“Fish”, “Fishes” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “Fish” (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Samke

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سمكة

In Lebanese Arabic, “Fishes (the noun) is written using the Latin script as:

Samak

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

سمك
Listen to these two words pronounced (audio)


 

Examples in sentences or statements

 
“What kind of fish is that?”

Shu no3 hal samak?

شو نوع هالسمك؟

 
“What kind of fish is in this part of the sea?”

Shu no3 l samak b hayda l jeze2 mnel ba7er?

شو نوع السمك بهيدا الجزء من البحر؟

 
“There are many kinds of fishes in this part of the sea.”

Fi kteer anwe3 samak b hayda l jeze2 mnel ba7er.

.في كتير انواع سمك بهيدا الجسر من البحر

 
“I feel like eating fish tonight.”

3abele ekol samak llayle.

.عبالي آكل سمك الليلة

 
“We ate fish yesterday.

Mbere7 akalna samak.

.مبارح أكلنا سمك

 

Related words in Lebanese Arabic

“Ocean”, “Oceans” in Lebanese Arabic

“Sea”, “Seas” in Lebanese Arabic

In other Mediterranean languages and dialects

“Fish”, “Fishes” in Egyptian Arabic

“Fish”, “Fishes” in Tunisian Arabic

“Fish”, “Fishes” in Turkish
 

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