Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
أعْطى كلمةً
English translation:
gave his word, promised
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Abdelmonem Samir
Jun 30, 2009 12:52
14 yrs ago
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Arabic term
أعْطى كلمةً
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قصة الفليم بسيطة تقوم على قصة حب بين زياد وياسمين التي يصر والدها على تزويجها لشخص آخر بدعوى انه أعطى كلمة لصديقه والد العريس، لكن تمكنت المخرجة من التعبير
فعندما أعطي كلمة لإنسان أي كانت مهنة هذا الإنسان أو أعطيه وعدا يجب علي ّ الوفاء بهذا الوعد وتحت أي ظرف من الظروف. فالطرف الآخر ليس معنيا بمشاغلي أو مشاكلي؛ ...
فعندما أعطي كلمة لإنسان أي كانت مهنة هذا الإنسان أو أعطيه وعدا يجب علي ّ الوفاء بهذا الوعد وتحت أي ظرف من الظروف. فالطرف الآخر ليس معنيا بمشاغلي أو مشاكلي؛ ...
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| 5 +9 | gave his wordpromised |
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| 5 | Promised-Gave his word- |
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Jul 11, 2009 07:19: Abdelmonem Samir changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/11374">Michael McCain (X)'s</a> old entry - "أعْطى كلمةً"" to ""gave his word, promised""
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Michael"
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Promised-Gave his word-
To promise is to make a promise or to give a word,so simply to keep your word is also the same meaning of to promise.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-07-01 09:09:19 GMT)
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I'm terribly sorry for mentioning that I'm a native speaker of English while I'm not,I live in Egypt and I'm a native speaker of Arabic, about the question, It's possible to use: I promise to=I will do,I always keep my word=I'm a man of my word,but the right meaning to the word is promised or gave his word.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2009-07-01 09:09:19 GMT)
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I'm terribly sorry for mentioning that I'm a native speaker of English while I'm not,I live in Egypt and I'm a native speaker of Arabic, about the question, It's possible to use: I promise to=I will do,I always keep my word=I'm a man of my word,but the right meaning to the word is promised or gave his word.
Example sentence:
I promised late but I kept my word.
I always give my word and keep it.
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