بدّي قهوة، لو سمحت
I'd like a coffee, please
In the story
بدّي قهوة، لو سمحت.
Nour
Nailed it. بدّي قهوة، لو سمحت — badde 2ahwe, law sama7t. badde means I want/I’d like. Very Lebanese, very spoken. قهوة — 2ahwe — with that little throat stop: 2. And لو سمحت — law sama7t — is our polite please to a man. To a woman at the…
Nour
Again, slower: بدّي… قهوة… لو سمحت. Now natural: بدّي قهوة، لو سمحت. One more time, and smile with your eyes — it matters here.
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 11