Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

a little bird told me

Arabic translation:

قالت لي العصفورة

Added to glossary by zkt
Feb 8, 2008 13:58
16 yrs ago
English term

a little bird told me

English to Arabic Other Poetry & Literature
traduction vers l'arbe et si c'est possible une explication ; est ce que c'est un "idiomatic expression or proverb" ?
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May 15, 2008 07:55: zkt Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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قالت لي العصفورة

This version is really used a lot in colloquial Arabic in Lebanon.
Peer comment(s):

agree ahmadwadan.com : أينعم...وفي مصر نقول: "العصفورة قالتلي"
14 mins
Thank you Ahmad
agree Doaa El Seify
19 mins
Thank you Doaa
agree Mona Helal : بالمصري: العصفورة قالت لي - I seem to be repeating what Ahmad said, but his entry wasn't there when I posted mine. This confirms the point I suppose :))
19 mins
Thank you Mona
agree Aljobury
23 mins
Thank you Aljobury
agree Alexander Yeltsov
54 mins
THank you Alexander
agree Marcelle Nassif
59 mins
Thank you Marcelle
agree Mohsin Alabdali
1 hr
Thank you Mohsin
agree Ghada Samir : العصفورة، قالت لي
2 hrs
Thank you ghada
agree Abdul Aziz Dammad : Yes, that's it.
3 hrs
Thank you Abdulaziz
agree Neamaat Shehatah
14 days
thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merçi zkt"
6 mins

أخبرتني العصفورة

it is an expression meaning xxxx told me a secret...
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57 mins

أخبرني او قال لي العصفور الأخضر

،اي ان الأخبار تاتي بواسطة العصفور الأخضر
العصفور الاخضر من قبل قال هيريح اعصابه وهيرجع وفى الانتظار

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Note added at 59 mins (2008-02-08 14:57:34 GMT)
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العصفور الأخضر=العصفور الأخضر الصغير (ربما يكون عصفور الحبlove bird(
Example sentence:

قال لي العصفور الأخضر انك ستاتي لزيارتي اليوم لذا انا في انتطارك

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