Arabic vocabulary
فَبَيْنَاso while in Arabic
فَبَيْنَا is how you say “so while” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ يَوْمًا جُلُوسٌ فِي بَيْتِنَا
One day, while we were sitting in our house.
فَبَيْنَا — so while. A fused opener: fa- as 'so' plus a time-connector meaning 'while / in the midst of', together setting up a backdrop clause. It frames what follows as the ongoing scene against which the next sudden event breaks in, the classic 'while we were ... , suddenly ...' structure.
From: The Secret Migration →
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