لبن — "milk" in Egyptian Arabic

لبن

lában

milk

Topic
food and drink
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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.

from Family Morning in Dokki

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?"

from A Strange Drink at Zamalek Café

فيه لبن للقهوة

Fih laban lel ahwa?

Is there milk for the coffee?

from A Busy Morning

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