“Rain”, “Rains”, “Raining”, “Rained” (verbs) in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Rain” (the verb) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Shate

(f) Shate

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

 شتي (m)

شتي (f)

In Lebanese Arabic, “Rains” (the verb) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Yishate

(f) Tshate

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

يشتي (m)

  تشتي (f)

In Lebanese Arabic, “Raining” (the verb) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) 3ambishate

(f) 3ambetshate

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

عمبيشتي (m)

عمبتشتي (f)

In Lebanese Arabic, “Rained” (the verb) is written using the Latin script as:

(m) Shatit

(f) Tshatit

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

شتت (m)

 تشتت (f)

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“It is raining.”

3ambetshate.

.عمبتشتي

 
“It rained this morning.”

Tshatit 2al yawm 2al sebeh.

.شتت اليوم الصبح

 
“It’s supposed to rain later.”

Mafroud tshate ba3den.

.مفروض تتشتي بعدين

 
“I’m not seeing any rain.”

Ma3ambshouf 2ay shete.

.ما عمبشوف اي شتي

 
“It rains more often in the winter here.”

Hon betshate 2aktar bifasel 2al shete.

.هون بتشتي اكتر بفصل الشتي