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بعد الغدا طلبنا كبايتين شاي، وكان فاضل شوية سلطة على الترابيزة.
Meaning
After lunch, we ordered two cups of tea, and there was a little salad left on the table.
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Questions & Answers about بعد الغدا طلبنا كبايتين شاي، وكان فاضل شوية سلطة على الترابيزة.
Why does الغدا mean lunch here? I thought ghadan meant tomorrow.
That is a very common confusion.
In Egyptian Arabic, الغدا means lunch. It corresponds to MSA الغداء.
MSA غدًا means tomorrow, but in everyday Egyptian Arabic people usually say بكرة for tomorrow.
So:
- بعد الغدا = after lunch
- بكرة = tomorrow
Context also makes it clear here: بعد الغدا طلبنا... is talking about what happened after a meal.
Why is it written الغدا and not الغداء?
Because colloquial Egyptian writing is much less standardized than MSA writing.
In informal Egyptian Arabic, people often simplify spelling to reflect everyday pronunciation, so:
- MSA: الغداء
- Egyptian colloquial spelling: الغدا
The hamza is often dropped in casual writing, and final sounds may be spelled more simply. So this is not a different word; it is the same word written in a more colloquial way.
How does طلبنا break down grammatically?