Grammar and Conjunctions of the Saudi Dialect (Urban Hijazi)

Learn nominal sentences (a is b) in the Saudi dialect, where present tense uses subject plus predicate without to be, and past tense uses was with example phrases.

Learn urban Hijazi personal pronouns and how they change by person, number, and gender. Examples include ana (i), inta/inti (you), hua/hiya (he/she), nina/ina (we), humma (they).

Learn how Arabic demonstratives mark gender and proximity, with examples like this book and that tree, and how to form adjectives with el and forms such as da and dee.

Explore negation in the Saudi dialect, using mu to negate nouns, adjectives, and participles, and maa plus the verb to negate verbs across tenses.

Learn how negative pronouns negate the verb to be in present tense, with examples like I am not, you are not, he is not, we are not.

Explore possessive suffixes in the Saudi dialect, learning how nouns take suffixes to express ownership, with gender and number variations and exceptions for vowels and consonant clusters.

Explore possessive pronouns in the Saudi dialect, showing ownership depends on possessor, the noun's gender, and number. Learn how the hag forms create masculine, feminine, and plural pronouns with examples.

Explore idfa, Arabic possessive construction, by linking nouns like Bayt Ahmed and Maktab Khalid and adding l to the second noun to show ownership.

Explore how question words in the urban Hijazi dialect use ash and ish pronunciations, covering what, where, why, who, how, which, how many, and how much with examples.

Explore how prepositions such as fi, min, and b link nouns and phrases to express direction, place, time, and instrument in Arabic.

Explore how the urban Hijazi dialect marks possession with possessive endings, uses can for past tense, and treats inanimate objects as feminine in plural, so can becomes cannot.

Explore yes, no, and illa in urban hijazi, using IWA to say yes, la for no with a glottal stop or long vowel, and illa to answer a negative question.

Explore how to express existence with there is and there isn't in Saudi dialect, using fee and murphy with examples like cat on car and no one in room.

Explore how hag marks possession in the Saudi dialect, with masculine, feminine, and plural forms, and apply it to people, objects, and professions like the AC guy or maintenance people.

Identify noun gender in Arabic: masculine or feminine; feminine nouns often end with an 'a' sound, as in syara or madrassa, while masculine nouns like kitab and walad do not.

Discover how adjectives follow the noun in Arabic, contrasting with English; learn through the example madrasa Kibera, literally 'school big,' to understand noun-adjective order.

Learn how adjectives must agree in gender with nouns in urban hijazi. Masculine forms align with masculine nouns, while feminine nouns require feminine adjective forms, such as Kabir vs Kabira.

Explore how the definite article el marks definiteness in Arabic, prefixing nouns and altering pronunciation based on the initial letter; with sun letters the l assimilates, yielding ash-shams.

Examine definite article and adjective agreement in urban hijazi Arabic, where a definite noun requires a definite adjective by adding el, as in el kitab al jadeed.

Learn how to form numbers in the urban Hijazi Saudi dialect, from basic numbers to tens and hundreds, by attaching numbers to words, including 21, 22, 23, and 125.

Learn how numbers interact with nouns in urban hijazi Arabic. One follows the noun with gender agreement; two uses a dual ending; three to ten take plural nouns.

Explore ordinal numbers in Arabic, placed before or after the noun; when after the noun, both take el; beyond eleven, el follows the noun.

Discover telling time in the Saudi urban Hijazi dialect using the 'as Sarah' structure for hours and minutes, with rubber for quarter past and illa tilt for quarter to.

Learn to express have to, had to, and will have to with lazim, using present, past, and future forms, and negate them with ma or mu lazim.

Learn how several and a few express quantity in urban Hijazi Arabic, with examples of question versus statement tones and usage in everyday contexts like supermarkets.

Learn how to express frequency in the Saudi dialect using always, sometimes, and rarely, with examples of daily routines like going to work early and reading before sleep.

Learn to use ever and never in Urban Hijazi, including forming 'have you ever' questions and placing 'never' before the verb, with examples like Germany and sushi.

Learn how the urban hijazi word 'dub' expresses 'just did' by adding possessive suffixes to match the subject, and placing it before the main verb, since it conjugates like dooby.

Learn how to use in a bit and a bit ago to express near-future actions and recent past in the Saudi Hijazi dialect, with practical examples.

Explore how to say later and in the past in the Saudi dialect (urban hijazi) using 'baden' for later and 'owl' for past actions.

