No. 4,998 in Arabic

اللي

"اللي" means "the one who" or "that" (used as a relative pronoun).

In a sentence

الأشياء اللي أحبها تشمل القراءة والرسم.
The things that I love include reading and drawing.
In this sentence, 'اللي' connects 'الأشياء' (the things) with the specification 'أحبها' (that I love). It acts as a relative pronoun introducing a defining relative clause.
الشخص اللي قابلته أمس كان لطيفًا جدًا.
The person whom I met yesterday was very kind.
Here, 'اللي' is used to refer to 'الشخص' (the person) and introduces the clause 'قابلته أمس' (whom I met yesterday), specifying the identity of the person.
هذه هي السيارة اللي كنت أتحدث عنها.
This is the car that I was talking about.
In this example, 'اللي' connects 'السيارة' (the car) with the clause 'كنت أتحدث عنها' (I was talking about it) to define which car is being referred to.

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