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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَخَذَ (ʔaḵaḏa).
Pronunciation
Verb
أخد • (ʔaḵad) I (present بياخد (byāḵod) or بوخد (bōḵed), active participle ماخد (māḵed))
- to take
إمّي أخدت معها الأكل لستّي.- ʔimmi ʔaḵdat maʕha il-ʔakl la-sitti
- My mother took the food for my grandmother with her.
خد شمال من الإشارة وبعدين ضلّ دغري.- ḵod šmāl min il-ʔišāra w-baʕdēn ḍall duḡri
- Take a left at the traffic light (lit. signal), then keep (going) straight.
برافو حبيبتي، أخدتي القرار الصحّ.- brāvo ḥabībti, ʔaḵadti il-qarār iṣ-ṣaḥḥ
- Bravo my dear, you made (lit. took) the right decision.
- to get
أحمد أخد الكتاب من صاحبه.- ʔaḥmad ʔaḵad li-ktāb min ṣāḥbo
- Ahmad got the book from his friend.
Usage notes
- بياخد (byāḵod) is more widely understood, as it is also used in North Levantine and Egyptian dialects, while بوخد (bōḵed) is typically South Levantine. This feature is shared with the verb أكل (ʔakal).
Conjugation