بين (beina) — "between" in Modern Standard Arabic
بين
beina
between
- Topic
- geography
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"between" in the other dialects
بين 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.
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?
فهم الناس في السوق هذا الاختلاف بين الاجيال دائما
Fahima an-nas fi as-suqi hadha al-ikhtilaf bayna al-ajyal da'iman.
The people in the market always understood this difference between generations.
from A Trip to the Market
هذه فروق واضحة بين الاجيال وكل جيل له عالمه الخاص
Hadhihi furooq waadihah bayna al-ajyaal wa-kull jeel lahu 'alamuhu al-khaas.
These are clear differences between generations and each generation has its own world.
الافكار مختلفة بين الام والابن
Al-afkar mukhtalifa bayna al-umm wa al-ibn.
The ideas are different between the mother and the son.
from A Problem at Home
قضيت وقتا طويلا في التفكير بين بدلة زرقاء داكنة وثوب تقليدي مطرز باناقة
Qaḍaytu waqtan ṭawīlan fī at-tafkīr bayna badlah zarqā' dākinah wa thawb taqlīdī muṭarraz bi-anāqah.
I spent a long time deliberating between a dark blue suit and an elegantly embroidered traditional dress.
اليوم كانت هناك مباراة كرة قدم كبيرة بين فريقين مضحكين
Al-yawma kaanat hunaaka mubaraatu kurati qadamin kabeeratin bayna fareeqayni mudhikayni
Today there was a big football match between two funny teams
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