تِسْعة (tis3a) — "nine" in Levantine Arabic
تِسْعة
tís3a
nine
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"nine" in the other dialects
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تِسْعة 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.
رانيا عم تستنى سرفيس بشارع الحمرا، الساعة ٨:١٥ الصبح، وامتحانا ببلش على التسعة.
Rania a'm testanna servees bi shari' el Hamra, el saa'a tamanye w khamstaa'sh el subuh, w imtihana biballish 'ala el tis'a.
Rania is waiting for a shared taxi on Hamra Street; it's 8:15 AM, and her exam starts at nine.
يا الله الساعة صارت تسعة ولازم اروح الشغل بسرعة
ya Allah es-sa'a ṣaret tes'a w lazim arooḥ esh-shoghl be sor'a
Oh God, it's nine o'clock and I need to go to work quickly.
from A Busy Morning
كانت الساعة تقريباً تسعة بالليل في شقتها الصغيرة بجميزة.
Kanat is-sa'a taqriban tis'a bil-leil fi shiqqatiha as-saghira bi-Gemmayzeh.
It was almost nine at night in her small apartment in Gemmayzeh.
وصلت على مكتبي الساعة تسعة
Waṣalt ʿala maktabi es-saaʿa tesʿa
I arrived at my office at nine o'clock
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