already in Arabic: بالفعل (bi-l-fiʿl) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

مُنْذُ mundhu — already · since (used with a past time)

How to use it

'Bi-l-fiʿl' (بالفعل) is the most common translation for 'already' when indicating something has happened before now. 'Mundhu' (منذ) can also imply 'already' when used with a past time reference, meaning 'since that time'.

Example sentences

لقد انتهيتُ من العمل بالفعل.

laqad intahaytu min al-ʿamali bi-l-fiʿl.

I have already finished the work.
هل وصلتَ بالفعل؟

hal waṣalta bi-l-fiʿl?

Have you already arrived?
مرت سنواتٌ منذُ ذلك الحين.

marrat sanawātun mundhu dhālika al-ḥīn.

Many years have already passed since then.

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Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

I'm working already."

و ها أنا أعمل مباشرةً

Problem already known

المشكلة معروفة

You already are root!

أنت الجذر مسبقا!

We already know this.

ونحن على علم بهذا بالفعل.

Profile already exists

ملف التعريف موجود بالفعل

They've already eaten.

قد سبق وأكلوا.

You've already forgotten.

لقد نسيت بالفعل

We've done that already."

لقد قمنا به.

Man: They've already gone.

لقد أنهى الاتصال

It’s already flattening out.

وقد بدات بالثبات

What if he says, 'Oh, I already have one,' or, 'I've already memorized it'?"

ماذا لو قال، 'أوه، عندي واحد مسبقا،' أو، 'لقد حفظته'؟"

Don't you feel one step closer already, like it's already becoming part of your identity?

ألا يجعلك ذلك تشعر أنّك أقرب لتحقيق الهدف، وأنّ ذلك أصبح جزءا من هَوِيّتك؟

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