سُؤال (su'al) — "question" in Levantine Arabic
سُؤال
suʔāl
question
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سُؤال
سُؤال 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.
بالليل سالها سؤال غريب كثير عن كلبهم
bel lel salaha suaal gharib ktiir aan kalbon
At night he asked her a very strange question about their dog.
from The Many Questions
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.
from Endless Questions
كل يوم الصبح بس يوعى رامي بيقعد يسأل امه مليون سؤال
Kull yom es-subeh bas yoo'a Rami biq'od yis'al immo malyoon su'al
Every morning when Rami wakes up, he sits and asks his mother a million questions.
بس سؤال أنا فضولي أعرف في مكان فينا نقعد فيه قريب من النهر
Bas su'āl ana fudooli aʿref fi makān fīna noqʿod fīh qareeb min in-nahar?
But a question, I'm curious to know if there's a place where we can stay near the river?
from The Weekend Trip
ضحكت الام وقالت يا حبيبي انت كل يوم عندك الف سؤال جديد
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
بعدين شفت ست كبيرة وسألتها نفس السؤال وهي فهمتني بسرعة
Ba'dein shoft sett kbeereh w sa'altaha nafs el su'al w heeya fehmetni bi sur'a
Then I saw an old woman and asked her the same question, and she understood me quickly
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