بحرا

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baħ.ra/

Adverb

بحرا • (baḥra)

1. just

   بحرا جيت للدار. ― baḥra jīt l-ed-dār. ― I just came home.

   بحرا كلت البيتزا البارح. ― baḥra kalt ep-pītza l-bāriḥ. ― I just ate pizza yesterday.

   بحرا لقيته كيقرا داك الكتاب اللي عطيته له على تاريخ المغرب.

   baḥra lqītu kayaqra dāk l-ektāb elli ʕṭītu lu ʕla tārīḵ el-maḡrib.

   I just found him reading the book I've given him about the history of Morocco.

2. barely, hardly

   بحرا لقيت الوقت باش ناكل. ― baḥra lqīt el-waqt bāš nākul. ― I hardly found time to eat.

3. so that

   جي بكري بحرا ندخلوا فالوقت.

   jī bakri baḥra nduḵlu f-el-waqt.

   Come early so that we enter on time.