Learn Lebanese

Level 101 Lesson 7

Characteristics and Colors: Adjectives

Curriculum V1.0
Lebanese Language Center
LLL System as developed by the Lebanese Language Institute
www.LebaneseLanguage.org

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The Market

Ssu

cway = a little

cway-cway= slowly = carefully

xa to/on

xal to the/on the

xa awle
xal maxam

: on the table
l kteb xa awle : the book is on the table
: to the restaurant rayiin xal maxam: were going to the restaurant

-------------------------------------------------Cloth/Dress shop

The equivalent Lebanese word for shopping is Tiwiije, however it is rarely used.
The most common word used in Lebanese for shopping is the English Shopping:
I am going shopping (f)
I am going shopping (m)
We are going shopping
Lets go shopping
I was shopping
Do you Speak Lebanese?
- I speak a little
- I speak good Lebanese
- I understand,
but I do not speak it
- You speak good Lebanese
- If you speak slowly, I will
understand

Ana raya shopping

Ana rayi shopping
Rayiin Shopping
Yalla nru shopping OR
Yalla xa shopping
Kint xam ixmol shopping
Btike Libnene?
- Bike cway
- Bike Libnene mnii
- Bifham,
bas ma bike
- Btike Libnene mnii
- Iza btike cway cway, bifham xlek

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Maall tyeb

-------------------------------------------------------------------------Vocabulary
English
Lebanese
Lebanese
(Singular)
(Plural)
Masculine
Feminine
clothes
tyeb
cloth
mec
mecet
shirt
amii
amii
iman
T shirt
T shirt
pants
banalon (single and
bnaliin
pair)
shoes (for men)
ibba (S&P)
babii
shoes (for women)
Skarbiine (S&P) skarbiinet
dress
fitan
fsatiin
skirt
tannura
tneniir
tie
Cravate Kravat Cravates Kravatet
shorts
cort (S&P)
cortet
slippers/ flip-flops
Micceye
micceyet
(S&P)
socks
kalset
suit
badle
badlet
jeans
Jeans/ jiinz
jiinzet
shawl
cel
celet
sandals
andal (S&P)
anaadil
characteristics
long/ tall
short
large/ wide
small/young
big/ old
narrow/ tight
beautiful
ugly

Masculine
awiil
aiir
xarii
ziir
kbiir
dayyi
ilo
bicix

Feminine
awiile
aiire
xariia
ziire
kbiire
dayya
ilwe
bicxa

Plural
waal
aar
xraa
zaar
kbiire
dayyiin
ilwiin
bicxiin

Exercise:
This skirt is long

Hayde ttanura awiile

The socks are ugly

L kalset bicxiin

Those pair of shoes (ladies) are

beautiful
The dress is long

This is a long tie

Hayde cravate awiile

The shirt is small

...

...

Give me a red shirt

Hand us yellow shorts

Give us a wide suit

...

..

`yeso mnii
`yesa mnii?
kiif l fitan?
mnii
xal add

Masculine
Abya
Aswad
Amar
Afar
Aar
Azra
Zahir
Binne
Orange
Dahabe
Fie
Banafsaje

The shirt is red

A red shirt

...

Colors
Color
White
Black
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Pink
Brown
Orange
Golden
Silver
Purple

The red shirt

Exercise:

.
Tip: sibba, skarbiine, short, micceye, jiinz, bantalon, and
sandal implies a pair in Lebanese but treated as single words.

Does It [m] fit?

Does it [f] fit?
How is the dress?
It is good/fine
just, fit

Give me blue large socks

Xiine kalset ziri waal

These ties are short

I want a long black dress

Badde fitan aswad awiil

I want black shoes

...

Feminine
Baya
Sawda
amra
afra
ara
Zara
Zahir
Binniyye
Orange
Dahabiyye
Fiiyye
Banafsajiyye

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Plural
Bii
Sud
imir/ imor
ifir/ifor
iir
Ziri
Zahir
Binne
Orange
Dahabiyye
Fiiyye
Banafsajiyye

Hand us the blue dress

...

The blue shirt is wide

We want pink skirts

...

Hand me a small white shirt

...

This white shirt is small

These sandals are small

..

Give me golden socks

..

The pink socks are beautiful

...

...

..

Is the red dress beautiful?

This shirt fits

I want a red car

...

...

..