طماطم — "tomato" in Egyptian Arabic

طماطم

ʈamāʈim [coll.]

tomato

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food and drink
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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.'

from An Egyptian Morning: Coffee, Music, and the Market

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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