Levantine Arabic/Adverbs
Degree
editشويّ šwayy | a litte, a bit |
كتير ktīr | very |
أنجق 'anja' / بالكاد bil-kād | hardly, barely |
عالآخر ʕal-'āḵer / عالخالص ʕal-ḵāles | totally, extremely |
لألله la-'alla | “to Allah” |
Frequency
editدايمًا dāyman | always |
كتير مرّات ktīr marrāt | often |
مرّات marrāt | sometimes |
عادةً ʕādatan / بالعادة bil-ʕāde | usually, normally |
قليل ما 'alīl-ma | seldom, rarely |
بالمرّة bil-marra / أبدًا 'abadan | never, not at all (negated phrase) |
Modality
editيمكن yimken / بلكي balki | maybe, perhaps |
أكيد 'akīd / بالتأكيد bit-ta'kīd | certainly, definitely, for sure |
طبعًا ṭabʕan / بالطبع biṭ-ṭabᵉʕ | of course, naturally |
Time
editهلّا halla / halla' (most common), هسّا hassa (South) regional: هلقيت hal'ēt (Jerusalem), إسّا 'issa (Galilee) |
now |