عجبا لك
English translation: How strange you are!
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| 16:58 Mar 12, 2019 |
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|  Selected response from: Mahmoud Afandy Egypt Local time: 23:26 | ||||||
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| 5 | How strange you are! |
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| 4 | I wonder greatly at you |
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| 3 | How strange of you! |
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14 mins confidence: 
How strange of you! Explanation: . -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 22 mins (2019-03-12 17:20:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- No, it is not common here in Egypt. Rather we say: أمرك عجيب يا أخي Of course, there are a lot of more-colloquial phrases render this expression |
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30 mins confidence:
How strange you are! Explanation: تُقال في مصر كثيرًا عندما يتعجب الشخص من أفعال قرينه أو صديقه بمعنى أنا مستعجب لك يا أخي بمعنى الإنكار والتناقض |
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2 hrs confidence:
I wonder greatly at you Explanation: when saying عجباً لك you are saying it in wondering about the thing a person said or did. |
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