North Levantine Arabic

Noun

شي ‎(šī) m (plural اشيا ‎(ʾišyā))

1. thing

   هيدي اشيا كتير مهمه‎

   Haydī ʾišyā ktīr mhimmi.

   These are very important things.

Pronoun

شي ‎(šī) m

1. something; anything

   بدك شي تاني، حبيبتي؟‎

   Baddik šī tānī, ḥabībtī?

   Do you want anything else, honey?

Determiner

شي ‎(šī)

1. some; any; a; an

   في شي مشكله؟‎

   Fī šī miškli?

   Is there a problem?

   رح يرجع شي يوم‎

   Raḥ yirjaʿ šī yōm.

   He’ll come back some day.

Adverb

شي ‎(šī)

1. used as an optional interrogative particle with intransitive verbs

   وصل شي؟‎

   Wuṣul šī?

   Has he arrived?