Bel Hannah wi Schiffa

English translation: Have a nice meal / enjoy your meal

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Arabic term or phrase:Bel Hannah wi Schiffa
English translation:Have a nice meal / enjoy your meal
Entered by: Liliane Hatem

18:55 Apr 24, 2010
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion / Translation of saying
Arabic term or phrase: Bel Hannah wi Schiffa
I hope that it is clear, you say this after one eats or is satisfied in something. What is it's translation in english?
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Have a nice meal / enjoy your meal
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Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 01:02
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2Have a nice meal / enjoy your meal
Liliane Hatem
5Bon appetit / have a good meal / enjoy your meal
Muhammad Atallah
4 +1enjoy your meal/ I hope you enjoyed your meal
Nadia Ayoub
5good health
Steve Booth
4Enjoy your meal
Zoubida Hamdaoui


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Enjoy your meal


Explanation:
http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/bonappetit.htm

Zoubida Hamdaoui
Local time: 00:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Bon appetit / have a good meal / enjoy your meal


Explanation:
Bon appetit / have a good meal / enjoy your meal

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 00:02
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 55
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
enjoy your meal/ I hope you enjoyed your meal


Explanation:
In Western civilizatoins you wish people to enjoy their meal before they start eating by saying: enjoy your meal, bon appetit, buon appetito, etc. but if it has to be said after the meal is over, you could change it into "I hope you enjoyed your meal".


Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 00:02
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 200

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agree  Nesrin
21 mins
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Have a nice meal / enjoy your meal


Explanation:
Collins

Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ali Alsaqqa
17 mins
  -> Many thanks, Ali!

agree  Ibrahim H Hussney
1 hr
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
good health


Explanation:
is about the best equivalent


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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-04-25 07:32:14 GMT)
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having seen some of the other answers I realised it really depends on who is saying it. In the UK my experience i that it is quite rare for people dining together to say enjoy your meal or I hope you enjoyed your meal. However it is extremely common for the waiters to say this.

Steve Booth
Local time: 23:02
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
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