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- "أَهْلاً يا جودي."
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Someone has already explained the use of this particle, but since I can't find the relevant post, here is what Wikipedia says about it:
يَا • (yā)
vocative particle preceding a noun used in direct address; only rarely omitted in such contexts; occasionally translated as o or hey يا كندا! yā kanadā! O Canada! يا كريم... yā karīm... (Hey) Kareem, ... يا حبيبي! yā ḥabībī Hey my love!
leinaduo
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You use it every time you are speaking with someone and you call them by their name. It's a vocative particle.