جُوّا (juwwa) — "inside" in Levantine Arabic
جُوّا
júwwa
inside
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جُوّا 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.
أمي، الله يطول بعمرها، صارت عم تحضّر القهوة السخنة، وإخوتي الصغار مبسوطين عم بيلعبوا جوّا البيت.
ommi, Allah ytawwil bi-'omraha, sarat amm t'haddir al-qahwe as-sukhneh, w ikhweti az-zghar mabsoteen amm bayla'bu jawwa al-bet.
My mother, may God prolong her life, started preparing the hot coffee, and my younger siblings are happy playing inside the house.
"شو رأيكم نجلس هلق جوا وناكل كعك أمي اللي خبزتّو مبارح؟ رح نضل عم نتذكر هالليلية كتير!" قالت صديقتنا مها.
"shoo ra'ykum nijles hala' jooa w naakol ka'ek immi illi khabazetto mbaareh? rah ndall 'am natzakkar hal-layliye kteer!" qaalat sadeeqatna Maha.
"What do you think if we sit inside now and eat my mother's cookies that she baked yesterday? We will keep remembering this night a lot!" said our friend Maha.
برا كان في رعد وبرق بس البيت كان دافي من جوا
Barra kan fi raed w barq bas el bayt kan dafi mn juwa
Outside there was thunder and lightning but the house was warm from the inside
from An Autumn Birthday
جوا المحل كان فيه ريحة قماش جديد حلوة وموسيقى ناعمة عم تعزف
Juwwa el mahal kan fee reehet qamash jdeed helwe w museeqa naame am taazef
Inside the shop, there was a nice smell of new fabric and soft music playing.
from Shopping Day
انا قاعد جوا البيت
Ana qaa'ed juwwa el-beit.
I am sitting inside the house.
جوا البيت دافي ومريح
Juwwa al-bayt dafi w mureeh.
Inside the house it's warm and comfortable.
from A Warm Rainy Evening
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