Egyptian Nouns

Welcome to the third Egyptian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Egyptian to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

potatoes بَطاطِس [batates]

tomatoes طماطم [tamatem]

onions بَصل [basal]

carrots جزر [gazar]

fruits فاكْهة [fak-ha]

apples تفاح [teffah]

bananas موز [mooz]

oranges بـُرتـُقان [burtu'an]

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Egyptian + Pronunciation
do you have milk? [verb + noun] عَندَك لَبَن؟ [andak laban?]
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] أنا عَندي لبن وقَهْوَة [ana 'andy laban we qahwa]
he has three apples [number + plural noun] هُوَّا عَندُه تلات تُفاحات [huwa 'andu talat tufahat]
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] هِيا عَندَها تُفاحَة واحدة بَس [hiya 'andaha tufaha wahda bas]
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] إحنا عايشين في بيت صُغَيَّر [ehna 'aisheen fe beet sughayar]
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] أنا بَحِب الفِطَار بِتاعنا [ana baheb el fetar beta'na]

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread عِيش [eesh]

milk لَبَن [laban]

butter زِبدة [zubda]

cheese جـِبنة [gebna]

coffee قَهْوَة [ahwa]

sandwich سـَندوتش [sandawich]

meat لَحْمَة [lahma]

chicken فِراخ [ferakh]

fish سَمَك [samak]

breakfast فِطار [fetaar]

lunch غـَدا [ghada]

dinner عشا [asha]

Conversation in Egyptian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Egyptian - Pronunciation
Do you speak (English/ Egyptian)? إنتَ بِتتِكَلِّم (إنجِليزي/مَصري)؟ [enta btetkalem (ingilizi/ masri)?]
Just a little شوَّية بَس [shewaya bass]
I like Egyptian أنا بَحِب الَمَصري [ana baheb elmasry]
Can I practice with you? مُمكِن أتمَرَّن مَعَاك؟ [mumken atmarran maak?]
How old are you? عَندك كَام سَنة؟ [andak kam sana?]
I'm thirty three years old أنا عَندي تَلاَتة وتَلاِتين سَنة [ana andy talata we talateen sana]
It was nice talking to you سَعيد بِكَلامي مَعَاك [saed bekalami maak]

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