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Speculation and Hypotheticals

Phrases for guessing and supposing.
افترض أن ...
Suppose that ...
iftarid anna ...
ماذا لو ...؟
What if ...?
mâdhâ law ...?
أفترض أن ...
I assume that ...
aftarid anna ...
يمكن أن يكون ...
It could be that ...
yumkin an yakûna ...
من الناحية النظرية ...
In theory ...
min an-nâhiyah an-nazariyyah ...
دعونا نفترض أن ...
Let us assume that ...
da'ûnâ naftarid anna ...
لو كان الأمر كذلك فإن ...
If that were the case then ...
law kâna al-amr kadhâlik fa-inna ...
هذا من الصعب قوله
That is hard to say
hâdhâ min as-sa'b qawluhu
أتخمّن أن ...
I would guess that ...
atakhammanu anna ...
هناك احتمال أن ...
There is a chance that ...
hunâka ihtimâl anna ...
يبدو أن ...
It seems that ...
yabdû anna ...
هذا ما سنراه
That remains to be seen
hâdhâ mâ sanarâhu