bidaal

Today's word follows the same qaa3idah that we encountered in last fortnight's post 3ugub baachir.

When the adverb bidaal is followed by a noun it looks like this:

7u6 gafsah bidaal shawkah

However, when bilaal is followed by a verb, it requires the extra word maa which can be seen in the following example:

shraayik bidaal maa inruu7 maakdawnaaldz inruu7 bargar king?

So to summarise:

bidaal + noun
bidaal maa + verb

Arabic	Pronounced?	English
حط!	7u6!	Put! (>m)
حطي!	7u6ay!	Put! (>f)
شرايك	shraayik	What do you think (>m)
شرايچ	shraayich	What do you think (>f)
حط قفشة بدال شوكة	7u6 gafsah bidaal shawkah	Put a fork instead of a spoon
شرايك بدال ما نروح ماكدونالدز نروح برقر كنج؟	shraayik bidaal maa inruu7 maakdawnaaldz inruu7 bargar kinj?	Shall we go to Burger King instead of McDonalds?
قاعدة	qaa3idah	a rule