هناك (hunaaka) — "there" in Modern Standard Arabic

هناك

hunaaka

there

Topic: geography
Seen in: 6 of our stories

"there" in the other dialects

Egyptian Arabic

هناك

hinaak

Levantine Arabic

هونيك

hūnīk

Moroccan Darija

لْهيه

هناك 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.

هناك طالبات سعيدات في الصباح

Hunaka talibaat saeedat fi al-sabah

There are happy female students in the morning.

from A Day at School

أهلاً دكتورة فاطمة، يبدو أن هناك سوء فهم؛ إذ قصدتُ أنني أُحب قضاء الوقت في المنزل، غير أنني مستعد لإجراء المقابلة الصحفية هنا الآن.

Ahlan daktoorah Fatima, yabdoo anna hunaka soo' fahm; idh qasadtu annanee uhibbu qadaa' al-waqt fee al-manzil, ghayra annanee musta'idd li-ijraa' al-muqabalah as-suhufiyyah huna al-aan.

Welcome Dr. Fatima, it seems there is a misunderstanding; as I meant that I love spending time at home, however I am ready to conduct the journalistic interview here now.

from An Appointment on Al Mutanabbi Street

ثم قالت ان اباك رجل فاضل وسارشدك بنفسي الى هناك

Thumma qalat inna abaki rajulun fadilun wa sa'urshiduki bi-nafsi ila hunaka.

Then she said, "Indeed, your father is an honorable man, and I will guide you there myself."

from Lost and Asking for Help

ذهبت الى المقهى مساء وانتظرت صديقي هناك

Dhahabtu ila al-maqha masaa'an wa-intadhartu sadeeqi hunak.

I went to the café in the evening and waited for my friend there.

from The Café of Generations

هناك قابلت رجلا فاضلا يبيع الخضروات الطازجة

Hunaaka qaabaltu rajulan faadilan yabe'u al-khadrawaat at-taazijah

There I met an honorable man selling fresh vegetables