يعني

Arabic

Non-past of عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”). Compare Hebrew יען (ya'en, “because of, since”).

IPA^(key): /jaʕ.niː/

يعني (form I)

يَعْنِي (yaʕnī) /jaʕ.niː/: third-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَنَى (ʕanā)
يَعْنِيَ (yaʕniya) /jaʕ.ni.ja/: third-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَنَى (ʕanā)

يَعْنِي • (yaʕnī)

(adverbial, conjunctive, prepositional, or adjectival) in other words, actually, namely, to wit, kind of, somewhat, id est, that is, meaning, you know
(filler) er, so, uh, well

يعني (form I)

يَعْنِي (yaʕnī) /jaʕ.niː/: third-person masculine singular non-past active indicative of عَنَى (ʕanā)
يَعْنِيَ (yaʕniya) /jaʕ.ni.ja/: third-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive of عَنَى (ʕanā)

Non-past of Arabic عَنَى (ʕanā, “to mean, to concern”).

يَعْنِي • (yaʿnī)

يَعْنِي • (yaʿnī)

(adverbial) kind of, somewhat
كان حلو الفلم ؟
يعني بس مو وايد .
Was the movie good?
Kind of, but not so much.

يعني • (yaʿni)

so
عملنا اللي فينا نعملو، يعني رح نشوف شو بيصير
ʿMilna lli fīna naʿmlu, yaʿni raḥ nšūf šu biṣīr.
We’ve done what we could, so we’ll see what happens.

يعني • (yaʿni)

namely; that is; in other words
لازم نسألو، يعني المعلم
Lāzim nisʾalu, yaʿni li-mʿallim.
We have to ask him, I mean the teacher.

يعني • (yaʿni)

well; you know; er; uh
يعني... الموضوع أصعب من هيك
Yaʿni... l-mawḍūʿ ʾaṣʿab min hayk.
Well... the affair is more complicated than that.
kind of; I guess
كان حلو الفلم؟ — يعني، بس توقعتو أحلى
Kān ḥilu l-film? — Yaʿni, bas twaʾʾaʿtu ʾaḥla.
Was the film good? — I guess, but I’d expected it to be better.
(postpositioned) really; seriously; man; come on; used for emphasis
ما في فرق كبير. هو نفس الشي تقريبا، يعني
Ma fi fariʾ kbīr. Huwi nafs iš-ši taʾrīban, yaʿni.
There’s no big difference. It’s roughly the same thing, really.

هيدا مش معقول، يعني
Hayda miš maʿʾūl, yaʿni.
This is crazy, man.

Root
ع ن ي
3 terms

يعني • (yaʕni)