How to say “ancient” in Palestinian Arabic

The word is qadeem (قَدِيم). Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.

قَدِيم

adj

old (of things) · ancient

plural qudama / qudamaa'feminine meregister educated

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In a sentence

الْبِيت قَدِيم، مِش جْدِيد.

The house is old, not new.

Saadafet Saa7bi il-qadeem bi-s-sooq, u-7akeena kteer.

صادَفِت صاحْبي القَديم بِالسّوق، وْحَكينا كْتِير.

I ran into my old friend at the market, and we talked a lot.

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