ألِف (alif) — "one thousand" in Levantine Arabic

Ba'd an jarrabat Layla thalathat fasatin, waqa'a ikhtiyaruha 'ala fustan azraq taweel kanat qad ra'at-hu awwalan, wa dafa'at thamanahu mi'ah wa khamsin alf lira suriyah.

After Layla tried on three dresses, her choice fell on a long blue dress she had seen first, and she paid its price, one hundred and fifty thousand Syrian pounds.

from Layla's Busy Shopping Day

Tariq, taleb omro ishrin sana wa dayman mutawattir, biddo manoushe, bas mao bas khamsin alef lira bi jibto.

Tariq, a student whose age is twenty years and is always nervous, wants a man'oushe, but he has only fifty thousand liras in his pocket.

from Morning Man'oushe in Gemmayzeh

masah abu shadi ideh min el-tahin w-qal bi-bot': "ahlan ya ibni, el-manqousheh bi-miyyeh w-khamseen alef lirah libnaniyyeh, bas inteh maak miyyet alef bas."

Abu Shadi wiped his hands from the flour and said slowly: "Welcome my son, the manakish is for one hundred and fifty thousand Lebanese liras, but you only have one hundred thousand."

from Zaatar Manakish in Hamra

Tariq kan biddo manaqish lahmeh, bas kan ma'o khamsin alf lirah libnaniyyeh bas bijiyabato.

Tariq wanted meat manakish, but he had fifty thousand Lebanese Liras only in his pockets.

from Any Man'ouche on Hamra Street

Daheket el omm w qalet ya habibi enta koll yom 'andak alf su'al jadeed.

The mother laughed and said, 'My darling, every day you have a thousand new questions.'

from Endless Questions

Tazakkar Abu Fadi wa hazz ra'sah bi heera: Ah, ahlan feeki Layla, bas wallah hallaq mou wa'toh abadan, indi mushkilah bi mablagh 50 alf lira souriya.

Abu Fadi remembered and shook his head confusedly: "Ah, welcome Layla, but honestly, now is not its time at all, I have a problem with 50 thousand Syrian pounds."

from A Greeting in Souk al-Hamidiyah