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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

An old Egyptian tradition wala An Egyptian old tradition?

An old traditon.
An Egyptian tradition.

Aiwa, ma howa sahl aiwe when you are only using 1 adjective in the sentence. Bas ha ta3melee eh when you want to describe something with several adjectives?

I bought a brown, old, small, lovely, table, French . (keda dakhalna fee el Lawindee).

The general rule is:
1.size / 2.age / 3.color / 4.where from/ 5.material (ma3moul min eh).....NOUN. Thus:

I bought a small, old, brown, French, table.

More examples:

I have a short, red, silk dress. ( 1 + 2 + 5) (wala te sada'u)
He has a big, black, Sudanese girlfriend. (1 + 3 + 4) (zo'o keda..ahna malna!!)
Do you want this old, white, cotton shirt? ( 2 + 3 + 5) (aiwa, 3ayza ya om mahmoud wa rouhee shoufee shoghlik delwaty!)

Size and length (big/small/short/long/tall etc..) usually go before shape and width (round/fat/slim/wide etc...)

A large, round table.
A tall, thin girl.

The general rule is that you put the facts first. The word 'lovely', for example, is not a fact. It is an opinion. It is your opinion, so put the facts first.



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