Vegetables and fruit Yoyo wei miratuh Carmella fi beithum aashan yeqarraro yeshitroo eih min mahal elkhodar wei fakaha. Yoyo and his wife Caramella are at home, deciding what they want to buy from the green grocer's. Yoyo: Aouza eeh elnahardah? (What do you want today). Carmella: A n a awzah khiyaar tazaah. (I want fresh cucumbers). Yoyo: Hader, ana awez noss kilo bessilla, wa noss kilo gazzar (OK, I want one kilo of green peas and half a kilo of carrots) Carmella: Ana aweza mooz, laaw samaaht. (I want bananas, please). Yoyo: Aweza kam kilo? (How many kilos do you want?) Carmella: Ana aweza kilo mooz asfar, wa kilo farawalla, wa kilo bortqal seifi, wa noss kilo yousteffendi, wa noss kilo toffah ahmar. (I want one kilo of yellow bananas, one kilo of strawberries, one kilo of summer oranges, half a kilo of tangerines and one kilo of red apples). Yoyo: Hader. (OK). Here is a useful list of names of khodrawaat (plural of khodar) and fawwakeh (plural of faakeih) Vegetables: Kaussa (squash) Bamiya (okra) Battates (potatoes) Khass (lettuce) Khiyaar (cucumbers) Filfil romi (sweet green pepper) Filfil hami (hot green pepper) Tamatem (tomatoes) Bessilla (green peas) Fassoulia (green beans) Batingan (aubergines) Bassal (onions) Toom (garlic) Gazzar (carrots) Koronb (cabbages) Fruits: Mooze (bananas, sing. = mooza) Bortqal (oranges, sing. = bortuqalla) Baateekh (watermelons, sing. = baateekha) Farawala (strawberries, sing. = farawliya) Ennab (grapes, sing. = ennaba) Teen (figs, sing. = teena) Ballah (dates, sing = ballaha) Shamaam (melons, sing. = shamaama) Khoukh (peaches, sing. = khoukha) Kommethra (pears, sing. = kommethraya) Toffah (apples, sing. = toffaha) Yousteffendi (tangerines, sing. = yousteffendiya) Ananas (pineapples, sing. = ananasaiya) You are most welcome to email your inquires and suggestions to: sadekashraf@hotmail. com Enquires and proposals are most welcome to be sent to this e-mail [email protected]
