حصل — "to happen" in Egyptian Arabic
حصل
ɧáȿal [1s1]
to happen
- Franco / chat
- hasal
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Conjugate حصل
Past, present, future and imperative, affirmative and negative.
حصل 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.
هو افتكر اللي حصل امبارح وسأل عن اخواته واحلامه الكبيرة
Howa eftakar elli hasal embareh we sa-al an akhwato we ahlamo el kabira
He remembered what happened yesterday and asked about his siblings and his big dreams
حاولت أتابع الوصفة كويس بس مش عارف إيه اللي حصل
Hawwalt atabe' el wasfa kwayyes bas mesh aref eih elli hasal.
I tried to follow the recipe well but I don't know what happened.
from A New Dish
قومت اشوف ايه اللي حصل بالظبط
ʔumt ashūf ēh illi ḥaṣal biẓ-ẓabṭ.
I got up to see exactly what happened.
from The Hungry Cat
هي بدأت تتكلم بصوت عالي ايه اللي حصل امبارح بالليل كان ازعاج رهيب
Hiyya bada't tetkallem besot 'ali: "Eh elli hasal embarah bel-leil kan ez'ag rahib!"
She started talking loudly: "What happened last night was terrible noise!"
from Neighbors and Noise
حصل موقف محرج لما حاول يلبس جاكت كان صغير عليه
Ḥaṣal mawqeif muḥreg lamma ḥáwal yelbes gāket kān ṣoghayyar ʻaléih.
An embarrassing situation happened when he tried to wear a jacket that was too small for him.
from Ahmed's Shopping Day
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