بينما
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj.na.maː/
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Conjunction
بَيْنَمَا • (baynamā)
- while
- Synonym: بَيْنَا (baynā)
- بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ إِذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ
- baynamā naḥnu julūsun ʔiḏ ṭalaʕa ʕalaynā rajulun
- While we were sitting, a man appeared to us
- (sometimes proscribed) whereas
- Synonym: فِي حِينِ (fī ḥīni)
- أَحْسَنَ إِلَيْكَ سَعْدٌ بَيْنَمَا أَنْتَ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهِ
- ʔaḥsana ʔilayka saʕdun baynamā ʔanta ʔasaʔta ʔilayhi
- Saad treated you well, whereas you treated him badly
Moroccan Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /biː.nɪm.ma/
Audio (file)
South Levantine Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bej.na.ma/, [ˈbej.na.ma]
Audio (al-Lidd) (file)
See also
- لمّا (lamma, “when; as soon as”)
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