How to say "sentence" in Arabic
New wordMeaningsentence
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
جُمْلَة
jumlaג'מלה
جملة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
משפט
mishpatمِشْپَات
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
ج-م-لLearn it
On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Levantine · Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
جُمْلِة
jumleג'מלהLevantine ends it in -e: jumle.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
جُمْلَة
gumlaגמלהHard g in Cairo: gumla.
In a phrase
اُكْتُب جُمْلَة
uktub jumlaאכתב ג'מלהWrite a sentence.
Plural
جُمَل
jumalג'מלbroken plural fuʿal.