قهوة (qahwa) — "coffee" in Modern Standard Arabic
قهوة
qahwa
coffee
- Topic
- food
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
"coffee" in the other dialects
قهوة 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.
الجد يشرب القهوه العربيه على طاوله
al jadd yashrab al qahwa al arabiyya ala tawila
The grandfather drinks Arabic coffee at a table.
from The Boy's Questions
هم يشربون القهوة معا في الصباح
hum yashraboon alqahwa maan fi assabaah
They drink coffee together in the morning.
في المساء امشي في السوق الجميل واشم رائحة القهوة
fi al-masa amshi fi as-suq al-jamil wa-ashummu raihat al-qahwa.
In the evening I walk in the beautiful market and smell the coffee.
شربنا القهوة معا وتحدثنا عن تفاصيل حياتنا اليومية بعد كل هذه السنوات
Sharibna al qahwa maan wa tahaddathna an tafasil hayatina al yawmiyya bada kulla hadhihi as sanawat
We drank coffee together and talked about the details of our daily lives after all these years
فهمتُكَ الآن يا سالم، هل طلبتَ لنا قهوة عربية بالهيل قبل أن نبدأ، أم أطلبها أنا مع بعض التمر؟
Fahimtuka al-aan ya Salim, hal talabta lana qahwah 'arabiyyah bil-hayl qabla an nabda', am atlubuha ana ma'a ba'd at-tamr?
I understand you now, Salem, did you order us Arabic coffee with cardamom before we begin, or should I order it with some dates?
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