Levantine Arabic/Adverbs
Degree
[edit | edit source]| شويّ šwayy | a litte, a bit |
| كتير ktīr | very |
| أنجق 'anja' / بالكاد bil-kād | hardly, barely |
| عالآخر ʕal-'āḵer / عالخالص ʕal-ḵāles | totally, extremely |
| لألله la-'alla | “to Allah” |
Frequency
[edit | edit source]| دايمًا dāyman | always |
| كتير مرّات ktīr marrāt | often |
| مرّات marrāt | sometimes |
| عادةً ʕādatan / بالعادة bil-ʕāde | usually, normally |
| قليل ما 'alīl-ma | seldom, rarely |
| بالمرّة bil-marra / أبدًا 'abadan | never, not at all (negated phrase) |
Modality
[edit | edit source]| يمكن yimken / بلكي balki | maybe, perhaps |
| أكيد 'akīd / بالتأكيد bit-ta'kīd | certainly, definitely, for sure |
| طبعًا ṭabʕan / بالطبع biṭ-ṭabᵉʕ | of course, naturally |
Time
[edit | edit source]| هلّا halla / halla' (most common), هسّا hassa (South) regional: هلقيت hal'ēt (Jerusalem), إسّا 'issa (Galilee) |
now |