Dietary & Allergies

1. أنا مسلم, ما باكل لحم الخنزير

   Ana muslim, ma bākul laḥm il-khinzīr

   I'm Muslim, I don't eat pork

   Usage

   Tells a restaurant your religious restriction before ordering. A woman says "مسلمة"

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Thinly attested word. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "مسلم" has the same form as standard Arabic and is thinly attested. The negation "ما" is written apart before the verb

2. الاكل دا فيهو شنو؟

   Il-akil da fīhu shinu?

   What is in this dish?

   Usage

   Asks about the ingredients to check that nothing you cannot eat is in the dish

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "دا" follows the noun. "فيهو" means "in it"

3. ممكن تعملو بدون بصل؟

   Mumkin tiʿmalu bidūn baṣal?

   Can you make it without onion?

   Usage

   Asks the cook to leave out an ingredient. "ممكن" keeps the request polite

   Grammar Note

   Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended. Thinly attested word. Vowels in the romanization are estimated. "تعملو" is "make" with "it" attached. "بدون" has the same form as standard Arabic and is also used in speech

4. لحم الخنزير

   Laḥm il-khinzīr

   Pork

   Usage

   The word for pork. Put it in a question such as "الاكل دا فيهو لحم الخنزير؟" to check a dish

   Grammar Note

   Same form as Modern Standard Arabic; native review recommended. Thinly attested word. Vowels in the romanization are estimated

5. سمك

   Samak

   Fish

   Usage

   The word for fish, used to say you cannot eat it

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated

6. بيض

   Bēḍ

   Egg

   Usage

   The word for egg. A single egg is "بيضة"

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated

7. سمسم

   Simsim

   Sesame

   Usage

   The word for sesame. In Sudan it appears in oil and sweets

   Grammar Note

   Vowels in the romanization are estimated

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