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Beginner - Levantine: Shaami breakfast

The traditional Arabic breakfast is almost like a buffet. Usually there are small platters of goodness, and people choose whatever they like to have, or a bit of everything. Today we will teach you the names of some of the most common breakfasts foods.
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10 Comments

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    climacus says
    Mon 27th May 13@11:15 am

    Mmmmmm....I had zatar bread [خبز الزعتر ? - is that right?] almost every day for breakfast (with cheese, coffee...) when I travelled around Lebanon a few years ago: I miss it.
  • Ehab says
    Mon 27th May 13@11:21 pm

    climacus, hope you enjoyed it. You can call it (خبز و زعتر) or actually there is a colloquial word for it which is (مناقيش) or (mana2eesh) in the Shami dialect.
  • climacus says
    Tue 28th May 13@01:56 am

    Ah...that's right; now I remember. Thanks Ehab!
  • tau says
    Tue 28th May 13@09:42 pm

    There seems to be some back coupling in the PLC. Sounds almost like in the Helium kesson. wink
  • chazyouwin says
    Wed 29th May 13@03:16 am

    The PLC actually sounds fine to me, listening on the website.
  • plop says
    Wed 19th Jun 13@10:17 am

    how do you say : no yolk - only egg white ?
  • Ehab says
    Thu 20th Jun 13@10:02 am

    The way you would say that in Arabic is (bidoon 9afaar albay9' بدون صفار البيض) which is (without egg yolk), then you continue (faqa6 bayaa9' albay9' فقط بياض البيض) which is of course (only egg white). Notice we relate the yolk to its colour (9afaar from a9far - yellow) and the same for the egg white (bayaa9' from abya9' - white).
  • maryrshort says
    Sat 5th Dec 15@10:40 pm

    Helpful text but I get the same problem as Tau with the quality of the sound on the PLC - whether online or downloaded
  • maryrshort says
    Sun 6th Dec 15@10:00 am

    Ehab....how do you spell the 'aish 'word for bread ?..and I meant PC....not PLC
  • maryrshort says
    Sun 6th Dec 15@01:03 pm

    .. just found it on wordreference.com... عيش
    .. Ehab what do you recommend for English to Arabic on-line look up.. in this example Google did not give عيش as a translation for "bread"

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