لسه
Egyptian Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
- لسى (lissa)
Etymology edit
Univerbation of لـ (li) + الساعة (as-sāʕa)
Adverb edit
لسه • (lissa)
- still, (not) yet
- هو لسه صغير. لسه بدري على المشي
- huwwa lissa ṣḡayyar. lissa badri ʕala l-mašy
- He's still small. It's still too early for him to walk.
- جه ولا لسه؟ ― gih walla lissa? ― Has he come or not yet?
- لساكوا مرحتوش؟ ― lissāku maruḥtūš ― Haven't you gone yet?
- شفت المدير؟ – لسه. ― šuft il-mudīr? – lissa. ― Have you seen the manager? – Not yet.