English→Jordanian Levantine Arabic

Translate English to Jordanian Levantine Arabic like a local.

Jordanian Arabic sounds like itself through everyday Levantine forms such as keefak, ya zalameh, ktir, and tamam instead of formal MSA phrasing.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

How are you?

كيفك؟

Jordanian uses كيفك (keefak) in conversation, with the -ak ending for “you,” rather than the formal MSA كيف حالك.

Don’t worry, mate, everything’s fine.

ولا يهمك يا زلمة، كلّه تمام.

ولا يهمك is the everyday Jordanian way to reassure someone, while يا زلمة adds the informal “mate” address and تمام is a common spoken ending.

Can you show me where the bus stop is?

بتقدر تفرجيني وين موقف الباص؟

The prefix ب- in بتقدر marks the Jordanian conversational present, and وين is the spoken form used for “where.”

Do you have change for a ten-dinar note?

معك فَكّة للعشرة؟

فَكّة is the Jordanian colloquial word for small change, signaling an everyday cash transaction.

I’d like mansaf without the jameed sauce, please.

بدي منسف بدون جميد، لو سمحت.

بدي is the spoken Levantine construction for expressing a want or request, while جميد is the distinctive Jordanian ingredient used in mansaf.

Your little brother is still asleep.

أخوك الصغير لِسّه نايم.

لِسّه is a Jordanian Levantine colloquial form meaning still, commonly used in relaxed family conversation.

I’ll send you the file tonight.

رح أبعتلك الملف الليلة.

رح marks the conversational Levantine future, and أبعتلك uses the attached pronoun construction for I will send it to you.

It looks like it’s going to rain.

مبيّن إنها رح تشتي.

تشتي is the colloquial Levantine verb for rain, while مبيّن إنها gives the natural spoken sense it looks like.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Jordanian Levantine Arabic for conversational registers (keefak, zalameh informally, ktir, tamam); MSA for formal documents.

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