Learn Lebanese

Level 101 Lesson 10

Verbs conjugation, Intro to Classic Lebanese and Lebanese songs

Curriculum V1.0
Lebanese Language Center
LLL System as developed by the Lebanese Language Institute
www.LebaneseLanguage.org

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The Restaurant

L Maxam

Verbs Conjugation
Verb Go

Present
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They
Future
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They
* pronounced as in English

caf
sandwich place
restaurant
lets go to a caf
breakfast
lunch
dinner
feast
BBQ

go
go
go
goes
goes
go
go
go

will go
will go
will go
will go
will go
will go
will go
will go

Verb eat

ahwe
snak
maxam
yalla nru xal ahwe
tirwiia
ada
xaca
xaziime
Barbeque*

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Present
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They

Fixil Ra, biyru

Ana
Inta
Inte
Hiyye
Huwwe
Nina
Into
Hinne

Past
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They

Bru
Bitru
Bitrue
Bitru
Biyru
Minru
Bitruo
Biyruo

Ana
Inta
Inte
Hiyye
Huwwe
Nina
Into
Hinne

ra ru
ra tru
ra true
ra tru
ra yru
ra nru
ra truo
ra yruo

went
went
went
went
went
went
went
went

Ana riit
Inta riit
Inte rite
Hiyye raait
Huwwe raa
Nina rina
Into rito
Hinne rao

Imperative (order)
Go! addressing (m)
Go! addressing (f)
Go! addressing (plr)
-

ru
rue
ruo
-

Fixil akal, byekol

eat
eat
eat
eats
eats
eat
eat
eat

Ana
Inta
Inte
Hiyye
Huwwe
Nina
Into
Hinne

Bekol
Btekol
Btekle
Btekol
Byekol
Mnekol
Bteklo
Byeklo

Past
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They

ate
ate
ate
ate
ate
ate
ate
ate

Ana akalit/akalt
Inta akalit/akalt
Inte akalte
Hiyye akalit
Huwwe akal
Nina akalna
Into akalto
Hinne akalo

Future
I
You (m)
You (f)
She
He
We
You (plr)
They

will eat
will eat
will eat
will eat
will eat
will eat
will eat
will eat

Ana
ra ekol
Inta
ra tekol
Inte
ra tekle
Hiyye ra tekol
Huwwe ra yekol
Nina ra nekol
Into
ra teklo
Hinne ra yeklo

Imperative (order)
eat! addressing (m)
eat! addressing (f)
eat! addressing (plr)
-

Badde (auxiliary verb)

I want to eat
You (m) want to eat
You (f) want to eat
He wants to eat
She wants to eat
We want to eat
You want to eat
They want to eat

I will eat an apple

I will not eat an apple
We will eat an apple
We will not eat an apple
I will go eat

Ra ekol tiffea
Mic ra ekol tiffea
Ra nekol tiffea
Mic ra nekol tiffea
Ra ru ekol

Badde ekol
Baddak tekol
Baddik tekle
Baddo yekol
Badda tekol
Badna nekol
Badkon teklo
Baddon yeklo

Exercise:
I will eat tomorrow

I will not eat tomorrow

When will you eat (f)?

Eat (m s) this apple

..

she will go eat

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Classic Lebanese, Lebanese Songs and Literature

kol
kile
kilo
-

Classic Lebanese is one of the Lebanese dialects that has been used in some
literature, theatre and song production.
Classic Lebanese main feature is that it articulates the vowels in way that it
sounds different than spoken Lebanese.
The most used vowel articulations:
Modern Lebanese
Classic Lebanese
e
ay
e
a and aa
e (end of the word)
ii
o
aw
o (end of the word)
u
Conjunctions like xa are often pronounced xala in classic Lebanese.
Lyrics
Ya ayr (Classic Lebanese)

Ya er/eir/ayr (Modern Lebanese)

By: Fayruz, also Fayrouz

Ya ayr ya ayir xala raf ddinii
Law fiik tike lil abaayib cu binii
Ya ayr

Ya er ya ayir xa raf ddine

Law fiik tike lil abeyib cu bine
Ya er

Ru s`alon xallii waliifo muc maxu

Majru bi jru l hawa cu byinfaxu
Mawjux ma bii`ul xalli byujaxu
W txinn xa baalo layale l waldanii

Ru s`alon xalli waliifo mic maxo

Majru bi jru l hawa cu byinfaxo
Mawjux ma bii`ul xalli byujaxo
W txinn xa belo layele l waldane

Ya ayir w aid maxak lawn ccajar

Ma xaad fii illa ha nnara wi ajar
Binor bi xayn ccams xa bard l ajar
W mlabbakii w iid li fra` thiddnii

Ya er w eid maxak lon ccajar

Ma xad fii illa ha nnara w ajar
Binor bi xen ccams xa bard l ajar
W mlabbake w iid li fraa` thiddne

Wiyaat riicaatak w iyyamii sawa

Wiyaat zahr ccaw` w hbub l hawa
Kannak la xindon rayi w jann l hawa
idnii w lanno cii d`ii`a w riddinii

Wiyet riicetak w iyyeme sawa

Wiyet zahr ccaw` w hbub l hawa
Kannak la xindon rayi w jann l hawa
idne wlanno cii d`ii`a w riddne

O bird
O bird flying on the tip of the world,
If you would only tell my beloved ones about me
O bird
Go ask those without their mates,
experiencing love wounds without a remedy
in-pain without expressing any pain,
missing the playful nights of childhood
O you who carries the color of trees when flies,
Nothing is left but waiting and boredom,
I wait under the sun on the coldness of stone,
Troubled, and separation force lets me down
I beseech you by your feathers and my days,
By the thorn-flowers and the wind,
If you are ever heading toward them on a wild wind,
Take me even for a moment and then return me back

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