Learn words for various clothing
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| Hi everyone, my name is Peryhan and this is Egyptian Arabic weekly words. So let’s get started. Today’s lesson is clothing actions. I can barely put my clothes on and now I have to talk about it! |
| 1. |
| اِرتَدى / يلبس |
| [airtada / yelbes] |
| to put on |
| اِرتَدى |
| [airtada] to put on. |
| And the dialect is يلبس |
| [yelbes], [yelbes]. |
| أنا هلبس جاكيت النهارده لإن الجو ساقع. |
| [ʾanā halbes ǧākīt el-nahārdah laʾen el-ǧaw sāʾeʿ.] |
| I will put on a jacket today because it’s cold |
| 2. |
| خَلَعَ / يقلع |
| [haʾlaʿ / yeeʾlaʿ] |
| to take off |
| يقلع |
| [haʾlaʿ] to take off |
| or in the dialect, it's خَلَعَ |
| [yeeʾlaʿ]. |
| لما أروح, هقلع جزمتي. |
| it’s [lammā ʾarawwaḥ, haʾlaʿ ǧazmetī.]. |
| When I go back home, I will take off my shoes. |
| 3. |
| يَقيس / يقيس |
| [yaqʾīs / yeʾīs] To try on. |
| In the dialect, it’s not so different. |
| The dialect is يَقيس |
| [yeʾīs]. |
| أنا هقيس البلوزة قبل ماشتريها. |
| [ʾanā haʾīs el-blūzah ʾabl māšterīhah.] |
| I will try on the blouse before I buy it. |
| 4. |
| يُلائِم / يناسب |
| [yulayim / yenāseb] |
| To go with |
| يُلائِم |
| [yulayim] to go with. |
| In the dialect, it’s better to say يناسب |
| [yenāseb]. |
| التيشرت ده يناسب لون عنيك. |
| [āltīšert dah yenāseb lūn ʿnīk.] |
| This T-Shirt goes with your eye color |
| 5. |
| يغسل |
| [yeġsel] to wash |
| أنا بغسل شعري ثلاث مرات في الأسبوع. |
| [ʾanā baġsel šaʿrī ṯalāṯ marrāt fī el-ʾusbūʿ.] |
| I wash my hair three times a week. |
| And that’s it for today. Please comment below your favorite clothing action and try to make a sentence with it. I will see you next time, bye bye. |
| No, so difficult, oh my god! Why… |
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