جار (jaar) — "neighbor" in Modern Standard Arabic
جار
jaar
neighbor
- Topic
- vocabulary from around the house
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- 3 of our stories
"neighbor" in the other dialects
جار 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.
التقى الجار احمد بالجار سامي صباحا
Altaqa al-jaar Ahmad bil-jaar Saami sabaahan.
Neighbor Ahmed met neighbor Sami in the morning.
يجب ان نذهب الى السوق او نسال الجار
Yajibu an nadhhab ila as-suq aw nas'al al-jar.
We must go to the market or ask the neighbor.
from The Coffee Problem
ساله الجار القديم ما اسمك من فضلك انا لا اتذكر
Sa'alahu al-jaru al-qadim ma ismuka min fadlik ana la atadhakkar
The old neighbor asked him 'What's your name please I don't remember'
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