ناس (naas) — "people" in Modern Standard Arabic
ناس
naas
people
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"people" in the other dialects
ناس 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.
انظر الى الناس في الشارع
anthur ila al nas fi al shari
I look at the people in the street
from Waiting in the Cafe
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
السوق كان كبيرا جدا ومليئا بالناس
Al-souq kana kabeeran jiddan wa malee'an bi-al-nas.
The market was very big and full of people.
ارى الناس يتحدثون كثيرا اين صديقي الان
Ara an-nasa yatahaddathoon katheeran. Ayna sadeeqi al-aan?
I see people talking a lot. Where is my friend now?
from Waiting at the Cafe
كان المقهى يعج بالناس من مختلف الاجيال يتجاذبون اطراف الحديث
Kana al-maqha ya'ujju bin-nas min mukhtalif al-ajyal yatajadhabuna atraf al-hadeeth.
The cafe was bustling with people from different generations engaging in conversation.
from Waiting at the Café
قلنا السلام عليكم للناس كنا سعداء
Qulna as-salamu alaykum lil-nas kunna su'ada'
We said "Hello" to people. We were happy.
from A Fun Sports Day
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