20 Things You’ll Hear During A Lebanese Family Lunch

What is it about family lunch that probes your relatives to interfere in your private life and ask the same questions every time?

1. “Btetzakarne??”

I literally see you every Sunday…

2. “Shu kabraneeee!!”

3. “Shu 3am tedros/tederse bel jem3a?”

I graduated two years ago, thanks for keeping up with my life!

4. “Fi shi 3aris mkhabiti?”

No, he’s not a piece of chewing gum…

5. “Shu badak ta3mel bas tkhales jem3a?”

6.“Kifon ahlik/ahlak?”

They’re sitting right there, ask them.

7. “Aymta ha nefrah fik/e?”

8. “Bent eben 3am khayyo la jawze khatabit, 3a2belik/3a2belak!”

9. “3am shouf souwarik 3a Instagram!”

10. “Meen l sabiyye li bel soura ma3ak?”

11. “Ma akalet shiii”

That’s because you keep talking to me.

12. “B7otellak ba3ed? 3tine sahnak”

13. “Meen tal3a bteshbahe?”

14. “Wen 3am teshteghel?”

If I had a dollar for every time I answered this question for the exact same person…

15. “Wen 3am trouh/e w teje?”

You’re the first to view all my stories, you tell me.

16. “Nas7ane/Da3fenee!”

17. “Meen jeyiblak hal jeans l mkhazza2?”

18. Shu esmon ref2atik? Men ayya 3ayleh? Men 3enna ya3neh?”

19. “Ma3 meen 3am tedhar?”

20. “Leh ma 3am teje la 3enna?”

So you can corner me with twenty more questions? No thank you.