1. Context: Abu Ghaleb, a peddler who sells chickpeas in a number of neighborhoods, gossips with his friends about the residents of one neighborhood, ħa:ret l-dˁabeʕ ‘the neighborhood of the hyena.’

w-ʔabu: di:bo,. ʕa:mil-lak ħafle mtˁantˁane lyo:m

and-Abu Dibo,. throwing-you.D party huge today

bi-ħa:rt-o,. ʕa:zem ʕale:-ha: ʃab:ab w-rʒa:l

in-neighborhood-his,. inviting to-it youth and-men

ħa:ret l-dˁabeʕ killaya:t-un. ʔa:l ʃu:,. farħa:n

neighborhood the-hyena all-them. say what,. he.happy

b-raʒʕet ħirimt-o w-ʔibn-o ʔil-o .

with-return wife-his and-son-his to-him .

‘Abu Dibo is throwing [you] a huge party and he has invited all the men, young and old, of the Neighborhood of the Hyena. All this, he says, is because he is happy that he is back with his wife and kid.’

From ba:b l-ħa:ra ‘the neighborhood gate’ – Season 1 – Episode 9 – 00:12:30 – SYR

2. Context: Two employees at the presidential palace in Lebanon, a newcomer and an old-timer, are chatting while working. The old-timer is a farmer who, with her husband, takes care of the President's vegetables, milk, eggs, and so on. When the newcomer asks the farmer how long they have worked in the palace, the farmer answers that they have worked there for a year and goes on to explain how she and her husband got the job:

kinna: ʔana: w-raʔi:f ʕe:yʃi:n bi-ha-l-ʒirid ,

we.were I and-Raif living in-this-the-countryside ,

ma: ʕa-be:l-na: be:l. wa-ʔilla:

NEG on-mind-our mind. and-all.of.a.sudden

btiʒi:-lik huni:k sayya:ra,. ha-l-tˁu:l ,