عمل (3amal) — "work" in Modern Standard Arabic
عمل
3amal
work
- Topic
- work and money
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"work" in the other dialects
عمل 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.
اخوتي هم مدرسون مجتهدون في العمل
Ikhwati hum mudarrisoon mujtahidoon fi alamal
My brothers are hardworking teachers at work
from A Family Meal
العمل كثير ولكن العائلة سعيدة جدا
Al amal kathir wa lakin al aila saida jiddan
The work is a lot but the family is very happy
from Wedding Preparations
ياكل الجميع بدون قيود وينسون قواعد العمل الصارمة
Yaakulu al jami bidun quyud wa yansawna qawaid al amal as sarima
Everyone eats without restrictions and they forget the strict rules of work.
from The Family Dinner
بالتأكيد، فوجود الانسجام بين العمل والحياة الشخصية أمر ضروري، أليس كذلك؟
Bit-ta'keed, fa-wujood al-insijam bayna al-'amal wa al-hayah ash-shakhsiyyah amr darooree, alaysa kadhalik?
Absolutely, for the existence of harmony between work and personal life is a necessary matter, is it not?
بالتأكيد يا آمنة، إذ يبدو أن العمل قد استنزف طاقتك بينما كنت أنا أكتب مقالي الصحفي؛ فما رأيك في طلب وجبتي شاورما بسعر مائة وخمسين جنيهاً مصرياً؟
Bi-t-ta'kid ya Amina, idh yabdu anna al-'amal qad istanzafa taqatak baynama kuntu ana aktubu maqali as-suhufi; fama ra'yuk fi talab wajbatay shawarma bisi'r mi'a wa khamsin junayhan misriyyan?
Certainly Amna, as it seems that work has drained your energy while I was writing my journalistic article; so what do you think about ordering two shawarma meals at the price of one hundred and fifty Egyptian pounds?
اختار قميصا ازرق للعمل
ikhtara qamisan azraq lilamal
He chose a blue shirt for work.
from Shopping for Clothes
More work and money vocabulary
Practice work and money
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