ما في كهربا!
there's no electricity!
In the story
ما في كهربا!
Nour
She said: ما في كهربا! ma fi is ‘there isn’t/there aren’t’. kahraba is electricity — note the kh sound is خ, from your throat but softer than 7. Stress it like KA-hraba. Register: completely normal in Beirut, several times a day in some…
Nour
Say it: ما في كهربا! Again, slower: ما… في… كَهـ-رَ-با. Now naturally: ما في كهربا!
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 10