"أَنا مَريضة لِلْأَسَف."

Translation: I am sick, unfortunately.

[Weggs]

I find the word مريض quite funny, given that the Spanish for husband is "marido."

[Gloria139514]

Many thanks! Now I am going to remember it!

[MBC-OCD]

They should accept 'alas'

[arabmouni]

No, they definitely shouldn't. Alas is never used in modern English unless in a joking manner or reciting an old work of literature.

[Randall887953]

Alas we do not speak the same English...

[TinoAriza]

-- there should be something shorter than the 5 syllables of "unfortunately", anyway --

[vsandl]

You can say "I'm ill/not well/sick, worse luck". Using sick this way is American. In GB to be sick means to vomit.

[Gloria139514]

In GB 'I feel sick' or "I want to be sick' means to want vomit!

[deactivated user]

what is GB

[Gloria139514]

Great Britan=England, Scotland and Wales Weggs down below corrected me. I was thinking of the UK but now not even is correct to say that = England

[Weggs]

Great Britain = England, Scotland and Wales

[DjibrilAA]

"Sadly", "I'm afraid"; either would be more idiomatic than unfortunately or alas...

[eddiannie]

'sadly'

[Yusuf_Abdurrauf]

К сожалению, я болен.

[TinoAriza]

لصحتك

[janejonestoulon]

there appears to be another word spoken like li al batan

[eddiannie]

why not 'unwell'?

[R5VY3]

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