طماطم — "tomato" in Egyptian Arabic
طماطم
ʈamāʈim [coll.]
tomato
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
طماطم 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.
هناك، الراجل بيبيع خضار طازة وبيقول: 'كام كيلو عايزة يا ست الكل؟' وأنا بقول له: 'عايزة كيلو بطاطس و اتنين كيلو طماطم من عندك'.
Honak, el ragel byebaaʾ khoḍar taza w byeqool: 'Kam kilo ʾayza ya sitt el kol?' W ana baqoolloh: 'ʾAyza kilo batates w etnein kilo tamatem men ʾandak'.
There, the man sells fresh vegetables and says: 'How many kilos do you want, madam?' And I tell him: 'I want one kilo of potatoes and two kilos of tomatoes from you.'
انا شايف طماطم حمرا ولمون اصفر
ana shayef tamatem hamra we lamoon asfar
I see red tomatoes and yellow lemons
from A Trip to the Market
امي ابتسمت وردت عليه انا كويسة الحمد لله ونقت طماطم وخيار
Ommi ebtasamet wa raddet aleyh ana kwayyesa alhamdulillah wa naqqet tomatem wa khiyar.
My mother smiled and replied to him I am good praise be to God and picked tomatoes and cucumbers.
from A Trip to the Market
عايز اشتري طماطم وبطاطس
ayez eshtery tomatom wa batates
I want to buy tomatoes and potatoes.
from At the Market
هو قطع الطماطم والبصل.
Huwa qataa el tamatem wa el basal.
He cut the tomatoes and the onions.
from The Little Chef
انا عايز اشتري طماطم وعيش
ana ayez eshtery tomatem wa eish
I want to buy tomatoes and bread.
from The Market Trip
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