مشكلة (mushkila) — "problem" in Modern Standard Arabic
مشكلة
muškila
problem
- Topic
- media 2
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- 6 of our stories
"problem" in the other dialects
مُشْكِلة
مشكلة 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.
عفواً، لقد لاحظت للتو مشكلة صغيرة؛ التطبيق يخبرني أن خدمة التوصيل متوقفة مؤقتاً بسبب غزارة الأمطار في شوارع القاهرة!
'Afwan, laqad lahaẓtu lit-taww mushkila saghira; at-tatbiq yukhbiruni anna khidmat at-tawsil mutawaqqifa mu'aqqatan bisabab ghazarat al-amtar fi shuwari' al-qahira!
Excuse me, I just noticed a small problem; the application tells me that the delivery service is temporarily suspended due to the heavy rains in the streets of Cairo!
هذه مشكلة كبيرة جدا ماذا سيفعل الآن ليشرب القهوة
Hadhihi mushkilah kabirah jiddan madha sayaf'alu al'an liyashraba al-qahwah.
This is a very big problem. What will he do now to drink coffee?
ليلى كانت تريد حلا للمشكلة ولكن الجد كان سعيدا بمشاهدة التلفاز
Layla kanat turid hallan lil-mushkila walakin al-jadd kana sa'idan bi-mushahadat al-tilfaz.
Layla wanted a solution to the problem, but the grandfather was happy watching television.
اضطربت أفكاري للحظات واستغرقت في محاولة لاستيعاب حجم المشكلة وتعقيداتها
Iḍṭarabāt afkārī lil-ḥaẓātī wa-staghraqtū fī muḥāwalatin listī'ābi ḥajmi al-mushkilati wa ta'qīdātihā.
My thoughts became agitated for moments, and I immersed myself in an attempt to comprehend the magnitude and complexities of the problem.
اجاب البائع بابتسامة صباح النور تفضلي لا مشكلة
Ajab al-ba'i' bi-ibtisama: "Sabah an-nur, tafaddali la mushkilah".
The seller replied with a smile: "Sabah an-nur, please, no problem".
from Returning the Dress
اريد تنظيف كل المنزل اليوم لكن هناك مشكلة
Ureedu tanzifa kulli al-manzil al-yawm lakin hunaka mushkilah.
I want to clean the whole house today but there is a problem.
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