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What is the difference between او and ام ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between او and ام ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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21 Mar 2020
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- Arabic Near fluent
أم
1 للسؤال, for asking
ستأخذ هذا أم ذاك, / هذا أم هذا
You will take this or that?
Sa_ta'_خoth haa_tha am thaak
أأكلتَ من هذا أم ذاك؟
You ate from this or that
A_akal_ta men haa_tha am thaak
Sometime you ask just to remind about something
هل سنتناول الطعام أم ننتظره حتى يبرد !
Are we having the food or waiting for it to be cold!
2 When you want to imply that the result will be the same, Like we say in Levantine dialect
لا تّعب حالك Don't trouble yourself
Laat taعéb حaa_lak
The Form
1
فعل ماض أم لم (نفس الفعل الأول لكن بالمضارع)
Verb in the past tense am the same verb in the negative from
2
فعل ماض أم فعل ماض آخر
Verb in the past tense am another verb in the past tense
3
فعل ماض أم لا
Verb in the past tense am not
ex:
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم لم تأتي
The movie's gonna start whether you came or you didn't come
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم بقيت هناك
The movie's gonna start whether you came or stayed in there
Or
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم لا
The movie's gonna start whether you came or not
ex
سواءً أعجبكَ ذلك أم لم يعجبكْ, عليّنا أنَّ نذهبَ الآن
Whether you like it or not, we have to go now
__
Also you can use aw in this situation, but in a different form :
مع أو بدون (شيء ما)
1 With or without something
مع (شيء ما) أو بدون
With (something) or without 2
مع (شيء ما) أو بدونه
With (something) or without it 3
معها أو بدونها
4 with it or without it
It's all good
ex:
سوف أتناولها سواءً كان بها فلفل أم لم يكن
I'll eat it whether it had a pepper or it didn't have
Or
1
سوف أتناولها مع أو بدون فلفل
2
سوف أتناولها مع فلفل أو بدون
3
سوف أتناولها مع فلفل أو بدونه
4
سوف أتناولها معه أو بدونه ( الفلفل)
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أو
1 When you want to show /offer some options
Or you want to show the potentials for something
يمكنك أن تأخذ هذا أو ذاك
You can take this (m) or that (m)
Yom_ke_nu_ka am ta'_خoth haa_th aw thaak
يمكنها أن تكون هنا أو هناك
It can be here or there
Yom_kenu_haa an takoona huna aw hunaak
2 Or if you aren't sure about something
قد يستغرق الأمر/ قد يأخذ الأمر يوماً او يومين.
It Might take a day or two
قad ya staغriقul amru yaw_man aw yaw_mayn
/ ya'_خu_thol
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Ex, Contains both of aw and am
هل ستطلب بيتزا مرغريتا أو لازانيا
أم ستتناول شيئاً صحياً اليوم ?
Will you order pizza margarita or lasagna, or you'd eat something healthy today ?
the first one (aw) , you show the options, choose what ever you want.. Not a problem
But the second, you are asking what do you want normal food or healthy food.. You need answer
So am, for asking to select, or to say some things are the same
As for aw, to show the options, or there's something you don't sure about it
That's what I know, it can be more than that
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أَمْ تفيد:
أ- طلب التعيين
مثال (احمد صديقك ام ابوك!؟)
أَوْ تفيد :
أ- التخيير : التحق بالجامعة أو بالمعهد
ب- الشكّ : قرأت أمس عشرين صفحةً أو خمسةً وعشرين
ج- الإبهام : أسافر يوم الخميس أو يوم الجمعة
د- التقسيم : الكلمة: اسم أو فعل أو حرف
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أم
1 للسؤال, for asking
ستأخذ هذا أم ذاك, / هذا أم هذا
You will take this or that?
Sa_ta'_خoth haa_tha am thaak
أأكلتَ من هذا أم ذاك؟
You ate from this or that
A_akal_ta men haa_tha am thaak
Sometime you ask just to remind about something
هل سنتناول الطعام أم ننتظره حتى يبرد !
Are we having the food or waiting for it to be cold!
2 When you want to imply that the result will be the same, Like we say in Levantine dialect
لا تّعب حالك Don't trouble yourself
Laat taعéb حaa_lak
The Form
1
فعل ماض أم لم (نفس الفعل الأول لكن بالمضارع)
Verb in the past tense am the same verb in the negative from
2
فعل ماض أم فعل ماض آخر
Verb in the past tense am another verb in the past tense
3
فعل ماض أم لا
Verb in the past tense am not
ex:
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم لم تأتي
The movie's gonna start whether you came or you didn't come
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم بقيت هناك
The movie's gonna start whether you came or stayed in there
Or
الفلم سيبدأ سواءً أتيت أم لا
The movie's gonna start whether you came or not
ex
سواءً أعجبكَ ذلك أم لم يعجبكْ, عليّنا أنَّ نذهبَ الآن
Whether you like it or not, we have to go now
__
Also you can use aw in this situation, but in a different form :
مع أو بدون (شيء ما)
1 With or without something
مع (شيء ما) أو بدون
With (something) or without 2
مع (شيء ما) أو بدونه
With (something) or without it 3
معها أو بدونها
4 with it or without it
It's all good
ex:
سوف أتناولها سواءً كان بها فلفل أم لم يكن
I'll eat it whether it had a pepper or it didn't have
Or
1
سوف أتناولها مع أو بدون فلفل
2
سوف أتناولها مع فلفل أو بدون
3
سوف أتناولها مع فلفل أو بدونه
4
سوف أتناولها معه أو بدونه ( الفلفل)
__
أو
1 When you want to show /offer some options
Or you want to show the potentials for something
يمكنك أن تأخذ هذا أو ذاك
You can take this (m) or that (m)
Yom_ke_nu_ka am ta'_خoth haa_th aw thaak
يمكنها أن تكون هنا أو هناك
It can be here or there
Yom_kenu_haa an takoona huna aw hunaak
2 Or if you aren't sure about something
قد يستغرق الأمر/ قد يأخذ الأمر يوماً او يومين.
It Might take a day or two
قad ya staغriقul amru yaw_man aw yaw_mayn
/ ya'_خu_thol
__
Ex, Contains both of aw and am
هل ستطلب بيتزا مرغريتا أو لازانيا
أم ستتناول شيئاً صحياً اليوم ?
Will you order pizza margarita or lasagna, or you'd eat something healthy today ?
the first one (aw) , you show the options, choose what ever you want.. Not a problem
But the second, you are asking what do you want normal food or healthy food.. You need answer
So am, for asking to select, or to say some things are the same
As for aw, to show the options, or there's something you don't sure about it
That's what I know, it can be more than that
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