Explore how 'already' functions in the Urban Hijazi dialect, noting that it often precedes the verb and can modify completed actions, with examples of finished work and returned home.

Explore using still and not yet in urban Hijazi grammar, with positive still and negative not yet examples like I am still working and I have not yet finished.

Explore how 'for sure' and 'sure' convey certainty in Urban Hijazi Arabic, with statements and questions to confirm or assure, and the distinction between situation and person as described.

Learn to express time in urban hijazi by using marra for a time and murat for multiple occurrences, with examples like first time, once, and three or five times.

Explore how to form 'have…yet?' questions in Urban Hijazi using voila and lisa, meaning or and still, with examples like have you eaten yet and have you slept yet.

Discover how the Saudi Hijazi dialect uses issp to ask what's wrong, with possessive suffixes matching the person addressed, as in you say ishbo Khalid rather than issp Khalid.

Explore using 'most of' in the urban Hijazi dialect with examples like most of you would say, most shops close, and plural forms such as visitors.

Learn how to express minimum quantities in urban hijazi using at least, with examples showing al ghul and al al ghul placed at the beginning or end of a sentence.

Learn how to use most likely in Urban Hijazi, with examples showing placement before or after the statement, including rain tomorrow and team wins.

Learn how any is used before a noun in Urban Hijazi grammar and conjunctions to indicate any item or option from a group, with practical, example-based explanations.

Explore how all and every precede a noun to indicate the entire group or every instance, with examples like kulam, kul al-kutub hina, and kul mara in urban hijazi grammar.

Explore how the Urban Hijazi dialect uses everyone to indicate involvement, with examples like everyone attended the party and everyone loves this food, highlighting its role in sentence construction.

Explore how the urban Hijazi use of get expresses the same size, as big as, or as small as. Also learn how get bad means the same as each other.

Explain how Ahad denotes an unspecified person, used in questions or when needing help, with examples like is there anyone there and I need someone to help me.

Explore referring to a specific person in urban hijazi arabic using someone, with the feminine form wahda, and examples of past and present usage.

Explore how the Urban Hijazi dialect uses ma ahad to express no one, with examples like no one is here and no one called me today.

Explore the use of the word 'some' in urban Hijazi dialect to express indefinite quantity, with examples like some people like spicy food and some students did not attend class.

Explore how the word and connects two words in the Saudi dialect, indicating inclusion, with pronunciation variations as woo or wuh depending on the preceding sound, illustrated by examples.

Explore how 'while' is used in the Saudi dialect, requiring a pronoun plus a verb or an active participle after 'while,' with examples like don't talk while you eat.

Learn how or marks alternatives in Urban Hijazi statements, with examples like I want to eat chicken or fish and you will go to the market or the mall.

Learn how to use wala wala to express 'or' in questions in the Saudi dialect, with examples like chicken or fish and tea or coffee.

Learn how 'otherwise' signals consequences in urban hijazi dialect, with examples like 'otherwise I won't take you with me' and 'otherwise you will fail the exam' to show condition-based meaning.

Express a choice using either or, pairing the first option after the first yeah and the second after the second yeah, with examples like either me or you.

Learn to express neither nor for nouns using la wallah la and voila. Negate verbs with ma wallah, ma before the first verb and voila before the second.

Learn how the Urban Hijazi dialect marks 'by oneself' with possessive suffixes, conjugating for masculine, feminine, and plural, and see practical examples of independent actions.

Explore how the Saudi dialect forms 'alone' with possessive suffixes for masculine and feminine, including livadi, with examples like I went to the cinema alone and we work alone.

Explore how the Saudi Hijazi dialect uses 'bad' to mean each other, with examples like they love each other and they hate each other, illustrating reciprocal expressions and basic conjunctions.

Learn how murbad expresses together in the urban Hijazi dialect, using examples like we have been together, they went to the mall together, and we live together.

Explore how for, in order to, and because express purpose or cause in urban hijazi, with ashani and hashana conjugations and examples such as I made a cake for you.

Learn how the urban Hijazi dialect expresses 'because' with Shan or Lianhu, using subject-based conjugations, and how adding pronouns after ashan simplifies usage, with examples.

Demonstrate how because of and due to express cause, with possessive suffix conjugations to indicate who is responsible.

Learn how the urban hijazi dialect uses the conjunction but to show contrast between two clauses, with examples like the weather was nice but it became hot.

