How to say “greece” in Palestinian Arabic
The country is il-yoonaan. Greek, for the people and the language, is yoonaani. Capitals mark the emphatic letters, 3 is ع and 7 is ح; the whole reading key is one page.
الْيُونان
Greece
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يُونَانِي
Greek
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The il- is part of the name
il-yoonaan is literally "the Greece", and the il- never comes off. Jordan works the same way (il-'urdun), so does Iraq (il-3iraaq). Egypt and Palestine go bare: maSer, falasTeen. The person, the language and anything Greek is yoonaani, so a Greek series is musalsal yoonaani and "do you speak Greek?" is bti7ki yoonaani?
In a sentence
الْيُونَان بَلَد أُورُبِّي قَدِيم وحِلُو.
Greece is an old, beautiful European country.
في مُسَلْسَل يُوناني حِلْو كْتِير هَالأَيّام.
There's a really nice Greek series these days.
'akhadto ya 'abooy. biddi 'ashoof il-musalsal il-yoonaani hallaq.
أَخَدْتُه يا أَبُوي. بِدّي أَشُوف المُسَلْسَل اليُوناني هَلَّق.
I took it, dad. I want to see the Greek series now.
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