جرسون — "waiter" in Egyptian Arabic

جرسون

garsoon

waiter

Topic
work and money
Seen in
6 of our stories

جرسون 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.

سألت الجرسون بكام العصير ده

Sa'alt el garson bekam el 'aseer da.

I asked the waiter, "How much is this juice?"

from Waiting for My Friend at the Café

بستنى الجرسون يجي

Bastanna el-garson yigi.

I am waiting for the waiter to come.

from At the Café

الجرسون جه وسال عايز ايه

El garsoon geh w sa'al 'ayez eh.

The waiter came and asked "What do you want?".

from At the Café

سلمت على الجرسون وقلت صباح الخير

Sallamt ala el-garsoon we olt sabah el-kheer

I greeted the waiter and said good morning

from Waiting at the Cafe

لما لقيت ترابيزة فاضية قعدت استنى الجرسون يجي ياخد الطلب

Lamma la'eet tarabeeza fadya qa'adt astanna el-garson yigi yakhod et-talab

When I found an empty table, I sat waiting for the waiter to come take the order.

from Waiting at the Café

الجرسون جه وقال عايز ايه

El garsoon geh we aal 'Ayiz eh?'

The waiter came and said 'What do you want?'

from Waiting at the Cafe

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