ماما عزمت صحابها على العشا، والضيوف جم بدري والاكل خلص.

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Breakdown of ماما عزمت صحابها على العشا، والضيوف جم بدري والاكل خلص.

• بدري: early
• و: and
• ماما: mom

Questions & Answers about ماما عزمت صحابها على العشا، والضيوف جم بدري والاكل خلص.

Why is it عزمت and not just عزم?

Because عزمت is the past tense, feminine singular form of the verb.

Here, the subject is ماما (mom), which is treated as feminine, so the verb takes the feminine ending -ت.

• عزم = he invited
• عزمت = she invited

So ماما عزمت means Mom invited.

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What exactly does عزمت mean here?

In Egyptian Arabic, عزم / يعزم often means:

• to invite
• especially to invite someone for food
• and sometimes to treat someone to a meal

So عزمت صحابها على العشا means that she invited her friends for dinner, not just invited them in a general sense.

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How does صحابها work?

صحابها breaks down like this:

• صحاب = friends
• -ها = her

So صحابها literally means her friends.

A useful thing to notice is that Egyptian Arabic often attaches pronouns directly to nouns:

• صحابي = my friends
• صحابك = your friends
• صحابها = her friends

Also, صحاب is a very common Egyptian colloquial word. In Modern Standard Arabic, learners often know أصدقاء, but in everyday Egyptian, صحاب is much more natural.

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