يفكون

English translation: They start to experience life more (know right from wrong)

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Arabic term or phrase:يفكون
English translation:They start to experience life more (know right from wrong)
Entered by: ProZAli

08:10 Jun 13, 2017
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: يفكون
وردت ضمن محادثة يبدو انها تهديدية باللهجة العراقية
السياق:
وانسي تشوفيهم ابد لحد يوم القيامة ..البنات يتزوجن من يصير عمرهن 16 والولد يشتغلون ويفكون عينهم

ما المقصود بيفكون عينهم ؟
وهل المقصود أن ذلك يحدث لعيون الولد نتيجة الشغل ام لعيون البنات من قبل الولد؟
ProZAli
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:59
They start to experience life more (know right from wrong)
Explanation:
As an Iraqi native speaker, I think this is what it means. Maybe other Iraqi colleagues have different views.

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أي المقصود أنهم يفكّون (يفتحون) عيونهم على الدنيا

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المقصود (أنهم) أي الأولاد وليس البنات

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بكل سرور
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Mohammed Majeed
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:59
Grading comment
شكرا جزيلا
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2They start to experience life more (know right from wrong)
Mohammed Majeed
5 -1face extreme hardships/ difficulties
Ahmed Shalabi


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
face extreme hardships/ difficulties


Explanation:
يطلع عينهم.. المقصود التعب والمشقة والمعاناة

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face extreme life challenges

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يحدث للأولاد نتيجة الشغل

Ahmed Shalabi
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Linda Al-Bairmani: Not at all
4 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
They start to experience life more (know right from wrong)


Explanation:
As an Iraqi native speaker, I think this is what it means. Maybe other Iraqi colleagues have different views.

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Note added at 15 mins (2017-06-13 08:26:13 GMT)
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أي المقصود أنهم يفكّون (يفتحون) عيونهم على الدنيا

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Note added at 47 mins (2017-06-13 08:57:38 GMT)
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المقصود (أنهم) أي الأولاد وليس البنات

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Note added at 1 day8 hrs (2017-06-14 16:58:08 GMT) Post-grading
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بكل سرور

Mohammed Majeed
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:59
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
شكرا جزيلا

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Randa Farhat: Yes, open their eyes (literal), start to experience the world (idiomatic) يفك عينه حرفياً يعني يفتح عينه من النوم ومجازاً يفتح عينه على الدنيا
4 hrs
  -> شكرًا أخ فرحات!

agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
4 hrs
  -> شكرًا ليندا!
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