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The Arabic word at the beginning of the sentence, يلا, isn't a proper Arabic word and cannot be found in any proper dictionary. It is derived from the expression يا الله and it is used in local dialects as a connection to indicate that you are about to conclude a situation and move to some other subject or situation.
You are right. It's not in my dictionaries either. But well, it's so commonly used, that it doesn't hurt to know about it :-) However, I am more worried about the translation ... I doubt that the English word "alright" is the best possible option. It really depends on the situation.
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The origin of yalla is given by we_speak_arabic as ya allah. Is that an address to Allah?
It would probably be best to not require يلا to be translated as "alright" in English since it is more of a filler word and does not have a direct equivalent.
I agree, yella covers a lot of ground. For example, it also means "hurry up!". In my Arabic classes I was taught you can basically say yella anywhere in a sentence
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It is a very colloquial Arabic word and the closest meaning I can get is something like 'that's that' or Enough!
Yalla means let's go! In levantine dialect. In Modern Standard Arabic its equivalent would be Hayya Bina. I never heard this translation given here with allright!
Duolingo incorrectly marks "all right" as wrong, and shows "alright" instead. I don't know if that's the case with American English, but as a UK English speaker I was taught that "alright" is not all right! ALRIGHT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english › alright 2 Oct 2019 - alright definition: 1. non-standard form of all right
Same here for American English. "Alright" is non-standard and informal at best.
This is all getting pretty colloquial, and so the English translation can be pretty diverse!
OK goodbye and allright goodbye are the same! The sentence before i also said ok and you said another translation...
What’s wrong with ‘ok, bye Sam’? Seems like the same thing to me but marked as incorrect.
