English → Arabic
somebody in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- shakhsun mā
- Arabizi
shakhs ma- Type
- pronoun · masculine
- Root
- ش خ ص
How to use it
"Somebody" translates to شَخْصٌ مَا, an indefinite pronoun used like English "someone". It is masculine by default but can refer to any gender.
Example sentences
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رَأَيْتُ شَخْصًا مَا يَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْفَرَانْسِيَّةِ.
raʾaytu shakhsan mā yatakallamu bil-farānsiyyati.
I saw somebody speaking French.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ يَكُونَ شَخْصٌ مَا مَسْؤُولًا عَنِ الْمَشْرُوعِ.
yajibu an yakūna shakhsun mā masʾūlan ʿani al-mashrūʿi.
Somebody must be responsible for the project.
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سَأَلْتُ شَخْصًا مَا عَنِ السَّاعَةِ.
saʾaltu shakhsan mā ʿani al-sāʿati.
I asked somebody for the time.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Somebody is eating.
شخص ما يأكل.
Can somebody help me?
هل من أحد لمساعدتي؟
I met somebody online.
قابلتُ شخصًا على الإنترنت.
Is somebody out there?
هل هناك أحد بالخارج؟
Layla could see somebody.
كان بإمكان ليلى أن تواعد أحدا.
Okay? Somebody invented it.
جيد؟ اخترعه شخص ما.
This is... does somebody know?
هذا هو... هل يعرفه أحدكم؟
For example, somebody wrote me.
على سبيل المثال، أحدهم كتب إلي.
No? Oh! Somebody did. Fantastic.
لا؟ اه! أحدكم فعل ذلك. رائع.
Somebody has stolen my suitcase.
أحدهم سرق حقيبتي.
Is somebody teaching you French?
هل يوجد شخص ما يعلمكَ الفرنسية؟
The next time you see somebody driving a Ferrari don't think, "This is somebody who is greedy."
لذا ففي المرة القادمة التي ترى فيها شخصا يقود سيارة من نوع " فيراري" لا تقل في نفسك "ان هذا الشخص طماع"..
Questions and answers
Is "somebody" gender‑specific?
It is masculine by default, but context can make it refer to a female.
Can I use "somebody" for objects?
No, use شيء ما for "something".
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