يَمين (yamin) — "right" in Levantine Arabic
يَمين
yamīn
right
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يَمين 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.
قال لازم تمشي دغري عشر دقايق وبعدين تلف يمين
qal lazem temshi deghri aasher daqayeq wbaadayn tlef yamin
He said you must walk straight for ten minutes and then turn right.
قال روح دغري بعدين يمين
aal rouh deghri baaden yamin
He said go straight then right
from A Lost Student
الشايب صاحب محل الفلافل، اللي قادة كتير متل حكيم، ابتسم وقال: "شوفي يا بنتي، إمشي دغري وبعدين لفّي يمين عند كشك الجرائد الملونة."
El shayeb sahib mahal el falafel, illi qadah kteer metl hakeem, ibtasam w 'al: "Shufi ya binti, imshi doghri w ba'deen laffi yameen 'ind koshk el jara'ed el mulawwana."
The elderly owner of the falafel shop, who has guided many like a wise person, smiled and said: "Look, my daughter, walk straight and then turn right at the colorful newspaper stand."
وفجأة طلع شب عم يضحك وقلي تفضلي من هاد الشارع بعدين يمين
W faj'a ṭala' shab 'am yiḍḥak w qali tafaḍḍali min hād ash-shāre' ba'dēn yamīn.
Suddenly, a young man appeared laughing and told me, 'Go straight down this street, then turn right.'
هو قال لي روح دغري وبعدين لف يمين
Huwwe qaali rooh doghri w ba'deen leff yameen
He told me "Go straight and then turn right."
جاوبني روح دغري بعدين لف يمين عند الاشارة بتلاقيه قدامك
Jaawabni rooh dughri ba'dein liff yameen 'and il-ishaara bitlaaqeeh quddamak.
He answered me "Go straight then turn right at the traffic light, you'll find it in front of you."
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