الشمس صفرا
the sun is yellow
In the story
الشمس صفرا.
Nour
Beautiful: الشمس — the sun; صفرا — yellow (feminine). In Lebanese, شمس is feminine, so the color also takes a feminine form: صفرا, not أصفر. Notice the ‘esh-’ sound: the L of ال assimilates into ش, so ‘esh-shams’. Common mistake? Saying…
شو لونه؟
Learn it in the story
This phrase appears in the lesson:
Level pre-A1 · Lesson 7