جبنة — "cheese" in Egyptian Arabic

جبنة

gibna

cheese

Topic
food
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4 of our stories

جبنة 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.

الولاد بياكلوا العيش والجبنة بسرعة

el welad beyaklo el eish wel gebna besorea

The kids eat the bread and cheese quickly.

from A Busy and Warm Morning

انا عايزة اكل جبنة وعيش

Ana ayza akel gebna w aish

I want to eat cheese and bread.

from The Breakfast Problem

هي نصحتني أشتري جبنة قديمة من عم سعيد عشان جبنته حلوة أوي

Heyya naṣaḥetni ashtari gebna ʾadīma men ʿamm Saʿīd ʿashān gebneto ḥelwa ʾawi.

She advised me to buy old cheese from Uncle Sa'eed because his cheese is very good.

from A Trip to the Popular Market

ايوة بس هي مش عايزة تاكل اكل القطط هي عايزة تاكل جبنة

Aywa bas heya mesh ayza takul akl el otat heya ayza takul gebna.

Yes, but she doesn't want to eat cat food, she wants to eat cheese.

from The Neighbor and the Adventurous Cat

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