يوم الجمعة؟ — يا ريت
Friday? — I wish
In the story
يوم الجمعة؟ — يا ريت.
Nour
يوم الجمعة — yom el-jum3a — Friday. Then that beautiful sigh-word: يا ريت — ya rayt — I wish, if only. Register? Everyday wistful. Mistake to avoid: don’t say ‘inshallah’ here if it’s a wish you suspect won’t happen; يا ريت leans more…
Nour
Together: يوم الجمعة؟ — يا ريت. Slower… يوم — الجمعة…؟ — يا — ريت. Now natural, with that little sigh: يا ريت.
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 13