بدأ أول درس ليه في المطبخ.
Imbareh Ali bada awel dars lih fi el matbakh.
Yesterday, Ali started his first lesson in the kitchen.
from The Little Chef
كان المطر بدأ ينزل جامد بره
kān il-maṭar bádaʔ yínzil gámid bárra.
The rain started falling heavily outside.
from The Hungry Cat
احمد بدأ يومه وهو متحمس يشتري هدوم جديدة للصيف
ʼAḥmad bádaʔ yómuh wa húwwa mutaḥammes yeštiri hdúm gedída leṣ-ṣayf.
Ahmed started his day excited to buy new clothes for summer.
from Ahmed's Shopping Day
بس كريم بدا يسال كتير ايه ده وليه ده وكان زمان عامل ازاي
Bass Karim bada yis'al kiteer: "Eih da? W leih da? W kan zaman 3amel izzay?"
But Karim started asking a lot: "What is this? And why is this? And how was it in the past?"
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