أوّل (awwal) — "first" in Levantine Arabic
أوّل
áwwal [m.]
first
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أوّل 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.
بالتالي، قرروا يتواصلوا مع زملائهم الطلاب لترتيب أول اجتماع لهم الأسبوع القادم.
Bil-tali, qarraroo yitwasaloo ma' zumalai'ihim el-ṭullab li-tartib awwal ijtima' lahom el-usbū' el-qadem.
Therefore, they decided to contact their fellow students to arrange their first meeting next week.
بعد ما خلصت اكلت اول لقمة وكانت لذيذة كتير
Ba'ed ma khallaṣet akalt awwal loqme w-kanat ladheedha kteer.
After I finished, I ate the first bite and it was very delicious.
بس اول شي لازم نشتري اغراض من السوق
Bas awwal shi lazim neshtari aghrad men es-souq.
But first, we need to buy things from the market.
اليوم كان اول يوم شغل بعد العطلة والكل كان كسلان
El youm kan awwal youm shoghl ba'd el otleh wal kull kan kaslan
Today was the first day of work after the holiday and everyone was lazy
from A Slow Work Day
قبل نهاية الشوط الأول هاد اللاعب أخذ الكرة وسجل ثلاث نقاط حلوة
qabl nihāyet ish-shōṭ il-ʾawwal hād il-lāʿeb ʾakhað il-kura w-sajjal talāt niqāṭ ḥilwe
Before the end of the first half, this player took the ball and scored three nice points
بالأول قطعت البصل وبعدين قليت الدجاج وسمعت صوت الطقطقة
Bel-awwal qaṭṭa't el-baṣal w ba'dein qaleit ed-djaj w same't ṣawt eṭ-ṭaqṭaqa.
First I chopped the onions, then I fried the chicken and heard the sizzling sound.
from First Time Cooking
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