How to tell colors in egyptian arabic

In this lesson you will learn how to Tell Colors and describe the color of objects in Egyptian Arabic:

Telling the colors:

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colors	al alwan		الألوان
black	eswed		إسْود
white	abiad		أبـْيـَض
gray	rosasi		رصاصى
blue	Azra’		أزْرَق
green	akhdar		أخضر
brown	boni		بُني
purple	banafsegui		بنفسجى
red	ahmar		أحمر
orange	borto’ani		برتقالى
yellow	asfar		أصفر

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How to Describe the color of an object in Arabic

Note: There is a difference between Describing a male and a female also when pronouncing it.

The Sky is Blue and the clouds are white.

السماء زرقاء والسحب بيضاء – Both are female-

al sama zra’a we al sohob bida -Note we write the letter ء but we don’t pronounce it –

 

 

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colors	Male/Female		مذكر/ مؤنث
black	eswed/Soda		إسْود/سوداء
white	abiad/bida		أبـْيـَض/بيضاء
gray	rosasi/rosadia		رصاصى/رصاصية
blue	Azra’/zar’a		أزْرَق/زرقاء
green	akhdar/khdara		أخضر/خضراء
brown	boni/boniah		بُني/بُنية
purple	banafsegui/banafseguiah		بنفسجى/بنفسجية
red	ahmar/hamra		أحمر/حمراء
orange	borto’ani/borto’aniah		برتقالى/برتقالية
yellow	asfar/safra		أصفر/صفراء

Examples:

القطة ديه سودا

al’otah deh sodah

الكلب ده اسود

al kalb da aswad

البنت ديه شعرها أصفر وعينها خضرا

al bent deh sha3raha asfar we 3enha khdra

Now You can Tell all the colors in Colloquial Egyptian and describe colored objects.

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