Skip to content
TrackPodcasts
educationMay 24, 202029:44pending

الحلقة الرابعة : رمضان Episode 4: Ramadan

About this episode

 مرحبا جميعا و اهلا و سهلا فيكم على البودكاست بيني و بينك. اليوم رح نحكي انا و رزان عن رمضان 

Hello everyone and welcome to the podcast Bayni w Baynak (between me and you). Today Razan and I are going to speak about Ramadan. 

I’ve written out some of the key vocab below which should help you follow the conversation:

Follow this link for a PDF version.


صام  يصوم                                       to fast                     'صيام' يعني  fasting

منظر     /view                            /manzar             منظور : perspective

I think I may have said “منظول” by accident when I actually meant to say : منظور

فجر      dawn

مغرب   sunset     مثلا: 'صلاة المغرب' يعني evening prayer

روحي : spiritual - 'روحانية' يعني spirituality         روح spirit

مغرور : vain / conceited/ boastful   مثلا: مش لازم تكون مغرور    you shouldn't be vain

عَطشَان    thirsty

نِعْمِة      grace or blessing but in this context comfort or ease of life probably works better

ناعم   soft

صداع    headache          مثلا 'صداع مش معقول' an unbelievable (terrible)  headache

طَاْيْفِة، ج طَوَاىٔف   sect/sects   مثلا هما من طوائف مختلفة       they're from different sects

دُعَاْ    prayer

غصبا forced مثلا مش انو غصبا عننا   it's not that we're forced to .

You can also use the verb اضطر، يضطر to force, be forced

تسحر ، يتسحر to eat the pre- fast meal  سحور : the pre fast meal eaten just before dawn)

عبقة : shortness of breath  مثلا: كتير في عبقة بسبب الشوب

فطور / افطار : breakfast , but used for the evening meal during ramadan as it breaks the fast

دغري   straight away or directly

جانب جوانب aspect / aspects  

 مثلا  في جوانب جربتيها مختلفة في تجربتك؟

 are there aspects of her experience which differ from yours?

نفس الافكار the same ideas

منافق     hypocrite

تْفَلسَف، يِتفَلسَف to quibble, to split hairs       ما بقدر اتفلسف I can't really talk (because I'm just as bad)

طلعنة / توهنا عن الموضوع   we went off topic

هلال    sycle moon    - the first moon of the month

حديث  a chat

Get every episode summarized

Each time Levantine Arabic: Bayni w Baynak publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.

Email me new episodes

Free for 3 shows. No card needed.

Hosts & guests

No transcript yet

This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.

الحلقة الرابعة : رمضان Episode 4: Ramadan

Levantine Arabic: Bayni w Baynak

0:00
29:44

More episodes

More from Levantine Arabic: Bayni w Baynak

View all episodes →