الّي أو: اللي

In English, relative pronouns such as (that, which, who, whom, where and when ) are used to link a noun to a phrase, to make it clear which person or thing we are talking about

:For example

.The restaurant that is behind the bank

.The woman who works at the bank

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The Gulf Dialect, has only one relative pronoun

الّي

we use this pronoun regardless the gender and the number of the noun. Standard Arabic, on the other, hand has around 10 relative

!pronouns

!Thanks Gulf Dialect

:For example

The restaurant that is behind the bank.

المطعم الّي ورا البنك

The woman who works at the bank.

الحرمة الّي تشتغل في البنك

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Please note:

الّي

.is ONLY used after a definite word

If the noun is indefinite, you would not use

الّي

.For example: I saw a man who speaks 10 languages

شفت ريّال (رجّال) يتكلم عشر لغات

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:If you want to say

Last week

we say something like: The week that passed

الأسبوع الّي طاف أو:فات

Last year (The year that passed)

السنة الّي طافت أو:فات

Last time (The time that passed)

المرة الّي طافت أو:فات

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الحين دوركم، كيف تقولون؟

.I saw the cat that ate the mouse

.This is the movie that everyone is talking about

.All (what) I am saying is

.This is what happened

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