“Paying” (present) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Paying” (the verb, in the present tense) is written using the Latin script as:

(I) 3ambetfa3

(You) (m) 3ambtetfa3

(You) (f) 3ambtetfa3e

(You, plural) 3ambyetfa3o

(He) 3ambyetfa3

(She) 3ambtetfa3

(We) 3amnetfa3

(They) 3ambyetfa3o

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عمبتفاع (I)

عمبتتفاع (You) (m)

عمبتتفاعي (You) (f)

عمبيتفاعو (You, plural)

عمبيتتفاع (He)

عمنتفاع (She)

عمنتفاع (We)

عمبيتفاعو (They)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I’m at the cash register paying.”

2ana had cash register 3ambetfa3.

.عمبتفاع cash register أنا حاد

 
“Are you paying for it soon?”

(m) 3ambtetfa3 2ariban?

(f) 3ambtetfa3e 2ariban?

عمبتتفاع أريبان؟ (m)

عمبتتفاعي أريبان؟ (f)

 
“What are you two paying with?”

Shou 3ambtetfa3o 2ento naynetkon?

شو عمبتتفلعو أنتو نايناتكون؟

 
“My husband is at the front paying.”

Jawze 2edem 3ambyedfa3.

.جاوزي قدام عامبيدفاع

 
“My wife is paying for the kids new jeans now.”

Marte 3ambtetfa3 jeans taba3 2awlede hala2.

 .أوليدي حلق jeans مارتي عامبتتفاع

 
“We are at the front paying.”

Nahna 2edem 3amnetfa3.

.ناحنا قدام عامنتفاع

 
“They are paying now.”

3ambyetfa3o hala2.

.عامبيتفاعو حلاق

 

Related words in Lebanese Arabic

“Pay” (future) in Lebanese Arabic

“Pays” (third-person) in Lebanese Arabic

“Paid” (past) in Lebanese Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Paying” (present) in Tunisian Arabic

“Paying” (present) in Turkish