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first day of university

أول يوم بالجامعة

نور صحيت بكير متوترة
Nour si7yit bakeer mitwattre
Nour woke up early and nervous.

لأنه اليوم أول يوم إلها في جامعة الزرقاء
La’anno il-yom awwal yom ilha fi Jami3it iz-Zarqa
Because today was her first day at Zarqa University.

تخصص تمريض
Takhassus tamreed
Her major is nursing.

لبست جينز وبلوزة بيضاء وحجاب أزرق
Libsit jeans w blouze beeda w 7ijab azraq
She wore jeans, a white blouse, and a blue hijab.

وتأكدت إنه الهوية والمصاري بالشنتة مع باقي أغراضها
W ta’akkadat innu il-hawiyye wil-masari bish-shanta ma3 baqi aghradha
And she made sure her ID and money were in her bag with the rest of her things.

أمها: يلا يا بنتي، بلاش يروح عليكي الباص!
Ummaha: Yalla ya binti, balash yrou7 3aleiki il-bas!
Her mother: Come on, don’t miss the bus!

وصلت الجامعة
Wislit il-jami3a
She arrived at the university.

كان المكان كبير ومليان ناس
Kan il-makan kbeer w malyan nas
The place was big and full of people.

فحست إنها شوي تايهة
Fa7assit innaha shway tayeha
So she felt a little lost.

بعدها دورت على القاعة ودخلتها
Ba3daha dawwarat 3al-qa3a w dakhaltha
Then she looked for the classroom and entered it.

الدكتورة: أهلاً بالطلاب الجدد، عرفونا بحالكم
Id-diktora: Ahlan bit-tullab il-jdid, 3arrifuna bi7alkom
The professor: Welcome, new students. Introduce yourselves.

عرفوا الطلاب بحالهم
3arrafu it-tullab bi7alhom
The students introduced themselves.

بعدها إجا دور نور
Ba3daha ija dor Nour
Then it was Nour’s turn.

وقفت
Wigfit
She stood up.

نور: أنا نور، بحب التمريض ومتحمسة كتير للجامعة
Nour: Ana Nour, b7ibb it-tamreed w miti7ammse kteer lil-jami3a
Nour: I’m Nour. I love nursing and I’m very excited about university.

في البريك قعدت مع بنتين، ريم ولين
Fil-break ga3adat ma3 bintein, Reem w Leen
During the break, she sat with two girls, Reem and Leen.

شربوا شاي
Shirbu shay
They drank tea.

وحكوا عن الدراسة والجدول
W 7akaw 3an id-dirase wil-jadwal
And talked about studying and their schedule.

وشاركوا خططهم لحياة الجامعة
W sharaku khutathom li7ayat il-jami3a
And shared their plans for university life.

خلص اليوم
Khilis il-yom
The day ended.

ورجعت على البيت مبسوطة
W riji3it 3al-bet mabsuta
And she went home happy.

سألتها أمها عن يومها
Sa’alitha ummaha 3an yomha
Her mother asked her about her day.

نور: الحمدلله، الناس طيبين والجامعة حلوة
Nour: Il7amdulillah, in-nas tayyibeen wil-jami3a 7ilwe
Nour: Thank God, the people are nice and the university is great.

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متوترة
mitawwtira
anxious / nervous
تخصص تمريض
takhassus tamrid
nursing major
الهوية
il-huwiyye
the ID
باقي
baqi
the rest / remaining
بلاش يروح عليكي
balash yiruh alayki
don't miss (lit. don't let it go on you)
تايهة
tayha
lost
القاعة
il-qa'a
lecture hall
عرفونا بحالكم
arrafu b-halkom
introduce yourselves
متحمسة
mitḥammse
excited
الجدول
il-jadwal
schedule
حياة الجامعة
hayat il-jama
university life

How to Say “Miss Something” in Arabic

When راح / يروح is used with على + a pronoun, it can mean to miss something because you were late, did not catch it, or did not take advantage of the opportunity.

Structure: راح (الاشي) + على (انا) + الاشي
راح عليّ الباص = I missed the bus

Examples

راح عليّ الباص.
I missed the bus.
Literally: The bus left without me.

لا تتأخري، الباص رح يروح عليكي.
Don’t be late, or you’ll miss the bus.

راحت عليه الفرصة.
He missed the opportunity.

استعجلي عشان ما يروح عليكي الموعد.
Hurry so you don’t miss the appointment.

Pronoun Forms
راح عليّ = I missed it
راح عليكَ = You missed it (masculine)
راح عليكي = You missed it (feminine)
راح عليه = He missed it
راح عليها = She missed it
راح علينا = We missed it
راح عليكم = You missed it (plural)
راح عليهم = They missed it
Important

The thing that was missed is the subject of the Arabic sentence.

الباص راح عليّ.
I missed the bus.

الفرصة راحت عليها.
She missed the opportunity.

Notice that the verb agrees with the missed thing:

الباص راح because الباص is masculine.
الفرصة راحت because الفرصة is feminine.