Heyye by Aziz Maraka | She…she’s the one ❤️

Aziz Maraka is a musician from Jordan and is famous for his musical style which is a fusion of both rock and jazz.

Check out one of his songs called “Heyye” (هي) or “She” in English. This song contains some useful phrases that you can use in your daily conversations. I will elaborate on them below.

Use of the verb طلع

The Form I verb طلع – بيطلع is an important and useful verb to know as it can be used to describe many things in everyday Arabic.

• The verb can mean “to go out to [a place]” or “to leave [a place]”

مبارح طلعت على المسرح لأول مرة

mbaareH tle3et 3ala elmasraH la awal mara

I went to the theater for the first time yesterday

The active participle طالع \ طالعة\ طالعين is also used often.

وين محمود؟ طالع على الدكان لحتى يشتري شوية اغراض

wain Mahmoud? taale3 3ala eldukaan laHata yeshtarii sweyeh aghraad

Where is Mahmoud? He went out to the shop to buy some things.

• It can also refer to “go up” or “climb up”

• The verb can mean “to leave” or “to get out from”

اختي ما تقدر تطلع من البيت بدون ما توقف قدام المراية على الاقل نص ساعة

ukthi ma teqdar tetlaq min elbayt biduun ma twa2ef 2udam elmraayeh 3ala a2al nuS saa3ah

My sister cannot leave the house without standing in front of the mirror for at least half an hour

اطلع من راسي

etla3 men raasi

Leave me alone

(Literal meaning: Get out of my head!)

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• The verb also refer to “get into [a vehicle]”

بدي اطلع في السيارة وأروح أي مكان

bidi atlaq fii elsiyaarah u aruuH ayi makan

I want to get in the car and go anywhere

• The verb can also take on the meaning of “come out to be” or “turned out to be”

مو معقول! الشاب الي كنّا من نفس الصف وكان ناجح بدراسته طلع إرهابي

mu ma32ul! elShab illi kunna min nafsil Saf u kan naajeH bi diraaseto tele3 irhaabi

It’s unbelievable! The guy who we were in the same class with and who excelled in his studies turned out to be a terrorist.

I was worried  انشغل بالي

The phrase is often used with the preposition على

وين كنتي يا بنتي؟ والله انشغل بالي عليكي

wain kunti ya benti. Wallah inshaghel baly 3alaiki

Where has you been, my daughter? I swear I was so worried for you.

انشغل بالي عليه من وقت مابقا يحكي معي

inshaghel baly 3alay min wa2t maa ba2aa yehki ma3i

I was worried for him since he stopped talking to me

I couldn’t fall asleep ما جاني نوم

The phrase literally means that the sleep did not come to me.

If you want to say that “I can’t fall asleep” (present tense instead of past tense), just substitute the word “جاني” to  “جايني”

And change the suffix accordingly if you want to change the subject [person].

ما جاها نوم مبارح

ma jaahaa noum mbaareH

She couldn’t fall asleep yesterday

مو جايني نوم قبل ما يرجع ابني عالبيت

mu jayyi noum 2abel ma yerjak ibni 3al bayt

I can’t fall asleep before my son returns home

انت ليش سهران ؟ مش جايك نوم؟

enta leish saHran? mesh jayyak noum?

Why are you up late? Can’t fall asleep?

Use of the word نفسي

The word is used in the same way we say “I really hope” or “I really wish”.

نفسي روح لتركيا

nifsii ruH la turkiya

I really hope to go to Turkey

نفسي اطلع من الاردن

nifsii aTla3 men elurdon

I really hope to get out of Jordan

نفسي شي مرة اجي ولاقيتك عم تدرس

nifsii shii mara ajii u la2iitak 3am tudros

I really wish that for once I could come in and see that you’re studying

Ya reit يا ريت

This phrase is similar to the English phrase “How I wish..”

يا ريت نكون اصحاب

ya reit nkuun asHab

How I wish we could be friends

I have written a post on the usage of this phrase through the use of a song. Check it out here!

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So that’s it, folks! I hope you like the song 🙂

Let me know if the post has been useful to you by dropping a comment below -I would love to hear your thoughts!

Take care and I’ll see ya in the hosh,

Lyn