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Food and drink: likes, dislikes and negatives
Food is everywhere in the exams: meals, likes and dislikes, eating healthily. You also need لا to say what you do not eat.
Food and meals
خُبْز (khubz) bread, أَرُزّ (aruzz) rice, لَحْم (laHm) meat, دَجاج (dajaaj) chicken, سَمَك (samak) fish, خُضار vegetables, فَواكِه fruit, جُبْن cheese, بَيْض eggs, حَلَوِيّات sweets.
ماء water, حَليب milk, عَصير juice, شاي tea, قَهْوة coffee.
الفُطور breakfast, الغَداء lunch, العَشاء dinner. صِحِّيّ healthy, لَذيذ delicious.
ماء water, حَليب milk, عَصير juice, شاي tea, قَهْوة coffee.
الفُطور breakfast, الغَداء lunch, العَشاء dinner. صِحِّيّ healthy, لَذيذ delicious.
Likes and dislikes
أُحِبُّ (uHibbu) I like / love, أُفَضِّلُ I prefer, أَكْرَهُ I hate.
After these verbs use ال for things in general: أُحِبُّ الدَّجاج = I like chicken.
أُفَضِّلُ السَّمَكَ على اللَّحْم = I prefer fish to meat.
After these verbs use ال for things in general: أُحِبُّ الدَّجاج = I like chicken.
أُفَضِّلُ السَّمَكَ على اللَّحْم = I prefer fish to meat.
Saying "don't" and plural things
Put لا before a present tense verb: لا آكُلُ اللَّحْم = I don't eat meat. لا أَشْرَبُ القَهْوة = I don't drink coffee.
Plurals of things (not people) take a feminine singular adjective: الفَواكِهُ لَذيذة = Fruit is delicious. الحَلَوِيّاتُ غَيْرُ صِحِّيّة = Sweets are unhealthy.
Plurals of things (not people) take a feminine singular adjective: الفَواكِهُ لَذيذة = Fruit is delicious. الحَلَوِيّاتُ غَيْرُ صِحِّيّة = Sweets are unhealthy.
Translate: I like fish but I don't like meat.
- I like fish: أحبّ السمك (with ال).
- But: لكنْ or ولكنْ.
- I don't like meat: لا أحبّ اللحم.
Answer: أحبّ السمك لكن لا أحبّ اللحم.
أحبّ، أفضّل، أكره + noun with ال. لا + present tense = don't: لا آكل اللحم. Plurals of things take a feminine singular adjective: الفواكه لذيذة.
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