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يسفدون بالسيف

English translation: They would skewer them on swords

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Arabic term or phrase:يسفدون بالسيف
English translation:They would skewer them on swords
Entered by: Noha Kamal, PhD.

10:03 Sep 20, 2006
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Religion
Arabic term or phrase: يسفدون بالسيف
المقطع هو:
كانوا يسفدون الطفل وأمه بالسيف (كما تسفد قطع اللحم بالسفود)

شكرا مقدما
duraid
Australia
Local time: 22:21
They would skewer them on swords
Explanation:
Where is everybody today?
Selected response from:

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 15:21
Grading comment
thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4They would skewer them on swords
Noha Kamal, PhD.


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
They would skewer them on swords


Explanation:
Where is everybody today?

Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 15:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 81
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ahmed Dahman: I'm here.
8 mins
  -> Great :)
agree  translatol
6 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Eliana Bunn: agree
6 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.: Thank you Noha for the clarification. Now I see your point. You are absolutely right!
4 days
  -> To describe a habit or an evnet that regularly happened in the past, use "would". To describe something that was in action while somthing else happened, use the past continuous :)
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