Discussing opinions in Levantine Arabic (2)

Welcome to the two^nd a part of this weblog publish 🙂 Welcome to the second a part of this metropolis. Final week, we began finding out ways in which one can use to focus on their opinion مناقشة آرائهم in Arabic, significantly Syrian Arabic اللهجة السوريّة. We significantly checked out expressions that can be utilized to specific / state an opinion التعبير عن الرأي / وجهة النّظر. At present’s publish will concentrate on expressions that we will use to ask others The final query for his or her opinion on their opinions .

To refresh your reminiscence, you possibly can verify the primary a part of this weblog publish TIMES the place we talked about expressions that we will use to state / give an opinion.

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2- Expressions to ask somebody for his or her opinion

The opposite group of expressions we’re going have a look at is that which can be utilized to ask one for his or her opinion.

A- To ask about one thing / somebody

The commonest manner of asking one other for his or her opinion is to make use of the query phrase “what” Present + “your opinion” رَأْيِكْ. This phrase is kind of basic, as the next:

What’s your opinion? What do you assume? <<

-This phrase can be utilized to ask about a particular factor شَيْءْ مُعَيَّنْ, eg

–On this case, the preposition “Of” بِـ is added earlier than the factor we’re speaking about.

What’s your opinion of? What’s your opinion? <<

Examples:

Present رأيك بالفستان؟

What’s your opinion of the costume?

شو رايك بTopic?

What’s your opinion of the matter?

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-The identical construction شو رايك بِـ can be utilized to ask somebody for his or her opinion of an individual.

Instance:

شو رايك بــWhat?

What’s your opinion of Nada?

* Apparently, in Syrian Arabic, the prepositionبِـ turns intoفي when the factor or individual mentioned is referred to utilizing a pronoun.

شو رايك فـSure?

What’s your opinion of it / him?

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B- To ask about (doing) sure motion (verbal construction)

In case you wish to ask somebody for his or her opinion about doing one thing, a verbal phrase is added after the primary construction of the query: شو رأيك. The verb is put within the current tense.

What’s your opinion of (doing)? شو رايك + Act? <<

Present رأيك Job What?

What do you consider cooking the rice this fashion?

Present me نرجع / ناكل For?

What do you consider going again / consuming out? /

One other construction may very well be:

براييك.. What’s the time restrict?

In your opinion, will they provide me an appointment?

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Instance

Instance

Present رأيك في هاللوحة؟ Shofi Qadish Halwa –

What do you consider this portray? Have a look at how lovely it’s.

Clearly I have no idea –

I truthfully do not see it this fashion.

What do you imply? –

What do you imply?

يعني .. بهسها عادية كتير – ما فيها شيء مميز –

Sort of, I believe it is fairly bizarre – nothing is particular about it.

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I hope you loved and benefited from this two-part publish about opinions 🙂