3 tishrab shay? Would you like tea? Im this unit you will learn about: * offering food and drink * accepting and refusing politely ‘+ some Egyptian dishes and drinks ‘+ jobs and occupations = making words plural * how to make simple sentences negative * recognizing these Arabic letters: ¢ ¢ & Food and drink are a ve important part of Arab hospit ity. You will nearly always offered a hot or cold drink if y 0 to someone’s house — sor sweet black tea (shay) or coffe (éhwa), or perhaps a soft dri (Hiaga si9a) or kérkaday ( infusion made from hibisc cream gateau. If it is near eating time, you will probably be invit to join the mealsr offers Hassan some morning refreshments while he is friend to get ready. tishrab shay yabni? 1a shukrdn yaa Tant.lissa shéarib. takul Taba’ bilfla? billila? na amdut fil-bilila! Téyyib, w'96d yabnit Would you like tea, dear? No, thank you, auntie. I've just had some. Would you like to eat a bowl of porridge? Porridge? 1 adore porridge! Then sit down, dear! thank you plate/bowl/dish sweet porridge, a morning dish made with milk and grain OK, well: common expression sometimes shortened to just Tab sit down! food and drink ‘some phrases for offering food and drink with possible (em. iHibbi you like ...? oe? (fem. tishribi ...2) you like (to drink) ...?3 ‘kul ...2 (fem. tiki ...2) Would you like (to eat) 4ywa, min f@Dlak (0 a female min faDIik), Yes, please. (it.I die in...) 1a, shukrin, No, thank you. lissa shéarib (fem, shérba), ve just had a drink. (liz. just drinking’) lissa wéakil (fem. waka), ve just eaten, (lic ‘ust eating’) Exercise 1 ‘Unscramble these sentences and questions, as in the example: 1 aha géabir yaa tishrab? tishraby sthwa yaa géabie? 2 shiikran shéarib lissa ta’ 3 {DI min dywa widdad shay tishrabi_ yaa? Tant la’ shérba lissa yaa shikran Hasan bilfila tékul Taba’ yaa? fi amdut bilfila gna yabni Téyyib woud