جبنة — "cheese" in Egyptian Arabic
جبنة
gibna
cheese
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 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.
انا عايزة اكل جبنة وعيش
Ana ayza akel gebna w aish
I want to eat cheese and bread.
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.
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.
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