مِشْكْلِة (mishkli) — "problem" in Levantine Arabic
مِشْكْلِة
míškli
problem
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مِشْكْلِة 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.
الآن، يجتمع قادتنا في قمة طارئة في بيروت لبحث حلول مستدامة لهذه المشكلة الملحة التي تؤرق شعوبنا.
Al-aan, yajtame' qadatna fi qimmat tari'ah fi Beirut libahth hulul mustadamah li-hadhihi al-mushkilah al-mulihhah allati tu'arriq shu'oobana.
Now, our leaders are meeting in an emergency summit in Beirut to discuss sustainable solutions for this pressing problem that troubles our peoples.
from Voice of the Levant: The Water Summit and Fateful Decisions
المشكلة إنو زباينه ناطرين برا، وما ضل عنده غير كيسين بس، وهاد الشي ما بيكفي ليعمل قهاويهم اللي بيشربوها مع مناقيش الزعتر.
El mushkle inno zabayno natrin barra, w ma dall ando gher kisin bas, w had el shi ma byekfi la yaamel ahawihom elli byeshrabuha maa manakish el zaatar.
The problem is that his customers are waiting outside, and he only has two bags left, and this thing does not suffice to make their coffees which they drink with thyme manakish.
فادي بده يشرب قهوة بس في مشكلة
fadi bidu yishrab qahwa bas fi mushkila
Fadi wants to drink coffee but there is a problem
from The Morning Problem
فجأة، دخل جارو الختيار أبو سامي حامل منقوشتين زعتر سخنين وسألو عن المشكلة.
Fajaah, dakhal jaro el khtyar Abu Sami hamil manqoushtein zaatar sukhnin wa saalo an el mushkileh.
Suddenly, his elderly neighbor Abu Sami entered holding two hot zaatar manakish and asked him about the problem.
قلت لهن هاي مشكلة مزعجة كتير لازم نحلها بسرعة
Qult lahon hay mushkileh moz'ajeh kteer lazem nehella bi sur'a
I told them this is a very annoying problem that we need to solve quickly
from A Slow Work Day
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