بحرا
Moroccan Arabic
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]بحرا • (baḥra)
- just
- بحرا جيت للدار. ― baḥra jīt l-ed-dār. ― I just came home.
- بحرا كلت البيتزا البارح. ― baḥra kalt ep-pītza l-bāriḥ. ― I just ate pizza yesterday.
- بحرا لقيته كيقرا داك الكتاب اللي عطيته له على تاريخ المغرب.
- baḥra lqītu kayaqra dāk l-ektāb elli ʕṭītu lu ʕla tārīḵ el-maḡrib.
- I just found him reading the book I've given him about the history of Morocco.
- barely, hardly
- بحرا لقيت الوقت باش ناكل. ― baḥra lqīt el-waqt bāš nākul. ― I hardly found time to eat.
- so that
- جي بكري بحرا ندخلوا فالوقت.
- jī bakri baḥra nduḵlu f-el-waqt.
- Come early so that we enter on time.