🍞 Food

Unit 3 · Everyday life (MSA) · 8 min

Common foods: خُبْز bread, أَرُزّ rice, دَجَاج chicken, لَحْم meat, سَمَك fish. Meat in Egypt is generally halal (حَلَال). Order: أُرِيدُ دَجَاجًا مِنْ فَضْلِكَ "Chicken, please."

Words in this lesson

• خُبْز (khubz) — bread
• أَرُزّ (aruzz) — rice
• دَجَاج (dajāj) — chicken
• لَحْم (laḥm) — meat
• سَمَك (samak) — fish
• أُرِيدُ (urīdu) — I want

Egypt's national dish كُشَرِي (koshari) mixes rice, pasta and lentils.

Project: Write three foods you ate today in Arabic.