غداء (ghadaa) — "lunch" in Modern Standard Arabic
غداء
ġadaa'
lunch
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"lunch" in the other dialects
غداء 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.
ياكل الطالب طعام الغداء
yakul altalib taam alghada
The student eats food for lunch.
from A Day at School
ثم اكلنا الغداء و بعض الخبز
Thumma akalna al-ghadaa wa ba'da al-khubz.
Then we ate lunch and some bread.
from A Visit to Relatives
سألني هل لديك خطط للغداء اليوم يا بطل الطبخ
Sa'alanī: Hal ladayka khuṭaṭun lil-ghadā'i al-yawma ya baṭala al-ṭabkhi?
He asked me: Do you have any plans for lunch today, oh cooking hero?
بعد الغداء اجلس مع الاصدقاء واشرب القهوة
Ba'd al-ghada' ajlis ma'a al-asdiqa' wa ashrab al-qahwah.
After lunch I sit with friends and drink coffee.
from An Ordinary Work Day
اجتمعت العائلة حول مائدة الطعام الكبيرة لتناول الغداء
Ijtama'at al-'aa'ila hawla ma'idat at-ta'aam al-kabeera litanaawul al-ghadaa'.
The family gathered around the big dining table for lunch.
وفي الظهيرة عندما نعود الى المنزل يسالها متى سنتناول الغداء ومع من نقضي وقتا ممتعا
Wa fī aẓ-ẓahīrati ʿindamā naʿūdu ilā al-manzili yasa'aluhā matā sanatanāwalu al-ghadāʾa wa-maʿa man naqḍī waqtan mumtiʿan.
And in the afternoon, when we return home, he asks her when we will have lunch and with whom we spend enjoyable time.
from The Curious Child
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