laƶm must, have to
đruri must
almfruđ should
mmkn can, it’s possible mstħil it’s impossible
imkin perhaps
gaiƶ may(be), it’s possible that
shl easy to cob hard to
msmuħ permitted to mmnuo forbidden to
modals which are active participles take m, f, pl forms:
oaiƶ oaiƶe oaiƶin want to
naui nauie nauiin intend to
qaod qaoda qaodin keep on
omal omale omalin continue
modals which take pronoun suffix -i -i/ak -uh -ha etc.
nfs- feel like
qcd- mean to
ƶman- must’ve (happening at right time)
tn- keep on
ia rit-(suffix optional) wish
add kan past hikun future mc negative before
eg.
kan laƶm tfkr fi almuđuo qbl ma taxd qrar
you should’ve thought about it before you took a decision
almfruđ anna klna nqđi uqt kuis
we should all spend our time well
makanj qcdi ádaiqk
i didn’t mean to annoy you
ia ritni maftħt cdri u atklmt b qlb gamd
i wish i hadn’t talked so openly and bravely
ƶmanha gaie
she ought to be coming (soon now)
ƶmank got
you must be hungy (by now)
kan ƶman kl ħage xlct lu knti saodtini
everything would’ve been finished (by now) if you’d helped me
nfsi ásafr lbnan
i’d like to travel to lebanon
nauie ácħi bdri
i intend to get up early
alblaui omale ttħdf olina
troubles keep on happening to us
alorbie alkħiane di omale tkħ fi usŧ aljaro
this beatup old car keeps on coughing in the middle of the street
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