سنوات (sanawaat) — "years" in Modern Standard Arabic
سنوات
sanawaat
years
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"years" in the other dialects
سنوات 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.
شربنا القهوة معا وتحدثنا عن تفاصيل حياتنا اليومية بعد كل هذه السنوات
Sharibna al qahwa maan wa tahaddathna an tafasil hayatina al yawmiyya bada kulla hadhihi as sanawat
We drank coffee together and talked about the details of our daily lives after all these years
كانت صدفة غريبة أن ألتقي بصديق قديم في السوق بعد سنوات طويلة
Kaanat sudfah ghareebah an altaqiya bi-sadeeqin qadeemin fi as-sooqi ba'da sanawaatin taweelah.
It was a strange coincidence to meet an old friend in the market after many long years.
from A Chance Encounter
فجأة رايت صديقي القديم احمد الذي لم اره منذ سنوات طويلة
fajaatan raaytu sadeeqi alqadeem Ahmed alladhi lam arahu mundhu sanawat tawila
Suddenly I saw my old friend Ahmed whom I had not seen for many years
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