مطعم — "restaurant" in Egyptian Arabic

مطعم

maT3am

restaurant

Topic
city and transportation
Seen in
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مطعم 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.

أحمد مشي للمطعم الأول واداهم أربع شنط.

Ahmad meshi lel-matam el-awwal wa edahom arbaa shonat.

Ahmed walked to the first restaurant and gave them four bags.

from Ahmed's Decision and the Bread

سالت راجل في الشارع فين المطعم

saalt ragel fi el sharea fen el mataam

I asked a man in the street where the restaurant is.

from The Guide Cat

كنت عايز اروح المطعم الجديد

kont ayez arouh el mataam el gedid

I wanted to go to the new restaurant

from Where is the restaurant

احنا قاعدين في مطعم جنب الاهرامات

ehna aadin fi matam ganb el ahramat

We are sitting in a restaurant next to the pyramids.

from The Family Lunch

لازم اشوف مطعم كبير ومفيش مشكلة في الفلوس

Laazim ashouf maT'am kabeer wamafeesh moshkela fel felous.

I must see a big restaurant, and there is no problem with money.

from The Wedding Plan

نروح سوا انا و اصحابي و نفطر في مطعم

Narouh sawa ana w ashabi w neftar fi mat'am.

My friends and I will go together and have breakfast at a restaurant.

from Weekend Trip

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