لبن — "milk" in Egyptian Arabic
لبن
lában
milk
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
لبن 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.
سلمى افتكرت إنها نسيت تجيب لبن لقهوة مامتها الصبح.
Salma eftakaret ennaha nesyet tegeeb laban le'ahwet mamettha elsobh.
Salma remembered that she forgot to bring milk for her mother's morning coffee.
القطة جعانة هي عايزة لبن
El-otta ga'ana heya ayza laban.
The cat is hungry, she wants milk.
from The Cat's Problem
قعدنا نفطر سوا واكلنا عيش وجبنة وشربت لبن
Qa'adna neftar sawa w akalna 'eish w gebna w sherbet laban.
We sat to have breakfast together, we ate bread and cheese, and I drank milk.
from A Visit to My Uncle
هي مش عايزة تشرب اللبن
Heya mesh 3ayza teshrab el laban
She doesn't want to drink the milk.
from The Sick Cat
الجارسون قعد جنبها وقال: "ده كركديه ساقع باللبن يا فندم، تحبي تِشرَبيه؟"
El-garsoon qa'ad gambaha we 'al: "Dah karkadeh saqe' bel-laban ya fandem, tehebbay tishrabieh?"
The waiter sat next to her and said: "This is cold karkade with milk, madam, would you like to drink it?"
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