يا … يا
Gulf Arabic
Etymology
From Persian یا … یا (yâ, “either ... or”), from یا (yâ, “or”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yaː … yaː/
Conjunction
يا … يا • (yā … yā)
- either … or (can be used for more than two things by repeating the يا part)
- بالثنوي لازم تختار يا علمي يا ادبي
- b-iθ-θanawi lāzim tixtār yā ʿilmi yā adabi
- In secondary (school) you have to choose either Sciences or Arts
See also
- أو (aw, “or”)