Ḥāla ḥāla definition 1
Literally 'one condition one condition,' used to mean 'same old, nothing new.' If you ask how are things and they reply ḥāla ḥāla, it means so-so, just the usual.
"Keef ḥālak? – ḥāla ḥāla, wal-ḥamdulillah. (How are you? – Eh, hanging in there, thank God.)"
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Describes loud angry noise or hollering in an argument.
"I heard hala-hala from their house – they were fighting. (I heard yelling from their house.)"
Means 'so-so' or neither here nor there. If you ask how something was, haja haja indicates it was mediocre.
"Keef el-film? – Ḥāja ḥāja. (How was the movie? – Eh, it was okay.)"
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