English→Syrian Levantine Arabic

Translate English to Syrian Levantine Arabic like a local.

Syrian Arabic sounds like itself through conversational forms such as شلونك، كتير، وهلّق instead of formal MSA phrasing.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

How are you?

شلونك؟

شلونك is a familiar Syrian conversational form, rather than the more formal كيف حالك؟.

I’m fine, just very tired.

أنا منيح، بس تعبان كتير.

منيح is the everyday Syrian word for “fine,” and كتير comes after the adjective in this colloquial phrasing.

Wait for me, I’m coming now.

ناطرني، جايي هلّق.

ناطرني and جايي use Syrian spoken participle forms, while هلّق is the local conversational word for “now.”

How much is this?

قدّيش حقّ هاد؟

قدّيش means “how much” and هاد means “this”; both are common in spoken Syrian Levantine Arabic.

How do I get to the old market?

شلون بوصل عالسوق القديم؟

شلون means “how” in Syrian speech, while عالسوق is the colloquial contraction of على السوق, meaning “to the market.”

Can I have a little more bread?

فيني آخد شوي خبز زيادة؟

فيني is the Levantine ability construction for “can I,” and شوي means “a little.”

My little sister is still asleep.

أختي الصغيرة لسا نايمة.

لسا means “still” and is a characteristic colloquial Syrian Levantine form.

It’s really cold today.

الدنيا برد كتير اليوم.

الدنيا برد is a colloquial Syrian way to describe the weather, and كتير is the local intensifier for “really” or “very.”

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

Syrian Levantine Arabic for conversational registers (shlonak, ktir for very, hala2 for now, mnih for good); MSA for formal documents.

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