LinguaThree meals a day
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| فُطُور | breakfast |
| غَدَاء | lunch |
| عَشَاء | dinner, supper |
To talk about taste, use أُحِبُّ (ʾuḥibbu) – “I like, I love” – and لَا أُحِبُّ – “I don’t like”. To ask a man: هَلْ تُحِبُّ…؟ The food you like in general takes الـ: أُحِبُّ السَّمَكَ – I like fish.
هَلْ تُحِبُّ اللَّحْمَ؟ – لَا، لَا أُحِبُّ اللَّحْمَ، أُحِبُّ السَّمَكَ.Do you like meat? – No, I don’t like meat, I like fish.
On the table: أَرُزّ (rice), لَحْم (meat), سَمَك (fish), جُبْن (cheese), بَيْض (eggs) and سَلَطَة (salad). Something tasty is لَذِيذ – with ة for a feminine food: الْقَهْوَةُ لَذِيذَةٌ.
فِي الْغَدَاءِ أَرُزٌّ وَدَجَاجٌ، وَفِي الْعَشَاءِ خُبْزٌ وَبَيْضٌ.For lunch there is rice and chicken, and for dinner bread and eggs.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| فُطُور | breakfast | الْفُطُورُ السَّاعَةَ السَّابِعَةَ. Breakfast is at seven. |
| غَدَاء | lunch | الْغَدَاءُ جَاهِزٌ. Lunch is ready. |
| عَشَاء | dinner, supper | عَشَاءٌ فِي الْمَطْعَمِ dinner at the restaurant |
| خُبْز | bread | خُبْز وَتِين bread and figs |
| أَرُزّ | rice | أَرُزٌّ أَبْيَضُ white rice |
| لَحْم | meat | اللَّحْمُ غَالٍ. Meat is expensive. |
| دَجَاج | chicken | دَجَاج وَخُبْز chicken and bread |
| سَمَك | fish | سَمَكٌ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ fish from the sea |
| جُبْن | cheese | خُبْزٌ وَجُبْنٌ bread and cheese |
| بَيْض | eggs | بَيْضٌ فِي الْفُطُورِ eggs for breakfast |
| سَلَطَة | salad | سَلَطَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ a green salad |
| أُحِبُّ | I like, I love | أُحِبُّ الشَّايَ. I like tea. |
| لَذِيذ | delicious, tasty | الْعَشَاءُ لَذِيذٌ! Dinner is delicious! |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- fill the gap: 2
- match the pairs: 1
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
Which word means “breakfast”?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.