Fruit Vocabulary in Levantine Arabic
Building Up Vocabulary
Fruits: فَواكي
English | Arabic | Transliteration |
Apple | تُفّاح | tu-faa7 |
Apricot | مِشْمِشْ | mesh-mesh |
Avocado | آفوكادو | afa-kaa-do |
Banana | مُوز | mooz |
Blueberry | تُوْت أَرْضِيّ | toot ardii |
Cantaloupe | بِطِّيخ أَصْفَر | baTeekh as-far |
Carrot | جَزَر | ja-zar |
Cherry | كَرَز | karaz |
Coconut | جَوْز هِنِدِيّ | joaz hindi |
Cranberry | تُوْت بَرِّيّ | toot ba-rrii |
Date | تَمِر | tamir |
Grape | عِنِب | 3enib |
Fig | تِيْن | teen |
Kiwi | كيوي | kee-wee |
Lemon | لِيمون | li-moon |
Lime | لايم | laaym |
Mango | مانكا | mangha |
Mulberry | تُوْت | toot |
Orange | بُرْتُقال | burtuqaal |
Peach | خَوْخ | khookh |
Pineapple | أناناس | ana-naaas |
Plum | بَرْقُوْق | bar-qooq |
Pomegranate | رُمّان | ru-mmaan |
Raspberry | تُوْت شَوْكِيّ | toot shooki |
Strawberry | فْريز | freez |
Tomato | بَنَدورة | bana-doora |
Watermelon | بِطِّيخ | battiikh |
Translate the following sentences:
- I want cocktail juice of strawberry, lemon and banana.
- I want to go to the market and buy tomatoes, watermelon and apples.
- Can I have cocktail juice of apple, apricot and orange?
- Do you want orange juice or apple juice?
- Do you want cherry juice or carrot juice?
- I like coconut milk with coffee, but I don’t like coconut milk with tea.
- I like to eat dates in the morning.
- Every morning, I like to make orange juice with mango and lemon.
- I don’t like figs, but I like dates.
- What juice do you want to drink? Orange or pomegranate juice?