“Somebody” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Somebody” is written using the Latin script as:

Hada

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

حدا

Listen to this word pronounced (audio)

 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“Somebody stopped by to see you.”

(m) Hada mara2 la yishoufak.

(f) Hada mara2 la yishoufik.

.حدا مراق ليشوفك (m)

.حدا مراق ليشوفيك (f)

 
“I know somebody who can drive us.”

(m) Ba3rif hada fiyo yekhedna.

(f) Ba3rif hada fiya tekhedna.

.بعريف حدا فيو خدنا (m)

.بعريف حدا فيا تخدنا (f)

 
“Do you know somebody who can help me move on Saturday?”

(m) Bta3rif hada fiyo yese3edna 2etharak hal sabet?

(f) Bta3rfe hada fiya tse3edna 2etharak hal sabet?

بتعريف حدا فيو يسعدني قتحرك هلسبت؟ (m)

بتعرفي حدا فيا تسعدني قتحرك هلسبت؟ (f)

 
“I know somebody.”

Ba3rif hada.

.بعريف حدا

 
“Somebody forgot their jacket.”

Hada nese jacketo.

.حدا نسي جاكدتو