ألوان — "colors" in Egyptian Arabic
ألوان
alwaan
colors
- Topic
- colors
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
ألوان in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
قلت له ان الشباب دلوقتي بتحب تلبس الوان كتير في الرياضة
olt loh en el shabab delwaaty betheb telbes alwaan keteer fi el reyada
I told him that the youth nowadays love to wear many colors in sports.
from Football Colors
اشترينا لها فستان حلو لونه كحلي عشان هي بتحب الوان غامقة
eshtareyna laha fostaan helw lono kohli ashan heyya betheb alwaan ghamqa
We bought her a nice dress, its color is navy blue, because she likes dark colors.
شفت الوان كتير حلوه في المحل بس كنت عايز لون غامق
shuft alwaan kitir hilwa fi el mahal bas kunt aayiz loon ghaami
I saw many beautiful colors in the shop but I wanted a dark color.
from A Trip to the Market
ماما سالتني ايه رايك في الوان الديكور الجديدة دي يا بنتي
Mama sa'aletni eh ra'yek fi alwan el dikor el gedida di ya binti
Mom asked me 'What do you think of these new decor colors, my daughter?'
from Wedding Preparations
البياع وراني ألوان كتير بس أنا حسيت إن مفيش حاجة عجباني
El-bayya' warrani alwan keteer bas ana hasset en mafeesh haga 3agbani
The seller showed me many colors, but I felt that nothing pleased me.
المحل كان كبير اوي وفيه الوان كتير
Elmahal kan kabeer awi we fee alwan kiteer.
The shop was very big and had many colors.
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Practice colors
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