تاكْسي (teksi) — "taxi" in Levantine Arabic
تاكْسي
tēksi
taxi
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تاكْسي 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.
كانت كتير بدها توصل لورشة عمل مهمة بالأشرفية، عند ساحة ساسين، بس تاكسي السرفيس المشترك تبعها، مرسيدس قديمة مصدّية، كان عم يمشي بصعوبة بزحمة بيروت، وهالشي خلاها تقلق من التأخير.
Kaanat kteer bidda tosal la-worshet `amal mohimme bil-Ashrafiye, `and saahet Sassine, bas taksi as-servees al-mushtarak taba`ha, Mercedes qadeeme msaddiye, kaan `am yemshee bi-so`oobe bi-zahmet Beirut, wa ha-al-shee khallaha taqlaq min at-ta'kheer.
She desperately needed to reach a crucial workshop in Achrafieh, near Sassine Square, but her shared service taxi, a rusty old Mercedes, was barely moving in the Beirut traffic, making her worry about being late.
رانيا قررت بسرعة: "رح آخد تاكسي عادي، لو كلّفني ٢٠ ألف ليرة!"
Rania qarrarat bi sur'a: "Rah akhed taxi 'aadi, law kallafni 'ishreen alf leera!"
Rania decided quickly: "I will take a regular taxi, even if it costs me 20,000 Liras!"
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