عشْرة (3ashra) — "ten" in Levantine Arabic
عشْرة
3ášra
ten
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عشْرة 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.
حكت أختي سارة: "يمكن إذا شفونا عم ننضف، شي عشرة أشخاص أو أكتر من الجيران رح يساعدونا ويجوا معنا."
Hakat ukhti Sara: "Yimkin iza shafuna 'am nnaaddif, shi 'ashara ashkhass aw aktar min il-jeeran rah ysa'iduna w yiju ma'na."
My sister Sara said: "Perhaps if they see us cleaning, about ten people or more from the neighbors will help us and come with us."
بالأمس، تحدثت مع عشرة من أصحاب المحال التجارية الذين أكدوا لي أنهم شاهدوا زيادة في إقبال الزبائن.
Bil-ams, tahaddathtu ma'a 'asharah min as-haab el-mahaall et-tijaariyyah alladheena akkadou li annahum shaahadoo ziyadah fi iqbaal ez-zabaa'in.
Yesterday, I spoke with ten shop owners who confirmed to me that they saw an increase in customer traffic.
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كل ما تجاوب سؤال كان عنده عشرة غيره والام بلشت تحس بالتعب شوي
Kull ma tjawib su'al kan ando ashara ghairo w el em ballashit tehes bil ta'ab shway.
Every time she answered a question he had ten others and the mother started to feel a bit tired.
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