طفل (tifl) — "child" in Modern Standard Arabic
طفل
Tifl
child
- Topic
- mankind and kinship
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"child" in the other dialects
طفل 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.
اقترب الطفل الفضولي من الرجل المتعب وقال السلام عليكم صباح الخير
iqtarab al tifl al fuduli min al rajul al mutab wa qal al salam alaykum sabah al khayr
The curious child approached the tired man and said hello good morning
from The Curious Child
كان الطفل الصغير يسأل كثيرا كل صباح
Kana al-tifl al-saghir yasal katheeran kull sabah
The small child used to ask a lot every morning.
from The Curious Child
ابتسم الضيف وراى ان عمر طفل فضولي جدا
Ibtasama ad-dayfu wa ra'a anna Omar tiflun fuduliyyun jiddan.
The guest smiled and saw that Omar was a very curious child.
from The Curious Child
الطفل يقول هل هنا مياه
Al-tifl yaqul hal huna miyah
The child says "Is there water here?"
from A Family Gathering
يوجد طفل صغير يسأل اسئلة كثيرة
Yujad tifl saghir yasal asila kathirah
There is a small child who asks many questions.
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