Explore how only and just convey meaning in the Saudi dialect, with placement in the middle or end of a sentence; context determines whether they mean only or just.

Explore how z expresses like or similar to across Saudi and Arab worlds, enabling comparisons such as 'she is like the moon' and 'they like us', with possessive suffix conjugation.

Demonstrate how the Hijazi 'as' (zima) signals comparison and is followed by verbs or pronouns, with examples like 'as you like' and 'as you are'.

Explore how percentages are expressed in the Saudi dialect using the number plus mia construction. See examples like 25%, 80%, and 30% of the sukan are ajaib foreigners.

Learn how the verb bidder expresses starting or beginning, typically for a single action rather than a habit, with examples like I started eating and I started working.

Explain how sa marks starting a habit in Saudi dialect and how ma and sa ma negate or indicate stopping, with examples like going to the gym and visiting weekly.

Learn to distinguish stopping a habit from canceling plans in the Saudi Hijazi dialect, using sa ma or ma sa to express habitual cessation with gym and eating examples.

Harless expresses finishing an action and must be followed by a verbal noun, not a verb; examples include finishing showering, studying, eating, or sewing.

Learn how tara, used in urban hijazi Saudi dialect, emphasizes statements, signals warnings or concern, and marks insignificance, with direct object suffix conjugations illustrated.

This lecture explains how the Saudi dialect (urban Hijazi) uses 'as soon as' to mark immediate sequence, followed by a verb or pronoun plus a verb, with practical examples.

Learn to form nouns of places from verbs using the ma pattern, remove vowels, and fill the boxes to yield maktab (office), misbah (swimming pool), matar (airport), and masjid (mosque).

Explore how Hijazi verbs express thinking, expectation, prediction, and believing, interchangeable in spoken language; learn atoka for predict or expect, plus verbs for suppose and believe, with ino optionally following.

Learn to express opinions in the urban hijazi dialect with 'to think' and eno, using examples like 'i think the iPhone is better than Samsung'.

Explore how the Arabic verb hassab marks mistaken thinking, emphasizing that an assumption is wrong, with examples about misplacing thoughts of people, places, or identities.

Learn how to express thinking, considering, and reflection in the Saudi dialect, with rules for following verbs with a noun and using the preposition fi to express about.

Explore how 'blarney' marks intentional action in urban hijazi grammar, and learn its common placement at the end of a sentence or before the verb to convey the same meaning.

Learn to express by mistake in urban hijazi dialect with examples like 'I put your phone in my pocket by mistake' and 'I wore someone else’s sandals at the mosque'.

Learn to express to the extent that or so much that in urban hijazi arabic using the original eno with noun and pronoun forms, including attached and detached variants.

Learn how urban Hijazi Arabic forms relative clauses with ili for that/which, including the 'one that' construction and the rule that indefinite nouns do not take ili.

Learn to use ma able ma to mean in the meantime, by combining a verb in any tense with abba alma and a present-tense verb.

Discover how Urban Hijazi Arabic expresses meaning and intention using the noun for intention with possessive suffixes, not a verb, with patterns, examples, and the optional ino.

Learn how to express by the time in the Saudi Hijazi dialect, using Obama as a placeholder, with past, present, and future tense constructions and subject-based conjugation.

Explain how the Arabic adverb maxus, meaning specifically, is used to express doing something for a specific purpose, usually after the object, with examples from shopping, travel, and social media.

Discover how to express since or given that in Arabic using bimah ino, a simple bimah ino plus clause construction. Explore pronoun conjugations and no-need forms with examples.

Learn to express 'under the impression that' in the urban Hijazi dialect using the alas construction (and hassab), with first to third person examples and pronoun attachment.

Explore conditional sentences in the urban hijazi Arabic dialect, using if with would or would have, expressed in past tense with examples like if you study, you would pass.

Discover how to say I wish you the same or hopefully you're next in Urban Hijazi, using the same-wish phrase for marriage, having a child, graduation, with suffixes.

Master how passive verbs form in hijazi arabic: form one becomes form seven with n, form two becomes form five with at, and form three becomes form six with at.

Explore how to express doing something for nothing or in vain in urban hijazi arabic, using phrases like alfadhli and verb forms to show wasted effort.

Learn to say deserve, be worth, or serve one right with the verb a stall, focusing on present tense and examples like the car is worth every riyal.

Learn to express eventually or sooner or later in urban hijazi by using the noun monsieur with possessive suffixes, such as masiri, and use present tense verbs.