Sep 12, 2022 09:32
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Arabic term
يبكون لكأن الميت مات الآن
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a Sudanese text, and I wanted to check if this means:
'They cry as if the dead had just died now.'
It's the لكأن that I wanted to check please.
The whole sentence is: ويبكون لكأن الميت مات الآن يجترون الأحزان
Thanks!
I'm working on a Sudanese text, and I wanted to check if this means:
'They cry as if the dead had just died now.'
It's the لكأن that I wanted to check please.
The whole sentence is: ويبكون لكأن الميت مات الآن يجترون الأحزان
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | As if: لكأن |
Yassine El Bouknify
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Proposed translations
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Yassine El Bouknify
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As if: لكأن
Your translation is correct. يبكون كما لو أن
They cry as if the dead had just died now
They cry as if the dead had just died now
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Comment: "Thanks!"
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